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Plus: New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips.

Serde, a popular Rust (de)serialization project, has decided to ship its serde_derive macro as a precompiled binary. This has generated a fair amount of concern among some developers who highlight the future legal and technical issues this may pose, along with a potential for supply chain attacks.

The China-aligned APT (advanced persistent threat) group known as Bronze Starlight was seen targeting the Southeast Asian gambling industry with malware signed using a valid certificate used by the Ivacy VPN provider.

Users are a weak link when it comes to scams, but banks have to walk a tightrope between stringent security measures and customer experience, says fintech CEO Jonathan Chang.

Risk intelligence company Flashpoint has published its July Cyber Threat Intelligence Index which shows Australia was in the top 10 countries for rans...

An innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure.

DALLAS -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it’s investigating Dallas’ ransomware attack from earlier this year. Gabriela Sibori, an HHS press secretary, confirmed late Wednesday that

U.S. officials are aggressively searching for malware that they say hackers from China have implanted into American infrastructure to disrupt U.S. military operations in the event that the communist nation launches an attack on Taiwan.

A phishing campaign was observed predominantly targeting a notable energy company in the US, employing QR codes to slip malicious emails into inboxes and bypass security.

Get ready for the mWISE cybersecurity conference from Mandiant, taking place September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC. mWISE just announced new keynote panels focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced adversaries.