Fortnite Android App Falls Victim to Man-in-the-Disk Flaw
Epic Games has patched a critical man-in-the-disk (MiTD) flaw for the Android version of the wildly popular Fortnite game – although controversy has swirled after Read More
AdvisorsBot Downloader Emerges in Raft of Malware Campaigns
A new downloader was disclosed today, sporting significant anti-analysis features and increasingly sophisticated distribution techniques. Researchers at Proofpoint have been tracking the downloader as a Read More
Cheddar’s Restaurants Bitten By Credit-Card Breach
Fast-casual stalwart Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen has become the latest restaurant to suffer a payment-card breach. Cheddar’s, known for its reasonably priced country-fried chicken, pot pies, Read More
Triout Malware Carries Out Extensive, Targeted Android Surveillance
A mobile spyware for Android was disclosed today, with extensive, advanced surveillance capabilities that suggest that a sophisticated actor is pulling the strings. Using a Read More
ThreatList: $1.1M is Lost to Cybercrime Every Minute of Every Day
Every minute, there are also 5,518 records leaked from publicly disclosed incidents. Read More
Dark Tequila: A Distilled Threat for Mexican Targets
Researchers have been tracking an ongoing malicious campaign targeting victims in Mexico, with a highly crafted tool built to steal financial information and login credentials Read More
DNC Becomes Latest Target in Series of Election-Season Attacks
The Democratic National Committee has reportedly disrupted an attempt to compromise its voter database – the latest in a series of malicious efforts designed to Read More
Unpatched Ghostscript Flaws Allow Remote Takeover of Systems
Researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities in the widely deployed Ghostscript package that allows bad actors to remotely take control of vulnerable systems. There’s no current patch Read More
Podcast: Bad Packets Report Founder on Rising Cryptojacking Attacks
Cryptojacking attacks are on the rise. We talk to security researcher Troy Mursch about why bad actors are drawn to this attack technique. Read More
DNC: Highly Publicized ‘Phishing Attempt’ Was Only a Security Test
A day after the Democratic National Committee riled up security researchers and the press, it’s walking back an assertion that there was an attempt to Read More