As UK businesses increasingly move toward cashless payments, cybercriminals are targeting point-of-sale (POS) systems.

A newly discovered FileFix social engineering attack impersonates Meta account suspension warnings to trick users into unknowingly installing the StealC infostealer malware. FileFix is a new variant ...

A new malware campaign is turning WhatsApp Web into a weapon. Security researchers say a banking Trojan linked to Astaroth is now spreading automatically through chat messages, making the attack ...

TikTok has become one of the most powerful engines for viral trends, and attackers are quietly riding that wave to slip malware onto phones and laptops. Instead of relying on clumsy spam emails, they ...

Having your computer infected with malware is bad enough but imagine if hackers were able to drop ten different malware strains onto your PC at the same time? Well, a new hacker group is now doing ...

The landscape of malware analysis has significantly evolved, driven by the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the advanced techniques being developed to combat them. Malware attacks on US ...

Back in February 2025, several media outlets warned of a new threat targeting users of Google’s Gmail email service. Attackers used AI technology to perfect phishing emails and make them look more ...

On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv’s citizens ...

A new malware has been detected by security researchers that is suspected of conducting espionage. Hackers infect devices by impersonating government agencies, usually tax agencies such as the ...

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Pakistan's APT36 threat group has begun using vibe-coding to churn out mediocre malware, but at a scale that could overwhelm ...

Contrary to popular belief, Macs are not immune to trojans and viruses. In the last couple of years, there’s been a significant uptick in the number, variety and sophistication of malware targeting ...