CyptoJacking Campaign Used Two Malware Strains to Target IoT and Linux Devices

CyptoJacking Campaign Used Two Malware Strains to Target IoT and Linux Devices

Linux Rabbit and Rabbot install CNRig and CoinHive miners

Fileless Backdoored Trojan Spreads Using Worm Living in Removable Drives

Fileless Backdoored Trojan Spreads Using Worm Living in Removable Drives

The Trojan comes with key logging and DDoSing capabilities

Trickbot Malware Now Also Steals Passwords From Apps, Web Browsers

Trickbot Malware Now Also Steals Passwords From Apps, Web Browsers

Steals credentials from Filezilla, Outlook, WinSCP, browsers

New Worm Uses Seven NSA Tools, Five More than WannaCry

New Worm Uses Seven NSA Tools, Five More than WannaCry

Called EternalRocks, this new worm is not yet weaponized

WannaCry Ransomware Variant with No Kill Switch Discovered

WannaCry Ransomware Variant with No Kill Switch Discovered

Security researchers have discovered several variants

PhotoMiner Worm Spreads via Vulnerable FTP Servers, Mines for Crypto-Currency

PhotoMiner Worm Spreads via Vulnerable FTP Servers, Mines for Crypto-Currency

Crooks use worm to mine for the Monero crypto-currency

Ubiquiti AirOS Routers Hit with Worm Attacks

Ubiquiti AirOS Routers Hit with Worm Attacks

The threat is benign for now, could be easily weaponized

Cryptoworms Is How Ransomware Will Evolve, Cisco Claims

Cryptoworms Is How Ransomware Will Evolve, Cisco Claims

Worms + Ransomware = Disaster for the rest of us

FighterPOS Malware Can Now Spread on Its Own

FighterPOS Malware Can Now Spread on Its Own

Brazilian POS malware gets worm-like features

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 21st, 2016
Threat Group Uses Dating Sites to Build a Botnet of Vulnerable Home Routers

Threat Group Uses Dating Sites to Build a Botnet of Vulnerable Home Routers

Attackers are using the TheMoon router worm

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 3rd, 2015
Memories Can Survive Cryogenic Freeze, Researchers Argue

Memories Can Survive Cryogenic Freeze, Researchers Argue

The scientists claim to have even proven this in worms

Moose Worm Compromises Routers for Social Network Fraud

Moose Worm Compromises Routers for Social Network Fraud

Malware could be used for DDoS and DNS hijacking

Watch: Worm Puking Freaky Appendage Will Scar You for Life

Watch: Worm Puking Freaky Appendage Will Scar You for Life

This bizarre creature, identified as a ribbon worm, might just be the most disgusting ever to crawl the Earth

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 20th, 2015
It's Been Raining Actual Earthworms in Norway, No Joke

It's Been Raining Actual Earthworms in Norway, No Joke

While skiing in the mountains near the city of Bergen, a teacher found thousands of earthworms just lying on the ground

Facebook Worm Lures with Promise of Smut Content, Delivered via Box Cloud Storage

Facebook Worm Lures with Promise of Smut Content, Delivered via Box Cloud Storage

Malicious Chrome shortcut loads rogue extension

Mobile Users Directed to Dodgy Page with $200 Amazon Voucher Lure

Mobile Users Directed to Dodgy Page with $200 Amazon Voucher Lure

Security company stops 200,000 malicious messages

Humongous Worm Lives Inside Man's Foot for About 4 Years

Humongous Worm Lives Inside Man's Foot for About 4 Years

During the time it spent nestled inside the man's body, the worm grew to measure about 1 meter (3 feet) in length

 
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