GitHub14d
History of Malware
According to malware.wiki Reaper is called a nematode ... (Y/N) What did the name "Wabbit" derive from? In 1975 the first Trojan was written. ANIMAL, created by John Walker, would act as a game and ...
The Hacker News2d
china | Breaking Cybersecurity News | The Hacker News
A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability ... including ...
SecurityWeek2d
FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers
Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...
FBI triggers self-destruction of China-backed malware infecting US computers
A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...
The Hacker News2d
FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of ...
The FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
A joint press release from the US Justice Department and the FBI has announced a multi-month law enforcement operation ...
Bleeping Computer3d
FBI deletes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of US computers
The operation started in July 2024, when French police and Europol removed the remote access trojan malware from infected devices in France. "In August 2024, the Justice Department and FBI ...
BGR29d
Android malware earned a Chinese hacking group over $500,000 per day
In the first half of the year, the Hummer trojan infected nearly 1,4 million devices per day – see the following graphic. The security firm estimates that the virus developer made $0.50 every ...
Bleeping Computer29d
BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android devices despite disruption
The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. Researchers from ...
NDTV28d
H5N1 Virus: What Is Avian Flu And Why Is It A Global Health Threat?
The H5N1 virus has now established its presence in 108 countries across five continents, impacting even endangered species like the California condor and polar bears. Alarmingly, bird flu was ...
Reuters3d
US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by a group of criminal hackers who were backed by the ...
Scientific American21d
Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient
While this development has not changed the CDC’s official assessment of risk to the general public, it does indicate that the H5N1 virus is capable of adapting to human airways. If you're ...