Bleeping Computer

Vault 7: CIA Borrowed Code from Public Malware

Documents included in yesterday's WikiLeaks Vault 7 dump reveal the CIA used code from public malware samples to advance its technical capabilities. A special operational group existed in the CIA ...
FinanceFeeds

How Crypto Malware Works: Real Examples

Discover how crypto malware operates through cryptojacking and ransomware, with real-world examples such as WannaMine and PowerGhost ...
Network World

Researchers find malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre

As of Feb. 1, antivirus testing firm AV-TEST had found 139 malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre. Most are not very functional, but that could change. It was inevitable. Once Google ...
Dark Reading

New Mac Malware Samples Underscore Growing Threat

A handful of malware samples that emerged in 2021 demonstrated once again that Apple's technologies, while less prone to attack and compromise than Windows systems, are not invulnerable. For the sixth ...
The Verge

Researchers discover five new samples of ZitMo malware for Android and BlackBerry

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered five new samples of the ZeuS-in-the-Mobile (ZitMo) malware package, targeting Android and BlackBerry devices. Like the Zeus trojan for Windows, ...
CSOonline

Unique Malware Samples Broke the 75 Million Mark in 2011

The number of unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011, McAfee notes in its fourth-quarter threats report for 2011, which also looks back at annual global trends in malicious code ...
Threat Post

Fin7 Ramps Up Campaigns With Two Fresh Malware Samples

Despite the 2018 crackdown on Fin7, the cybercrime group has been ramping up its efforts with two new malware samples and an attack panel. Despite the arrest of several Fin7 members in 2018, the ...
InfoWorld

F-Secure: Malware samples doubled in one year

Innovation is on the decline and being replaced with volume and mass-produced kit malware, according to F-Secure report Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious software ...
Computer Weekly

Volume of unique malware samples threatens to overwhelm defenders

The cyber criminal underground continues to evolve its tactics in search of the quickest path to a payday, with greater volumes of attacks employing a more diverse range of malware than has ever been ...
techtimes

Internet Archive's Malware Museum Gives You A Glimpse Of Malware Examples From The '80s And '90s

When one thinks of a museum, the first thought that pops-up into one's head are artifacts that will drift one to a bygone era. Museums that cater to oddities are also not uncommon, and now joining the ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

360K New Malware Samples Hit the Scene Every Day

There have been at least 360,000 new malicious files detected every day in 2017—an 11.5% increase from the previous year. According to Kaspersky Lab’s Number of the Year for 2017, a number of these ...