Tag: Virus&Malware
DoH Makes It Difficult to Track Botnets: Spamhaus
The use of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for command and control communications is making it more difficult to track botnets, according to anti-spam nonprofit Spamhaus.
Prolific Chinese APT Caught Using ‘MoonBounce’ UEFI Firmware Implant
Threat hunters at Kaspersky have spotted a well-known Chinese APT actor using an UEFI implant to maintain stealthy persistence across reboots, disk formatting or disk replacements.
Microsoft Edge Adds Security Mode to Thwart Malware Attacks
A new security feature in the latest beta of the Microsoft Edge browser can help protect web surfers from zero-day attacks.
Project Zero: Zoom Platform Missed ASLR Exploit Mitigation
A prominent security researcher poking around at the Zoom video conferencing platform found worrying signs the company failed to enable a decades-old anti-exploit mitigation, a blunder that greatly increased exposure to malicious hacker attacks.
Thousands of Industrial Firms Targeted in Attacks Leveraging Short-Lived Malware
Thousands of industrial organizations worldwide have been hit in campaigns that leverage short-lived malware to harvest corporate credentials that are then sold by threat actors for a profit, according to Kaspersky.
Multi-Factor Authentication Bypass Led to Box Account Takeover
A vulnerability in Box's implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) allowed attackers to take over victim’s accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, according to new research from Varonis.
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