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Windows PCs are being targeted with a nasty new malware – here’s what you need to know
Cybersecurity researchers have observed hackers abusing MSIX Windows app package files to distribute malware. MSIX is a relatively new, unified packaging format, which developers can utilize to create secure and high-performing applications across platforms. According to experts from Elastic Security Labs, someone’s been distributing MSIX files pretending to be popular…
Read MoreOne of the most dangerous ransomware kits around might have just gotten a rebrand
There is a good chance that one of the world’s most dangerous ransomware operators out there – Hive – has just gotten a rebrand. Earlier this month, security researchers spotted a new player in the ransomware game, called Hunters International. The group doesn’t focus on encrypting their victims’ endpoints as…
Read MoreCCleaner hit by data breach that saw customer data stolen, blames MOVEit hack
Popular optimization tool CCleaner has confirmed its services have been hit by a data breach, seemingly caused by the MOVEit data theft fiasco. Its parent compan Gen Digital sent an email to its customers warning that threat actors exploited the MOVEit flaw to steal sensitive data from CCleaner, TechCrunch reported. …
Read MoreDDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that’s a really bad thing
There had been “thousands” of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the time since the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability was disclosed, a new report from Cloudflare has claimed, adding that 89 of those exceeded 100 million requests per second (rps). Thanks to these attacks, the total amount…
Read MoreThese Android apps are nothing but adware, but have been installed over 2 million times already – so uninstall now
Cybersecurity researchers from Dr.Web discovered a handful of Android apps that were pushing ads and stealthily subscribing people to premium services. The reserachers reported that these trojan apps, all found on Google’s official Play Store app repository, were cumulatively installed roughly two million times. The apps were pretending to be…
Read MoreOver a million Windows and Linux systems infected by this tricky new malware
Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have discovered an “impressive” malware threat hiding in plain sight for half a decade. Called StripedFly, the malware’s earliest evidence of activity dates back to 2017, Kaspersky claims, where at one point it was discovered but dismissed as a “mere” cryptocurrency miner. However, a new investigation…
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