Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. Since last September, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A malware originating from China has now been contained after the FBI gained a court order to have the harmful code deleted from ...

The US has again taken court-approved action to remove malware from privately-held internet-connected computers across the country, part of an effort by a number of countries to combat infections of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FBI on Tuesday announced that it erased malware from more than 4,000 computers across the United States. The malware was under ...

The popular remote access tool PlugX enjoyed an ascent in popularity in 2014 and is now a go-to malware for attack groups. Existing in some form since 2008, the popular remote access tool PlugX has as ...

The US Justice Department and the FBI said on Jan. 14 that they were able to delete "PlugX" malware from thousands of devices globally as part of a cooperative effort. The operation spanned a series ...

The TA416 APT has returned in spear phishing attacks against a range of victims – from the Vatican to diplomats in Africa – with a new Golang version of its PlugX malware loader. The TA416 advanced ...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently confirmed that it authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hack thousands of US computers to prevent Chinese malware from taking ...

A virus expert who may be responsible for the development of PlugX, a Remote Access Tool, or RAT, used for several years to attack computers and steal data from targets in Asia, did not adequately ...

An operation responding to a Black Basta ransomware compromise has revealed the use of a new PlugX malware variant that can automatically infect any attached removable USB media devices. Palo Alto ...