Malware

GoPro Studio sends update requests and receives updates over unencrypted connections leaving users vulnerable to attack.

The Federal Trade Commission banned app developers Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger from creating and distributing malware after their "Prized" app commandeered consumer devices to mine digital currency.

ESET analysts believe the sophisticated backdoor is the work of French speaking developers.

Heimdal Security outlined a recent Dridex-spreading spam campaign that tries to trick users into opening a malicious macros-enabled document.

Although often considered relatively innocuous, click-fraud malware infections could be the start of serious enterprise security issues.

Researchers with Malwarebytes observed the Tinba variant being distributed as part of an attack involving advertising and URL shortening service Adf.ly.

In the year following Gameover Zeus takedown efforts, Dyre has steadily emerged as the financial trojan of choice among cybercriminals.

The owner and co-creator of the Blackshades remote administration tool (RAT) was sentenced to 57 months in prison in a U.S. federal court on Tuesday.