Malware

Data breaches, ransomware, and threats against industrial control system were were discussed during an RSA Conference 2015 session on dangerous attack techniques.

Researchers with Malwarebytes have identified a malvertising attack carried out through Merchenta, an advertising network that claims to reach more than 28 billion consumers per month in the U.S.

Trustwave also found that the Punkey threat family and NewPosThings share the same code base.

Motherboard and Privacy International revealed the contract between DEA and a government supplier.

An Arkansas lawyer representing whistleblowers asked a court to sanction an Arkansas police department after a hard drive he had provided for discovery materials was returned with malware on it.

After analyzing a phishing attack, Kaspersky found that ensuing email correspondence could be linked to two APT groups, Naikon and Hellsing.

On the heels of similar incidents, Rossel, a Belgium media group, experienced an hours-long DDoS attack Sunday afternoon.