Malware

Hackers went old school during the first half of 2015, resurrecting the use of malicious email attachments and also began targeting businesses with a new stream of phishing attacks, according to Proofpoint's first half threat report.

Researchers have spotted attackers using fake Facebook accounts to post malicious links in the comments of popular content.

Researchers at Malwarebytes uncovered a malvertising campaign against AdSpirit.de, similar to the one used recently on Yahoo.

The malware was detected by Fortinet as Android/Locker.CB!tr and is capable of receiving a variety of commands.

Researchers say that campaigns leveraging the Asprox botnet have disappeared after reaching a peak last year.

The Darkhotel APT group swapped out its previous Flash zero-days this past month for an exposed Hacking Team zero-day.

U.K. ham radio operators are the target of a phishing scam asking them to open a malware-infected attachment purportedly from Ofcom Spectrum Licensing.