Threats

At RSA Conference 2021, researchers talked about how they managed to turn a Comcast Xfinity remote into a listening device.

A ransomware attack forced Ireland’s healthcare service to shut down its servers. Here’s what we know so far.

Scammers have gotten good at using SMS messages to get bank card information and online banking passwords.

The most active groups targeting companies, encrypting data, and demanding ransom.

How fake sellers are stealing bitcoins from buyers of sought-after mining equipment.

A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows may already have been exploited.

Scammers set a Lightshot trap for greedy cryptoinvestors.

The APKPure app store has been infected by a malicious module that downloads Trojans to Android devices.

Ransomware, once represented by screen blockers that were almost cute, has come of age.

What’s the difference between the malware adapted for Apple’s new M1 chip and the sort written for good old x86 processors.

A new scam is targeting users of popular Discord cryptocurrency servers.

A year has passed since lockdown began. We view the pandemic and its consequences through the prism of IT threats.

Stalkerware activity dropped off during the pandemic, but it’s picking up again. How to deal with the threat.

Scammers are cashing in on the PlayStation 5 shortage. Here’s how to avoid their bait.

To stop all threats to the corporate infrastructure, you have to do more than just protect workstations.

A vulnerability in Google Chrome has already been exploited by malefactors. All users need to update to version 89.0.4389.90.

What could possibly go wrong with coronavirus vaccine from a darknet marketplace?

How to minimize the consequences of a corporate ransomware attack.

Scammers are using fake news sites to lend legitimacy to their Bitcoin and Ethereum offers on Discord.

CD Projekt confirms attack on internal systems. Hackers claim to have downloaded Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 source code, and demand ransom.

Gut-wrenching stories of in-game cheating told by actual participants.