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Multiple threat groups have used the ms-appinstaller protocol handler to bypass protections and deliver ransomware and other malware.

Microsoft has deactivated a tool designed to simplify the installation of Windows applications after hacking groups began exploiting the functionality to distribute

Microsoft has deactivated a tool designed to simplify the installation of Windows applications after hacking groups began exploiting the functionality to distribute

If you are among the majority of Americans who could care less that you are being tracked almost every minute of your day by the technology that you use because you believe that "I have nothing to hide," then this is not the article for you. If, however, you believe that it is nobody's business where you live, what kind of car you drive, whether or not your children are vaccinated, whether or not you wear face diapers outside, what kind of food you eat, who you are spending time w...

Infosec in Brief No one likes malware, but malicious code that tracks your location is particularly unlovable. Case in point, a new piece of nasty code dubbed…

Threat actors could use the geolocation data to track compromised systems. On August 8, 2023, Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers observed the Smoke Loader botnet dropping a custom Wi-Fi scanning executable to infected systems. CTU™ ...

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Smoke Loader malware has been around for years, but security researchers recently spotted a new payload that can determine an infected PC's real-world location.

Threat actors continue to poison the NPM repository for open-source JavaScript code with malware aimed at unwary application developers. But the most recent campaigns were so severe, they caused a distributed denial of service attack that periodically blocked access to the site. Researchers at Checkmarx say a hacker -- or hackers -- recently created a

A malicious campaign was caught heavily loading spam packages in NPM, which resulted in a denial-of-services (DoS) and caused the registry service to be sporadically unavailable.