Malware

The cyberthreat security firm IID is forecasting the connected devices that will comprise the Internet of Things (IoT) universe are likely to be banded together in a botnet army and used to launch massive attacks by 2017.

Apparently tech support scams never get old. But they have gotten more aggressive, according to a Symantec blog post penned by researcher Deepak Singh.

The Reader's Digest and other WordPress-based websites are once again on the receiving end of a hacking campaign with this one injecting the sites with malware that has uses Angler exploit kit upload various trojans.

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.