Security experts have uncovered an incident that involved the Watchbog cryptomining botnet. Attackers exploited CVE-2018-1000861 to establish a foothold on the victim's network and install Watchbog malware on unpatched systems.
A joint effort between security firm Avast and a French cybercrime unit C3N has taken down a malicious worm dubbed Retadup that has affected thousands of machines.
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has confirmed late Friday that 23 towns across Texas were victims of a coordinated ransomware attack.
Governor Edwards of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after three of its school districts were hit with ransomware attacks.
Cyber criminals are targeting vulnerable software and gaps in managed service providers' (MSP) security systems to distribute Sodin ransomware.
A hacker group known for intrusions against oil and gas facilities is now expanding attacks against the electric utility sector.
A new botnet dubbed "GoldBrute" targets 1.5 million publicly exposed RDP servers on the internet via brute force attack.
A new strain of malware called "HiddenWasp" targeting Linux-based systems has been discovered by researchers.
Baltimore City computer network has been a victim of a ransomware attack that has taken data for hostage and knocked out city services.
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Magecart skimming attack that targeted 201 online campus stores in the United States and Canada.