Mobile Security Android malware on the rise, Google's OS is more "interesting" to cybercriminals than Apple iOS Spyware, adware and banking malware grows By Zak Islam, October 1, 2021, 6:55 AM
Mobile Security New Android trojan malware has infected more than 10 million Android devices GriftHorse campaign operators made tens of millions of dollars from their victims By Adrian Potoroaca, September 29, 2021, 4:09 PM 25 comments
Security Gaming BloodyStealer 'advanced' trojan steals accounts from most major gaming platforms Bethesda, Epic Games, GOG, EA Origin, Steam, and others have all been hit By Cal Jeffrey, September 28, 2021, 12:21 PM 7 comments
Security Software Hacker sells tool for hiding malware inside graphics card VRAM An effective way of avoiding detection By Rob Thubron, September 1, 2021, 5:17 AM 12 comments
Security Gaming Kaspersky stopped 5.8 million malware attacks 'disguised as popular PC games' in 2020 Gamers are an attractive target for cybercriminals By Adrian Potoroaca, August 31, 2021, 2:57 PM 14 comments
Security Software More and more malware is using Discord's CDN for abuse The would-be IRC successor proves just as useful for hackers By Matthew Lee, July 24, 2021, 10:41 AM
Security Google Nine apps with 5.8 million downloads kicked from Google Play store for stealing Facebook passwords Just because it's on the store doesn't mean it's safe By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2021, 7:42 AM 15 comments
Security Free games including GTA V have infected 222,000 PCs with cryptojacking malware Making over $2 million for the hackers behind it By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2021, 7:40 AM 43 comments
Security Microsoft Microsoft is warning of malware spread via call centers Free trial email? It's probably a scam By Rob Thubron, June 23, 2021, 7:42 AM
Security Malware-packed pirated games infected millions of PCs, stealing data and hijacking webcams to photograph users A high price for a pirated game By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2021, 7:07 AM 34 comments
Industry Apple Apple's Craig Federighi admits to an unacceptable 'level of malware' on macOS His poor-optics statement was meant to deflect Epic's argument that iOS should allow side loading since macOS does By Cal Jeffrey, May 20, 2021, 3:27 PM 27 comments
Security Software MSI warns overclockers of fake website containing malware-packed Afterburner app Beware of fakes By Rob Thubron, May 14, 2021, 5:17 AM
Security The Web PSA: Discord and Slack links are being used by hackers to distribute malware Think twice about clicking on links By Joao Silva, April 9, 2021, 12:23 PM
Gaming Security Cheating software for Call of Duty: Warzone found to contain malware The dangers of being a cheat By Rob Thubron, April 1, 2021, 8:16 AM 9 comments
The Web Hackers pushed malware to PHP repositories to open a "backdoor" to websites Commits were immediately caught before any harm was done By Cal Jeffrey, March 30, 2021, 1:44 PM
Security Mobile Beware of this newly discovered Android spyware that pretends to be a system update Users sideloading apks should only do so from trusted websites By Humza Aamir, March 29, 2021, 8:05 AM 7 comments
Security Apple New macOS malware discovered, but threat remains unknown Newly discovered Silver Sparrow threat is currently in dormant state By Joe White, February 21, 2021, 1:19 PM 14 comments
Security The Web Ransomware payments are falling as more victims refuse to pay Don't hand over that crypto By Rob Thubron, February 2, 2021, 9:57 AM 14 comments
The Web Software Researchers identify 28 malicious Chrome and Edge extensions with millions of users Remove any you might have installed By Rob Thubron, December 17, 2020, 9:22 AM
Security The Web A new widespread malware attack targets Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex users Attackers are injecting ads in search results alongside legitimate ones By Adrian Potoroaca, December 11, 2020, 5:07 PM 11 comments
Security Microsoft Edge gets its own slew of malicious add-ons under the names of legitimate services Browsers... they grow up so fast By Pete Flint, November 23, 2020, 7:35 AM
Security Second largest laptop ODM Compal hit with ransomware attack Company denies it was hacked, but uncovered ransom note confirms initial reports By Cal Jeffrey, November 10, 2020, 1:21 PM
Security Mattel reveals it was hit with ransomware attack The incident took place in July By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2020, 5:18 AM
Security Latest Emotet malware disguises itself as a Windows Update Beware of suspicious emails By Rob Thubron, October 19, 2020, 7:05 AM
Security Microsoft Microsoft fights botnet after Office 365 malware attack By Samuel Gush, October 14, 2020, 6:07 AM 17 comments