Malware

In the latest data breach impacting the hospitality industry, cybercriminals installed malware in the point-of-sale systems of HEI Hotels & Resorts and checked out with customer data that likely includes payment card information.

A team of researchers developed a new method to leak information from air-gapped computers using intrinsic covert noises emitted from the device's hard drive.

Trend Micro researchers spotted a new variant of Locky ransomware using Windows Scripting Files (WSF) as a downloader.

If Zeus was the king of banking trojans, then newcomer Scylex is looking to claim Zeus' old perch atop the Mt. Olympus of financial malware.

Fresh off the discovery that hackers compromised the customer support portal for Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale systems, a new shocking report surfaced, revealing that at least five more POS vendors were similarly breached.

Software company Lavians Inc. is offering free utilities applications for download that actually contain the Bing.vc browser hijacker software, Intel's McAfee Labs warned in a blog post yesterday.

Google and the NYU conducted a yearlong study into the business practices of those who pay vendors to install unwanted software in their install bundles.