Google pushes back against a 1 million strong botnet By Hope Corrigan published 13 December 21 news 1 horse-sized botnet, or 1 million duck-sized botnets.
Hacker kids' parents sued over $780k of stolen cryptocurrency By Katie Wickens published 31 August 21 news Neither deny robbing the man, but are adamant the case is void after his three years silence.
Kaspersky blocked 5.8M malware attacks 'disguised as popular PC games' last year By Paul Lilly published 31 August 21 News Cyber-attackers are targeting gamers with increased frequency.
Discord malware is a persistent and growing threat warns Sophos By Katie Wickens published 11 August 21 news Malware 'can persist indefinitely unless reported' in the chat software's cloud files.
Careful where you download Windows 11, some installers are packed with malware By Paul Lilly published 26 July 21 News Cybercriminals are lacing Microsoft's Windows 11 installer with malicious programs.
Watch out for your email inbox because one of the biggest ransomware botnets is back By Dave James published 13 July 21 News After being taken down by Microsoft and the Pentagon ahead of the 2020 presidential election, the group behind Trickbot is up and running again.
Finally a safe place to download alternative DLSS versions By Katie Wickens published 6 July 21 news It's growing by the minute, and it's not riddled with malware. Yay!
Pirated games helped a malware campaign compromise 3.2 million PCs By Paul Lilly published 10 June 21 News A nameless malware strain stole 1.2TB of personal information, including 26 million login credentials.
Windows 10 has a built-in ransomware block, you just need to enable it By Paul Lilly published 17 May 21 News Turns out there is a mechanism in Windows Defender that can protect your files from ransomware.
This panda hungers for your Steam and Discord logins By Katie Wickens published 7 May 21 News And it wants your cryptocurrency stash, too.
A crafty Linux malware has evaded detection for years and experts still don't know what it does By Paul Lilly published 29 April 21 News Crafty malware has managed to hide in plain sight since at least 2018.
Acer says it’s ‘constantly under attack’ amid reports of a $100M ransomware demand By Paul Lilly published 23 March 21 News It would be the largest ransomware payout ever, if it comes to pass.
Masslogger malware employs 'fileless' attack to steal Discord and other passwords By Paul Lilly published 19 February 21 News It also targets Outlook and all major browsers.
It took a global effort to take down the 'world's most dangerous' malware botnet By Paul Lilly published 29 January 21 News The biggest malware botnet in the world is in the process of being completely dismantled.
Microsoft has been attacking a major malware botnet and is winning By Paul Lilly published 22 October 20 News Operational since late 2016, Trickbot is now 94 percent disabled as a result of a recent offensive effort by Microsoft.
For only the second time, security researches found UEFI malware in the wild By Paul Lilly published 9 October 20 News Otherwise known as rootkits, malware that targets the BIOS/UEFI can survive an OS reinstall.
A popular malware variant has learned to swipe passwords from browsers and VPNs By Paul Lilly published 12 August 20 News Teaching old malware new tricks.
Cloud computing is making Linux a more tempting target for hackers By Paul Lilly published 29 July 20 News Security report highlights why Linux threats are becoming more common.
Security firm warns of new malware strain 'wreaking havoc' on Windows PCs By Paul Lilly published 26 June 20 News Keeping your PC up to date with security patches and using strong passwords can thwart this malware strain.
Intel says its next-gen laptop CPUs protect against ‘common malware attacks’ By Paul Lilly published 15 June 20 News This will also require an update to Windows 10, which Microsoft is already testing in its Insider program.
