Popular malware like QakBot and DarkGate rely on VBScript, which dates back to 1996 — but their days are numbered now that Microsoft is finally deprecating the Windows programming. language. Read…
Cybersecurity Facts, Figures, Predictions and Statistics Sponsored by eSentire – Steve Morgan, Editor-in-Chief Sausalito, Calif. – Oct. 12, 2023 Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $9.5 trillion USD in 2024,…
Progress Software confirms the SEC has launched its own investigation into costly ransomware zero-days in the MOVEit file transfer software. The post SEC Investigating Progress Software Over MOVEit Hack appeared…
As part of a security update for Chrome, Google has upgraded the Stable channels to 118.0.5993.70 for Mac and Linux and 118.0.5993.70/.71 for Windows. The Extended Stable channel has been…
Evasive malware disguised as a caching plugin allows attackers to create an admin account on a WordPress site, then take over and monetize sites at the expense of legitimate SEO…
Government security processes are often viewed as tedious and burdensome — but applying the lessons learned from them is imperative for private industry to counter a nation-state threat. Read More
A backdoor deployed on a compromised WordPress website poses as a legitimate plugin to hide its presence. The post Backdoor Malware Found on WordPress Website Disguised as Legitimate Plugin appeared…
A malicious package hosted on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework has been found to deliver a remote access trojan called SeroXen RAT.
The package, named Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config and published by a user named Disti, is a typosquat of a legitimate package called Pathoschild.Stardew.ModBuildConfig, software supply chain security firm Phylum said in a report today.
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Apple has released iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 to patch CVE-2023-42824, a kernel vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks. The post Apple Releases iOS 16 Update to Patch Exploited…
Joe Sullivan's lawyers have claimed his conviction on two felony charges is based on tenuous theories and criminalizes the use of bug bounty programs. Read More