Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published new research, “Trash Panda as a Service: Raccoon Stealer Steals Cookies, Cryptocoins and More,” detailing how a stealer disguised as pirated software grabs cryptocurrencies and information while dropping malicious content, such as cryptominers, on targeted systems.Read More…

Attackers continue to push the boundaries with modular trojans and ransomware attacks, a new report found. With the number of sophisticated cyberincidents continuing to grow, ransomware-based attacks in particular are on the rise in 2019, researchers said. Ransomware trojan-based infections jutted up from 9 percent in the fourth quarter ofRead More…

According to the latest Comodo Cybersecurity Threat Research Labs’ “Global Malware Report Q1 2018.” revealed that the first quarter for 2018 (for Jan-March 2018) threat analysis shows a very different picture from 2017, as cryptominers surged to the top of detected malware incidents, displacing ransomware — which declined significantly in volumeRead More…