U.S. Cyber Command, the sister division of the National Security Agency focused on offensive hacking and security operations, has released a set of new samples of malware linked to North Korean ...

Computer malware can often evade antivirus security software if the author changes a few lines of code or designs the program to automatically mutate before each new infection. Artificial neural ...

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Security researchers at Apple Inc. enterprise management firm Jamf Holding Corp. today detailed a largely undetected family of malware that infects pirated macOS applications to mine cryptocurrency ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts, Mac malware does exist, we describe some cases below. However, before you panic, Mac malware and viruses are very rarely found “in the wild”. From time to time you will ...

Malware is shorthand for malicious software. It is software developed by cyber attackers with the intention of gaining access or causing damage to a computer or network, often while the victim remains ...

Although the origin of the first computer malware is still debated, one thing has remained constant: Since its inception, malware continues to be one of the biggest threats facing today’s businesses.

Two dangerous malware tools targeted at industrial control systems (ICS) and operating technology (OT) environments in Europe are the latest manifestations of the cyber fallout from the war in Ukraine ...

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Research by independent testing organization AV TEST found that Google’s Play Protect scan tool was only able to detect just over a third of malware samples from a total of 6,700. Google has been ...

Sprechen Sie Rust? Polyglot malware authors are increasingly using obscure programming languages to evade detection. Malware authors are increasingly using rarely spotted programming languages such as ...