Running malicious code inside GPUs leaves detectable traces on computers, researchers concluded. By Lucian Constantin Malware that runs inside GPUs (graphics processing units) can be harder to detect, but is…
Cyberspies Impersonate Security Researcher
‘Rocket Kitten’ pro-Iranian regime hackers focusing more on targeting individuals for geopolitical espionage. Kelly Jackson Higgins A cyber espionage group likely out of Iran turned the tables on a security…
Wi-Fi routers and unpatched security flaws
Attackers could exploit the flaws to hijack DNS requests or completely take over the devices By Lucian Constantin If your Wi-Fi network is using the popular Belkin N600 DB router,…
Ransomware Jumped 58 Percent in Q2
McAfee Threat Labs Report also zooms in on GPU malware and looks back on the first five years of the Intel-McAfee marriage. By Sara Peters The number of ransomware samples…
Hybrid malware threatens Japanese consumers
John Leyden Customers of Japanese banks are on the front line of attacks based on a new and sophisticated banking trojan, mashed together from leaked bits of malware code. Shifu…
Hacking number one consumer fear
Doug Olenick A Kaspersky Lab study found some consumers are tremendously worried about hacking and malware, while almost half are not concerned at all and others simply believe they are…