ABC12

Ascension healthcare says an employee downloaded a malicious file

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Ascension healthcare announced that an employee "accidentally" downloaded a malicious file that they thought was legitimate, causing the recent cybersecurity ...
Hosted on MSN

After Ransomware Attacks, Microsoft Teams to Block Malicious Files

Microsoft Teams is adding two new security features to protect users against malicious links and dangerous files. Starting next month, the messaging app will be able to “detect and warn users [about] ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions hid trojan in fake PNG file

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with malware hidden inside dependency folders. The malicious activity was ...

Researchers discover malicious PDF files that put millions at risk

In a recent report, security researchers at Zimperium have uncovered a new phishing campaign. This series of attacks ...
CBS News

Ascension cyberattack caused after employee accidentally downloaded malicious file

(CBS DETROIT) — Last month's cyberattack on Ascension hospitals nationwide happened because of what an investigation determined was a simple employee mistake. After bringing in a third-party company ...
Dark Reading

Threat Spotlight: Proportion of Malicious HTML Attachments Doubles Within a Year

The security industry has been highlighting the cybercriminal misuse of HTML for years — and evidence suggests it remains a successful and popular attack tool. Last year we reported that around one-in ...
CSOonline

Threat actors increasingly using malicious virtual hard drives in phishing attacks

Threat actors are increasingly creating malicious virtual hard drives to distribute malware, in the hopes of getting around email gateways that have become good at detecting infected documents, ...
Forbes

An Examination Of Deep File Inspection Technologies For Enhanced Cybersecurity Analytics

In today's world, businesses face a barrage of cyber threats, demanding more sophisticated and robust defensive countermeasures. As enterprises increasingly embrace digital transformations, the sheer ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Threat Actors Use Malicious File Systems to Scale Crypto-Mining Operations

Threat actors have been observed using an open-source tool called PRoot to increase the scope of their operations to several Linux distributions. The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) has discovered ...
PC World

Microsoft Teams will soon warn you of malicious links and files

Microsoft is improving protection against malicious files and links in Microsoft Teams, a problem that has been growing lately. According to a Microsoft 365 Message Center alert, users will start ...
CSOonline

Malicious package campaign on NuGet abuses MSBuild integrations

Attackers are exploiting for the first time a known security risk in a popular MSBuild feature to place hard-to-detect malicious files in the .NET repository. Attackers are constantly coming up with ...
Dark Reading

Security Takes On Malicious DNA (Files)

At the 15th annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo this past May, Ari Berman, vice president and general manager of consulting services at BioTeam, urged life-science organizations to adopt a more lax, ...