Cybercriminals spotted hiding cryptocurrency mining malware in forked projects on GitHub
Cybercriminals have found another way to spread their malware: uploading cryptocurrency mining code to GitHub, according to security researchers. Developers 'fork' projects on GitHub, which means making a copy of someone else's project in order to build on it. In this case, the cybercriminals fork random projects and then hide malicious executables in the directory structure of these new projects. Read more…
Bitcoin stealing malware distributed on download.com for nearly a year
Bitcoin stealing malware that swaps user accounts with that of the attacker was found to be hosted on Download.com servers for nearly a year. Read more…
Vengeance by DDoS: No one is immune
In what may catch many by surprise, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are being used against companies, organizations, and individuals as an act of vengeance or revenge. No one is immune; documented victims have included non-profit organizations, community colleges, courts and law enforcement entities. Read more…
Victims can sue Yahoo for massive breaches, federal judge says
Plaintiffs suing Yahoo for failing to protect all of the company’s 3 billion users can move forward with the majority of their case, a federal judge in California ruled on Friday. Read more…
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