Tag: Malware
Cybercriminals have been distributing a previously unknown strain of malware through torrent trackers by disguising it as downloads for popular films, with hundreds of victims already identified across multiple …
New research from Cohesity has found that only 2 per cent of Australian organisations believe their current recovery plans are equipped to withstand threats posed by frontier AI technologies. …
Autonomous AI agents connecting to sensitive enterprise systems are opening up fresh data security risks for organisations across Australia and New Zealand, with AI systems surfacing confidential information to …
A 40-year-old Russian citizen has been extradited to the United States and indicted on federal charges after allegedly exploiting TeamViewer remote access software to take control of thousands of …
The most effective email attacks no longer look like attacks. Over the last month, Barracuda researchers have tracked a set of campaigns that share a single direction of travel: …
Security researchers at Barracuda have identified a series of phishing campaigns that use real Microsoft login pages, weaponised PDF attachments and a rare “split-click” technique to steal session tokens …
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified three previously undocumented malware families being used in an active cyber espionage campaign targeting telecommunications providers, government agencies, defence organisations and …
Cybersecurity firm, Bitdefender, has uncovered an active malware campaign that spreads through gaming forums and Discord communities, targeting players searching for Roblox game modifications and cheats. The malware is …
The Logokit phishing-as-a-service platform has evolved over the past year from a standard phishing kit into a real-time deception tool that generates customised phishing pages tailored to each individual …
Generative AI is no longer an experimental tool for nation-state hackers. It has become a core component of how they discover vulnerabilities, build malware and move through compromised networks. …
Zscaler Threat Hunting has identified a campaign in which attackers abused Anthropic’s Claude platform to distribute malware to macOS users, using shared Claude chats to host malicious ClickFix instructions …
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified an active campaign by the Lampion malware family targeting Portuguese users through phishing emails that impersonate financial and administrative communications. The …
Nearly half of organisations still lack full visibility into the AI tools their employees are using, more than half of breached companies were told to stay quiet about it …
As the world tunes into the FIFA World Cup, cybercriminals are watching too. Major sporting events of this scale create a unique security challenge, with stadium operations, ticketing platforms, …
For the security teams protecting small and mid-sized businesses, some of the hardest threats to stop are not the ones that look dangerous. They are the ones that look …
Barracuda Research has published its latest SOC Threat Radar findings, revealing a 55 per cent increase in password spraying activity originating from Iran and targeting Fortigate VPNs during May …
An Iranian-linked cyber espionage group has been deploying new malware and evasion techniques against organisations in the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, using fake job recruitment …
Bitdefender researchers have detailed how cybercriminals are exploiting Microsoft’s legacy MSHTA utility to deliver malware attacks that bypass traditional security tools and blend into normal Windows activity. MSHTA, which …
Bitdefender has published research documenting a cyber-espionage campaign by the China-aligned threat group FamousSparrow against an oil and gas company in Azerbaijan, marking the first known instance of the …
A self-replicating worm is actively compromising Node.js packages across the NPM registry, hijacking tokens from CI/CD pipelines and using them to spread to further packages in what security researchers …
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team has built a multi-agent AI system capable of autonomously executing a full attack chain against a cloud environment, from initial reconnaissance through …
Cyber threats facing small and mid-sized businesses are not new. What is changing is how quietly and efficiently attackers are gaining access. Barracuda’s latest SOC Threat Radar shows a …
NetApp and Commvault have announced a strategic alliance aimed at delivering an integrated data protection and cyber resilience solution for enterprises operating across on-premises and cloud environments. The two …
Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a malicious extension targeting the Windsurf integrated development environment (IDE) that uses the Solana blockchain to deliver credential-stealing malware to developers. The campaign disguises the …
HP has released its latest Wolf Security Threat Insights Report, covering the October to December 2025 quarter, with findings showing that cybercriminals are increasingly leaning on AI tools and …
For years, the cyber threat conversation has been dominated by malware. New variants, zero-days and malicious files have shaped how organisations think about risk and how security strategies are …
Attackers are turning to animation-driven lures and readily available malware kits to slip past defences and compromise user devices, according to new findings from HP Inc. The company’s Q3 …
Encryption, once the cornerstone of digital trust, has become one of cybercriminals’ most effective cloaks. Yet, in Q2 2025, research at WatchGuard Technologies reveals that encryption itself is being …
Australian mines and factories are taking more than a month to detect data breaches, with some intrusions remaining hidden for more than a year, according to new research released …
It begins with a series of system slowdowns – what the IT team initially mistakes for a routine hardware issue. The investigation, however, reveals a far worse reality: a …
In August, WatchGuard blocked more than 65,000 network attacks against Australian organisations – averaging 90 every hour. Despite accounting for just 1.25 per cent of malware detections across Asia-Pacific, …
The final quarter of 2024 marked a significant shift in global cybersecurity. For the first time, Asia-Pacific (APAC) accounted for more than half (56 per cent) of all network …
HP has warned travellers to stay alert when booking trips online, with new research showing that attackers are spoofing travel websites and using malicious cookie banners to install malware …
Despite continued investments in training and Ai-powered tools, the human element remains a critical vulnerability in cybersecurity – proving that security isn’t just a technology problem, it’s a human …
Cybercriminals are hijacking the global fascination with artificial intelligence to run a massive online scam, using fake social media ads to spread malware and steal personal data from unsuspecting …
We’ve all been there – you click “submit” and get a 404 error, or you’re at the cafe counter and the payment system is down. As a customer, it’s …
From the Editor: I’m sitting here literally trying to save a file on a laptop, but it won’t because OneDrive has automatically adjusted its settings with an update (yet …
WatchGuard Technologies has released its latest Internet Security Report, which covers key cyber threats observed during the second quarter of 2024. The report highlights how threat actors are now …
