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Half of Q1's malware traffic observed by Sophos was TLS encrypted, hiding inside legit requests to legit services

Brit infosec outfit points to nefarious deeds within Discord, Google systems

Another supply-chain attack? Android maker Gigaset injects malware into victims' phones via poisoned update

Software nasty also 'persists after a factory reset'

Cybercrooks targeting UK organisations started 2020 strong only for attacks to wither away by Christmas

Aww, did the big bad criminals get a little lockdown burnout too?

ZIPX files that aren't: Keep a weather eye out for disguised malware in email attachments

Especially if you're routinely handling RAR files

A Code War has replaced The Cold War. And right now we’re losing it

Column There’s always someone to blame for bad infosec, but never a willingness to make meaningful change

Gootkit malware crew using SEO to get pwned websites in front of unwitting marks

And they're getting into the ransomware game too, warns Sophos

Malware attack that crippled Mumbai's power system came from China, claims infosec intel outfit Recorded Future

Updated The fun started at the same time as border skirmishes

Malware monsters target Apple’s M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’

Behaves like a legit software installer and phones home for instructions, but lacks a payload

Tiny Kobalos malware seen backdooring SSH tools, menacing supercomputers, an ISP, and more – ESET

Linux variant studied, dissected in detail in case you want to look out for it

Command 'n' control botnet of notorious Emotet Windows ransomware shut down in multinational police raid

Europol-led op knocks offline 700 servers used to infect 'millions of computers'

Showering malware-laced laptops on UK schools is the wrong way to teach them about cybersecurity

Column The Department for Education needs to learn its lesson too

Coming in at number 5, it's a blast from the past! Tenable's 2020 security flaw chart show features hits of yesteryear

You know that update thing? JFDI

British voyeur escapes US extradition over 770 cases of webcam malware

Forum bar and suicide risk keeps him in Blighty for now

'Malwareless' ransomware campaign operators pwned 83k victims' MySQL servers, 250k databases up for sale

$500 a pop, $25k 'earned' and not much of a trace left, says Guardicore

One alleged Dridex money-launderer set for US extradition, beams UK's National Crime Agency

They nicked six alleged perps last year but only one was charged

Microsoft and chums use US trademark law to trash Trickbot malware network

Multinational operation is part of election protection effort

'I don’t want to see another computer for the rest of my life'... Brit Dark Overlord cyber-extortionist thrown in an American clink for five years

Scumbag sobs in court as judge orders him to cough up $1.5m

Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe

Extortionware is bad but it never killed anyo... never mind

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