Microsoft

GigaWiper: Anatomy of a destructive backdoor assembled from multiple malware

GigaWiper is a destructive backdoor that combines multiple wiping and ransomware-like capabilities into a single operational ...
IEEE

Deep Learning Approaches for Malware Detection: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques, Challenges, and Future Directions

Abstract: Malware remains a persistent and evolving cybersecurity threat, necessitating advanced detection techniques to counter increasingly sophisticated attacks. This survey provides a ...
IEEE

Early-Stage Detection of Encrypted Malware Traffic via Multi-Flow Temporal Graph Learning

Abstract: Malware widely adopts network traffic encryption techniques to conceal malicious activities. Recent research has demonstrated the effectiveness of machine learning (ML)-, deep learning (DL)- ...
Wired

Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation software. It was created in 2005—and likely deployed by the US or an ally. Vitaly ...
CNET

Malware Is Scary. Here's CNET's Guide to Cleaning an Infected Laptop

Every data-stealing virus requires a unique approach, but these are the essential first steps for reclaiming an infected device. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

DeepLoad Malware Combines ClickFix With AI-Generated Code to Avoid Detection

A newly uncovered malware campaign is combining ClickFix delivery with AI generated evasion techniques to steal enterprise user accounts and passwords. The attacks are designed to provide intruders ...
Scientific American

Open-source software has an invisible vulnerability. Hackers have found it

The danger in the code came from characters that are invisible to the human eye. In early March researchers at several security firms examined what looked like empty space and found hidden Unicode ...
GameSpot

After Infecting PCs With Malware, Gacha Game Gives Out Free Loot Boxes To Apologize

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The creators of free-to-play gacha RPG Duet Night Abyss have ...
Kotaku

Gacha Game Apologizes For Giving Players Malware With Some Free Loot Boxes

The team behind Duet Night Abyss, a free-to-play gacha RPG from developer Pan Studio and publisher Hero Games, has apologised for a “cybersecurity incident” that occurred last night, on March 18, ...
Bleeping Computer

New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads

A new family of Android click-fraud trojans leverages TensorFlow machine learning models to automatically detect and interact with specific advertisement elements. The mechanism relies on visual ...
Ars Technica

Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen framework that infects Linux machines with a wide assortment of modules that are notable for the range of advanced capabilities they provide to ...