Malware

The comeback was 16 years in the making, but macro malware is once again on security professional's radar in a big way impacting at least 100,000 people since it began its resurgence earlier this year, according to Intel Security

Security researchers found a large number of religious apps such as Bible or Quran mobile applications that contain malicious code.

The Nemucod trojan is on the rise and being used to spread Teslacrypt ransomware via phishing campaigns, although the silver lining is not as many people are being victimized this time around.

Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a malvertising attack targeting Comcast customers that combines an EK, phishing and a tech support scam.

A third of content sites contain malware, 45 percent of which was delivered by drive-by downloads, a recently released report found.

Scammers claiming to be Microsoft call center support trying remove malware, instead load malware onto victims' computers.

Researchers spotted the stealthy LATENTBOT targeting the financial and insurance sectors and which is believed active since mind 2013.

Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted an increase in malvertising attacks delivering Nuclear EKs and ransomware.