Hackers Pose as IT Staff in Microsoft Teams to Install Malware

Hackers are impersonating IT staff in Microsoft Teams to trick employees into installing malware, giving attackers stealthy access to corporate networks.
NBC News

Stealth malware steals, imitates social behavior

Most malware restricts itself to stealing credit card numbers, tricking computers into sending spam and occasionally shutting down an Iranian nuclear power plant. This state will not last. As Internet ...
Security Boulevard

What is Polymorphic Malware?

Malware continues to evolve, becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. One of the most challenging types is polymorphic malware — malicious software that constantly changes its code to evade ...
PC World

IoT malware starts showing destructive behavior

Hackers have started adding data-wiping routines to malware that’s designed to infect internet-of-things and other embedded devices. Two attacks observed recently displayed this behavior but likely ...
Labroots

Computer Malware That Mimics Your Typing Behavior?

Cybersecurity researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have described a computer virus called "Malboard” that mimics a user’s typing behavior. The malicious attack program evades ...
Microsoft

OAuth redirection abuse enables phishing and malware delivery

OAuth redirection is being repurposed as a phishing delivery path. Trusted authentication flows are weaponized to move users ...
InfoQ

Detection of Mobile Malware in the Wild

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Bleeping Computer

PluginPhantom Android Malware Uses Novel Approach to Hide Malicious Behavior

Security researchers have discovered a new Android trojan that uses the DroidPlugin framework to split malicious behavior across multiple plugins, making detection much harder. Nicknamed PluginPhantom ...
CSOonline

Malware variability explained: Changing behavior for stealth and persistence

More malware is designed to be variable, choosing which computers to infect or even the type of attack to execute. Cybercriminal gangs from Eastern Europe have always followed a rule: Don’t steal from ...
TWCN Tech News

Fileless Malware Attacks, Protection and Detection

Fileless Malware may be a new term for most but the security industry has known it for years. A few years back over 140 enterprises worldwide were hit with this Fileless Malware – including banks, ...
InfoWorld

IoT malware starts showing destructive behavior

Hackers have started adding data-wiping routines to malware that’s designed to infect internet-of-things and other embedded devices. Two attacks observed recently displayed this behavior but likely ...