Malware

An executive's system was reportedly infected by malware after he charged an e-cigarette purchased on eBay through his system's USB port.

Electronic kiosks and ticketing systems are among the targets of a new type of point-of-sale threat known as "d4re|dev1|".

A backdoor referred to as CryptoPHP is being packaged with pirated Joomla, WordPress and Drupal themes and plugins and used for illegal search engine optimization.

A researcher at Symantec traced DroidJack's origins back to legitimate Android app developers and previous RATs.

The group, APT3, is also believed to be behind Operation Clandestine Fox, which used social engineering to lure victims into installing malware.

Symantec is referring to the malware as 'groundbreaking,' particularly due to the advanced techniques it uses to conceal itself.

A newly identified ransomware takes extra precaution to hide from researchers and possibly show good faith on the attackers' part.

Experts at Symantec have come across a sophisticated cyber espionage tool that exhibits a rare complexity of features similar to past cyberespionage malware.