For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments all over the world. Cops and spies in Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia,…
The assessments provide a strong counterargument to the exaggerated narratives being trumpeted by AI companies, many seeking new rounds of venture funding, that AI-generated malware is widespread and part of a new paradigm that poses…
On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report identifying a new spyware called Dante that they say targeted Windows victims in Russia and neighboring Belarus. The researchers said the Dante spyware is made…
Creating or modifying smart contracts typically cost less than $2 per transaction, a huge savings in terms of funds and labor over more traditional methods for delivering malware. Layered on top of the EtherHiding Google…
You may have heard about those emails from scammers who say they have nude photos of you and try to get you to pay money to prevent their release. For a long time, those emails…
Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros macOS’ Gatekeeper and XProtect functions work well together to block or quarantine the most obvious malware and throw up multiple warning prompts before harmful software can be installed. Good…
Steam has a lot of problems, but it’s widely considered the best PC gaming store and platform. But being number one makes you a target, and one of those problems appears to be a growing…
Jamf Threat Labs has released a new report on Mac malware. Dubbed ChillyHell, the malware was first discovered in 2021 and privately reported by cybersecurity firm Mandiant in 2023. This past May, Jamf spotted a…
What’s your malware tally? I’ve had plenty stopped by my antivirus and antimalware software but the number I’ve had actually infect my PC is, I’m proud to say, a big fat donut (zero). What’s more,…