Malware

Just one month after U.S. and U.K. law enforcement helped take down Dridex, Trend Micro is reporting the botnet is bouncing back.

Already a scourge on personal computers, as well as personal websites, ransomware is now going after Linux web servers.

Thieves that planted unauthorized malware on some Hilton Worldwide point of sale (POS) systems aimed to glean payment card information in a breach that occurred late in 2014 or mid-2015, the hotel company confirmed Tuesday.

Security researchers at cyber threat intelligence company iSight Partners identified malware - called ModPOS - that targets retail point-of-sale systems.

Vonteera adware family has been spotted using a new trick to disable anti-malware and anti-virus software.

Smart TVs are not being targeted by hackers right now, but a researcher at Symantec has noted that cybercriminals have a wide range of options if they wish to breach the average Smart TV.

A data breach at Pearson VUE, the certification manager for Cisco, Oracle and IBM compromised the company's Credential Manager System and allowed unauthorized third-party access to data of "a limited set" of its users, Pearson VUE said in a Saturday statement.

Researchers at Damballa have discovered a toolset that may have helped the Destover and Shamoon malware remain undetected when they used to hack Sony and Saudi Aramco.