Malicious

2K has issued a warning to players over a “malicious link” that was sent out from the company’s support desk after being targeted by a hack. In a Twitter post shared last night (September 20), 2K acknowledged that “an unauthorised third…

By now you probably know that you need to exercise caution when installing new programs on your computer. But savvy web users know that the same thing applies to web browser extensions — which are, in a way, merely smaller programs on a…

New Delhi, July 31 A group of hackers from North Korea is using a malicious Google Chrome or Chromium-based Microsoft Edge extension to spy or user email accounts. The malicious extension…

Proposed detection system based on analyzing the distribution patterns of malicious code in websites. Zero-day attacks can be reliably detected by continuously updating…

Image: Adobe Must-read security coverage A 2022 report on privileged user threats by Ponemon Institutes suggests that privileged user attacks skyrocketed by 44% in 2020, with the cost per attack at $15.38 million.…

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Image: Shutterstock Eight cybersecurity authorities…

In one of our previous explainer articles, we had discussed dropper malware and how dangerous it can be for your devices as its function is to drop its payload, which is malware, onto the intended victims’ smartphones, PCs, tablets etc. A…

Illustration: Lisa Hornung/TechRepublic Device drivers have so many privileges in Windows that, if compromised, they can be used as a way to attack the system and even turn off anti-malware software. Recent malware attacks like…

The phony apps attempted to deliver malware designed to steal account credentials and banking information, Check Point Research says. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kirill_Savenko Mobile users who download an antivirus…