CMA CGM confirms ransomware attack
French shipping giant surrenders to malware
CMA CGM has now confirmed it was hit with a ransomware attack. Several of its Chinese offices were affected, but the container line says it has shut down its network to prevent the spread of malware.
Zero day malware use increases
Malware use generally falls
In its latest Internet Security Report, WatchGuard Technologies found that despite an eight percent decrease in overall malware detections in Q2 2020, 70 per cent of all attacks involved zero day malware - variants that circumvent antivirus signatures, which represents a 12 percent increase over the previous quarter.
Apple approved malware to run within its walled garden
For Jobs beheld the serpent and saw that it was good
While the Tame Apple Press likes to bang on how secure Apple’s walled garden of delights is, it turns out that Jobs’s Mob gave high security clearance to a lump of malware.
FBI and NSA reveal Russia’s Linux malware
Been developed and deployed
The FBI and NSA have published a joint security alert containing details about a new strain of Linux malware that the two agencies say was developed and deployed in real-world attacks by Russia's military hackers.
Intel bakes malware protection onto its CPU
Control-Flow Enforcement Technology has been developed with Microsoft
Intel is baking some security into its CPUs that’s designed to thwart software exploits that execute malicious code on vulnerable computers.
Recycling Mac malware makes good sense
Saves you lots of time
While Apple fanboys insist that there is no Mac malware out there, a former National Security Agency former hacker has been recycling mac malware to carry out new missions.
AT&T employees were bribed to plant malware
Unlocked millions of iPhones
The US DoJ has said that AT&T employees took bribes to unlock millions of "super secure" iPhones and to install malware and unauthorised hardware on the company's network.
Shamoon takes out 10 percent of Saipem
Really dangerous malware
A new variant of the Shamoon malware was discovered on the network of Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem, where it destroyed files on about ten percent of the company's PCs.
Government snoopers deploy malware
Spotted in 45 countries
Security researchers have found evidence that a piece of malware peddled as "lawful intercept" software to government agencies has been deployed against victims located in 45 countries.
Bug in Intel chips threatens security
Wooden flaw
Researchers claim that they have discovered a bug in Intel chips that could compromise system securities.