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Hackers are exploiting ‘click tolerance’ to trick users into infecting themselves with malware
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Threat actors are exploiting users’ familiarity with verification tests to trick them into loading malware onto their systems, new research has warned.

3.9 billion credentials were exposed to cyber criminals last year
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The threat of infostealer malware is on the rise, with 4.3 million machines infected last year alone

Why ‘malware as a service’ is becoming a serious problem
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Researchers have issued a warning over the rise of 'malware as a service' platforms amid a surge in attacks over the last year.

There’s a new ransomware player on the scene
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Security experts have warned the BlackLock group could become the most active ransomware operator in 2025

Hackers are using a new AI chatbot to create malware
By Nicole Kobie published
News Researchers at Abnormal Security have warned about the rise of GhostGPT, a new chatbot used by cyber criminals to create malicious code and malware.

US authorities just purged malware from thousands of devices across the world
By Solomon Klappholz published
News After taking control of the PlugX malware’s command-and-control server, the coalition were able to trigger a self-delete mechanism to remove the malicious program

Open source malware surged by 156% in 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Hackers are taking advantage of lax verification and surging demand to distribute and scale malware in record time

Two notorious infostealer malware operations were just knocked offline
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Infrastructure linked to two major infostealer malware strains has been seized in a joint law enforcement operation
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