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WatchGuard Technologies, a global network security and intelligence provider, said in a new Internet Security Report released today that endpoint malware and ransomware attacks during the first three quarters of 2021 totaled more than in all of 2020.

Scripting attacks on endpoints set record pace and encrypted connections are becoming the primary delivery mechanism for zero-day malware says WatchGuard Threat Lab 19 January 2022 – Endpoint malware and ransomware detections surpassed the total volume seen in 2020 by the end of Q3 2021, according to researchers at the WatchGuard Threat Lab...

ESET researchers take a deep look into recent attacks where Donot Team targeted government and military entities in several South Asian countries.

Adding numbers in Google Sheets is one of the most basic calculations. Just like Excel, you can use the SUM function. But what about subtracting numbers? With Google Sheets, you have a few different ways to subtract values.

Cybercriminals exploited the new CVE-2021-40444 remote code execution zero-day a week before the patch was issued on September 14, according to the latest report from HP Wolf Security.

Chinese APT Group Reportedly Develops Custom Backdoor @prajeetspeaks) • June 9, 2021     Full infection chain (Source: Check Point Research) Check Point researchers have uncovered an ongoing campaign by a Chinese advanced persistent threat group that has spent the last three years testing and refining a custom backdoor in its arsenal to conduct espionage campaigns targeting governments in Southeast Asia. The group, d...

Cyber espionage campaign targets Southeast Asian government Cyber espionage campaign targets Southeast Asian government The attackers developed a previously unknown backdoor into the Windows software running on the PCs of victims. Credit: Dreamstime A Chinese threat group has been fingered by researchers at Check Point Software as the culprit behind a new cyber espionage weapon after the cyber security provider identified and blocked an ongoing surveillance operation tar...

By Kevin Townsend on June 03, 2021 Newly discovered cyber weapon uses elaborate multi-stage infection-chain to make detection and analysis difficult Researchers have discovered a new cyber espionage weapon they believe was developed and is used by a China-based APT group they have named SharpPanda. A previously unknown Windows backdoor enables remote access and the collection of considerable live data – but only during Chinese working hours. An ongoing campaign is targeting the Ministry of F...

By Ionut Arghire on June 01, 2021 Exploits for vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Office suite were the most popular among cyber-attackers during the first quarter of this year, according to a new Kaspersky report. Microsoft Office exploits accounted for more than half (59%) of the observed exploits, with CVE-2017-11882 (a stack buffer overflow in the Equation Editor component) remaining the most commonly targeted vulnerability. Additionally, exploits for vulnerabilities such as CVE-2015-2523 (u...

New Chinese Malware Targeted Russias Largest Nuclear Submarine Designer A threat actor believed to be working on behalf of Chinese state-sponsored interests was recently observed targeting a Russia-based defense contractor involved in designing nuclear submarines for the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. The phishing attack, which singled out a general director working at the Rubin Design Bureau, leveraged the infamous "Royal Road" Rich Text Format (RTF) weaponizer to deliver a previously ...