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Cofense researchers say new attacks with LinkedIn Smart Links target user email credentials mostly in the financial and manufacturing sectors.

This tactic — used to distribute REvil ransomware and the SolarMarker backdoor — is part of a broader increase in such attacks in recent months, researchers say.

The notorious Emotet botnet software began uninstalling itself from some one million computers Sunday. The uninstall command was part of an update sent to the infected computers by law enforcement servers in the Netherlands after Emotet's infrastructure was compromised in January during a multinational operation mounted by eight nations.

'); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. Apr 27, 2021 4:00 AM PT The notorious Emotet botnet software began uninstalling itself from some one million computers Sunday. According to SecurityWeek, the uninstall command was part of an update sent to the infected computers by law enforcement servers in the Netherlands after Emotet's infrastructure was compromised in January during a multinational operation mounted by eight nations. The poisoned upgrade cleans the Windows registry key that enables the botnet's modules to run automatically, as well as stop and delete associated services. "The threat pos...

Google’s offices in downtown Manhattan on October 20, 2020 in New York City. Google Project Zero analyzed 24 zero-day vulnerability exploits. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Researchers reported Monday that the vast majority of Chrome users take close to a month to install a new patch – something that’s a cause for concern amid an increase in the number of zero-day attacks on Chrome browsers in the past year. In a blog posted by Menlo Security, researchers found that while Chrome 87 was released on Nov. 17, 2020, it took at least a month for ...