Next-level malware represents a new era of malicious code developed specifically to get around modern security software like digital forensics tools and EDR, new research warns.

New research from Specops Software shows attackers successfully attack and gain access to RDP with the most basic passwords.

The department was able to trace the stolen funds to three main cryptocurrency accounts after being routed through a series of other platforms.

Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure first disclosed by the vendor in January.

The threat actors behind the zero-day exploitation of a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows have been found to deliver two new backdoors called SilentPrism and DarkWisp. The activity has been attributed to a suspected Russian hacking group called Water Gamayun, which is also known as EncryptHub and LARVA-208. “The threat actor deploys payloads primarily…

Positioning security leaders as more than risk managers turns them into business enablers, trusted advisers, and, eventually, integral members of the C-suite.

Attackers post links to fake websites on LinkedIn to ask people to complete malicious CAPTCHA challenges that install malware.

Threat actors are using the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites. mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to plugins in a special directory (“wp-content/mu-plugins”) that are automatically executed by WordPress without the need to enable them explicitly…

Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware resurfaces with new tricks? Step behind the curtain with us this week as we explore breaches…