It hasn't taken long for cybercriminals to craft malware specifically designed to exploit the recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution bugs found in computer chips.
With the torch lighting for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang just over a week away U.S. CERT has issued cybersecuirty guidelines for those visiting the games, tips that can also be used in any public environment.
Malicious actors kept busy late last year adding new weapons to their arsenal while placing others on the backburner as they attempted to profit from new honey holes like cryptocurrency mining and boosting the amount of old favorites like malspam.
Breaking from typical ransomware distribution tactics, the attackers behind the new malicious cryptor GandCrab are relying on a pair of exploit kits - RIG EK and GrandSoft EK - to infect unwitting victims.
