A study found just 82 of 629 commercial cybersecurity reports published in the last decade discuss threats to civil society, with the rest devoted to cybercrime...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2020
Defiant Inc. reports millions of WordPress sites have been attacked by hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the "File Manager" WordPress plugin.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2020
Security researchers at NVISO Labs discovered a malware gang is using a .NET library to create malicious Excel files.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2020
Microsoft has awarded $13.7 million to security researchers since July 2019 for reporting bugs in its software, which is triple the $4.4 million from the same period...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2020
Chinese security researchers from Tencent's Xuanwu Lab said they can corrupt the firmware of fast chargers to cause damage to the items they charge.
The BadPower...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2020
Cybersecurity researchers found a new phishing group targeting large companies worldwide, which may have been operating undiscovered for over a year.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2020
Consumer rights groups say the agency operating the subway system in São Paulo, Brazil, has not shown that a new facial recognition technology platform protects...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2020
Covid-19 contact tracing wearables are being issued to Singapore's "most vulnerable seniors," who are not digitally connected and at higher risk of catching the...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2020
Researchers discovered a new variant of a powerful cryptojacking and DDoS-based malware, called Lucifer, which infects Windows machines by exploiting their vulnerabilities...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2020
U.K. cybersecurity firm Sophos is advising MSSQL database owners to fortify their servers against botnet-orchestrated brute-force attacks.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 16, 2020
Researchers have discovered a new strain of malware built to infect Linux-based servers and smart Internet of Things devices.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2020
Hackers have compromised multiple supercomputers in the U.K., Germany, Switzerland, and possibly Spain with cryptocurrency-mining malware.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2020
Nearly half of 256 cybersecurity professionals polled reported having been reassigned to general IT tasks, due to the global COVID-19 outbreak.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2020
Academics have developed a technique for stealing data from air-gapped systems by manipulating the vibrations of the fans inside computers.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 17, 2020
Over the past few months, a malware campaign has been scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2020
The Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 reports that a hacker group has been eavesdropping on corporate networks since at least early December.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2020