February 2022

The number of cyberattacks launched against mobile users was down last year, researchers have found — but don’t pop the champagne just yet. The decline Read More

There’s a new, still-under-development, Golang-based botnet called Kraken with a level of brawn that belies its youth: It’s using the SmokeLoader malware loader to spread Read More

(Brought to you by Uptycs. Underwriters of Threatpost podcasts do not assert any editorial control over content.) Applications are cybercriminals’ favorite ways to crack open Read More

Emotionally vulnerable and willing to offer up any information that lands the gig, job seekers are prime targets for social engineering campaigns. And with the Read More

Cyberattackers are targeting 60 different high-profile companies with the TrickBot malware, researchers have warned, with many of those in the U.S. The goal is to Read More

VMware has issued a critical security update to address issues in its ESXi, Fusion and Workstation products, including VMware Cloud Foundation versions. Exploitation could give Read More

SquirrelWaffle – the newish malware loader that first showed up in September – once again got its scrabbly little claws into an unpatched Microsoft Exchange Read More

Researchers have identified an advanced persistent threat (APT) group responsible for a series of cyberespionage and spyware attacks against the aviation, aerospace, transportation and defense Read More

The developer of several popular mods for the Cities: Skylines city-building game has been banned after malware was discovered hidden in their wares. The modder, Read More