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Kaspersky's detection systems found 411,000 malicious files daily in 2023. Attacks involving malicious Microsoft Office and other documents surged 53%
Cybercriminals are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR, the venerable shareware archiving tool for Windows, to target traders and steal funds. Cybersecurity company Group-IB discovered the vulnerability, which affects the processing of the ZIP file format by WinRAR, in June. The zero-day flaw — meaning the vendor had no time, or zero days, to fix it before it was exploited — allows hackers to hide malicious scripts in archive files masquerading as “.jpg” images or “.txt” files, for example, to compromise target machines.
In March 2022, we published instructions for installing the Google Play store on Windows 11. The method involved an open-source project from GitHub. Unfortunately, it contained malware. Here’s how to fix it.
Greenwood Village, COLORADO (PRWEB) October 26, 2021 -- This year's report examines the malicious and phishing URL data sets separately for better insights