Malware

A newly discovered malware capable of cyberespionage and remote takeover is targeting Mac computers, delivering its payload by opening up a backdoor connection to a command-and-control web server via the encrypted Tor network.

A criminal division of an otherwise legitimate Chinese tech company is behind a mobile malware distribution campaign that currently generates around $300,000 a month, according to a Check Point threat analysis.

The apparent death of the Angler Exploit Kit has not only caused a pause in the amount of malvertising showing up in the wild, but also has pushed cybercriminals to start using the Neutrino EK for distributing malvertising.

Researchers discovered the Adwind RAT in spam emails containing the spyware as part of a campaign targeting companies in Denmark.

A cyberscam has been unfolding in the wake of the Brexit vote.

A spam campaign distributing Zepto ransomware swelled from zero to 137,731 emails with malicious attachments using a new naming convention in just under four days, researchers at Cisco Talos observed.

A message seeming to come from a Facebook friend was instead a source of malware that ensnared 10,000 users.