Malware

The developer of uTorrent for Windows and uTorrent Web has been scrambling to issue patched versions of the BitTorrent-based peer-to-peer fire-sharing apps after Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy found critical vulnerabilities that can result in remote code execution and information disclosure upon visiting malicious websites.

The on-going battle between cyberattackers and those tasked with defending their company's ramparts resulted in cybercriminals adding encryption to their bag of tricks to keep their activities hidden, while the good guys placed more faith in artificial intelligence and machine learning as a defensive measure.

Savannah, Ga., is still in the process of recovering from a malware attack that took place last week that forced the city to shut down part of its computer system in an attempt to limit damage.

Malicious actors can abuse Microsoft Word's Online Video feature to deliver videos that secretly exhaust their viewers' computer processing power in order to mine cryptocurrencies, according to Israeli cybersecurity firm Votiro.

Reputed North Korean APT group TEMP.Reaper, the alleged culprit behind a zero-day ROKRAT malware campaign leveraging Adobe Flash Player vulnerability CVE-2018-4878, has been expanding its global target list despite remaining largely under the radar, according to a new FireEye research report.

The company FlightSimLabs found itself in the odd position of having to remove malware it had installed on some versions of its software as part of the digital rights management package after it was discovered by a Redditor.

A malicious campaign that's been exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle's WebLogic application servers in order to install a Monero cryptominer on victims' machines has reportedly used at least four different infection chain tactics to spread the threat worldwide, across virtually all industry sectors.