Bleeping Computer

Vault 7: CIA Borrowed Code from Public Malware

Documents included in yesterday's WikiLeaks Vault 7 dump reveal the CIA used code from public malware samples to advance its technical capabilities. A special operational group existed in the CIA ...
FinanceFeeds

How Crypto Malware Works: Real Examples

Discover how crypto malware operates through cryptojacking and ransomware, with real-world examples such as WannaMine and PowerGhost ...
GovInfoSecurity

Coder Builds Malware In Week With AI Help

A single developer built a Linux malware framework in less than a week using artificial intelligence, said security ...
SiliconANGLE

Endgame Gets Piggish With Malware Data Samples At Black Hat

In just over a week, Black Hat USA 2013 will be convening at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. In this series, intended to preview many of the talks and presentations scheduled for the event, SiliconANGLE ...
Network World

Researchers find malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre

As of Feb. 1, antivirus testing firm AV-TEST had found 139 malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre. Most are not very functional, but that could change. It was inevitable. Once Google ...
CSOonline

Unique Malware Samples Broke the 75 Million Mark in 2011

The number of unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011, McAfee notes in its fourth-quarter threats report for 2011, which also looks back at annual global trends in malicious code ...
Threat Post

Fin7 Ramps Up Campaigns With Two Fresh Malware Samples

Despite the 2018 crackdown on Fin7, the cybercrime group has been ramping up its efforts with two new malware samples and an attack panel. Despite the arrest of several Fin7 members in 2018, the ...
The Verge

Researchers discover five new samples of ZitMo malware for Android and BlackBerry

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered five new samples of the ZeuS-in-the-Mobile (ZitMo) malware package, targeting Android and BlackBerry devices. Like the Zeus trojan for Windows, ...
InfoWorld

F-Secure: Malware samples doubled in one year

Innovation is on the decline and being replaced with volume and mass-produced kit malware, according to F-Secure report Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious software ...
Computer Weekly

Volume of unique malware samples threatens to overwhelm defenders

The cyber criminal underground continues to evolve its tactics in search of the quickest path to a payday, with greater volumes of attacks employing a more diverse range of malware than has ever been ...
Ars Technica

ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware

Since its beta launch in November, AI chatbot ChatGPT has been used for a wide range of tasks, including writing poetry, technical papers, novels, and essays and planning parties and learning about ...