The financial cyber-gang is running limited attacks ahead of broader offensives on point-of-sale systems. [...]

The security hole in the Plus Addons for Elementor plugin was used in active zero-day attacks prior to a patch being issued. [...]

A never-before-seen malware-dropper, Clast82, fetches the AlienBot and MRAT malware in a savvy Google Play campaign aimed at Android users. [...]

Website admins should patch all plugins, WordPress itself and back-end servers as soon as possible. [...]

Espionage attacks exploiting the just-patched remote code-execution security bugs in Microsoft Exchange servers are quickly spreading. [...]

Attackers have weaponized code dependency confusion to target internal apps at tech giants. [...]

Full dumps of email boxes, lateral movement and backdoors characterize sophisticated attacks by a Chinese APT - while more incidents spread like wildfire. [...]

The Ryuk scourge has a new trick in its arsenal: Self-replication via SMB shares and port scanning. [...]

COVID-19 impacted volumes for the year, but the U.S. moved into third place on the list of countries most infected by stalkerware. [...]

The hotly anticipated GeForce RTX 3060, a ray-tracing-friendly, advanced gaming graphics chip, will also throttle Ethereum mining. [...]

The FBI has warned that telephony denial-of-service attacks are taking aim at emergency dispatch centers, which could make it impossible to call for police, fire or ambulance services. [...]

The threat actors stole data and used Clop's leaks site to demand money in an extortion scheme, though no ransomware was deployed. [...]

A second malware that targets Macs with Apple's in-house M1 chip is infecting machines worldwide -- but it's unclear why. [...]

A malicious website or malicious ad can trigger an exploit for the IE zero-day bug, opening the door for data theft and code execution, new analysis notes. [...]

The popular plugin is installed on more than 1 million websites, and has four flaws that allow various kinds of serious attacks, including site takeover and email hijacking. [...]

The feds have expanded the list of financial and political hacking crimes they allege are linked to Lazarus Group and North Korea. [...]

The volume of attacks fell 31 percent in the last part of 2020, as Bitcoin values skyrocketed. But there were still several notable trends, such as a rise in Linux botnets. [...]

Hundreds of thousands of individuals are potentially affected by this vulnerability. [...]

The number of people being targeted by fake relationship-seekers has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

A well-crafted SMS phishing effort is harvesting personal data and credit-card details under the guise of offering tax refunds. [...]

The Tier 1 telecom giant was caught up in a coordinated, wide-ranging attack using unpatched security bugs in the Accellion legacy file-transfer platform. [...]

The attackers ported victims' cell phone lines and then defeated 2FA to access accounts and apps. [...]

The ransomware gang behind the hack of CD Projekt Red may be asking for $1 million opening bids for the company's valuable data. [...]

Microsoft addressed 56 security vulnerabilities for February Patch Tuesday -- including 11 critical and six publicly known. And, it continued to address the Zerologon bug. [...]

CD Projekt Red was hit with a cyberattack (possibly the work of the "Hello Kitty" gang), and the attackers are threatening to release source code for Witcher 3, corporate documents and more. [...]