A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. While most ...

The LokiBot malware family has been given a significant upgrade with the ability to hide its source code in image files on infected machines. Known as steganography, the technique is used to hide ...

Scammers built a convincing fake Windows update site that installs password-stealing malware. Learn how the multi-stage ...

Malware analysts have found multiple samples of a new malware toolkit that can collect sensitive files from systems isolated from the internet. They call it Ramsay and there are few known victims to ...

When it’s time to upgrade to a new computer, the excitement can be overshadowed by the concern of transferring existing data without bringing along any unwanted viruses or malware. Philip from Troy, ...

Third-party programs are widely used on Windows and other operating systems. But how can you tell if a program is safe to install or not? How can you be so sure that the program file you are going to ...

Attackers are hiding interesting malware in a boring place, hoping victims won’t bother to look. Where’s the last place you’d expect to find malware? In an email from your mother? Embedded in software ...

BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers Anuj Soni, Jordan Barth and Brian Marks recently discovered obfuscated malware code that was embedded within WAV audio files. The technique is called ...

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...

Question: Are file conversion websites safe to use? Answer: It’s not uncommon to have a file sent to you in a format your computer can’t make use of and it needs to be converted. In some cases, a ...

MacOS is generally perceived to be more effective at keeping malware out compared to PCs and other operating systems. However, that's not the reality; MacOS is just as vulnerable to malware threats as ...

A new version of a file-infecting malware program that’s being distributed through drive-by download attacks is also capable of stealing FTP (File Transfer Protocol) credentials, according to security ...