Malware

Researchers from Trend Micro have discovered a malware campaign seemingly targeting Israeli hospitals with highly obfuscated information-stealing malware that abuses LNK shortcut files.

The security firm advises the "importance of planning", as "protecting data protects your bottom line".

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., has called on the National Security Agency (NSA) to release any kill switches or protective services that could help mitigate the cyberattacks launched using NSA-created malicious tools.

Microsoft has issued an advisory and patched a remote code execution vulnerability in its Microsoft Malware Protection Engine after the flaw was spotted by a Google Project Zero bug hunter.

The Armada Collective hacking group has issued a $315,000 ransom demand to seven South Korean banks, after threatening to launch distributed denial of service attacks against each of their organizations.