Category: Virus & Malware

Google Says NSO Pegasus Zero-Click ‘Most Technically Sophisticated Exploit Ever Seen’

Security researchers at Google’s Project Zero have picked apart one of the most notorious in-the-wild iPhone exploits and found a never-before-seen hacking roadmap that included a PDF file pretending to be a GIF image with a custom-coded virtual CPU built out of boolean pixel operations.

Corellium Lands $25 Million Investment for Virtualization Tech

Fresh off a high-profile legal triumph over Apple, virtualization technology startup Corellium is now enjoying the attention of investors with Paladin Capital Group leading a $25 million funding round.

Thousands of Industrial Systems Targeted With New ‘PseudoManuscrypt’ Spyware

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Tens of thousands of devices around the world, including many industrial control systems (ICS) and government computers, have been targeted in what appears to be an espionage campaign that involves a new piece of malware dubbed PseudoManuscrypt, Kaspersky revealed on Thursday.

Sophisticated Noberus Ransomware First to Be Coded in Rust

Symantec researchers have analyzed what appears to be the first ransomware family written in the Rust programming language.

Grip Security Raises $25 Million to Secure SaaS Applications

Grip Security, an Israeli startup that helps organizations securely adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS), on Tuesday announced the closing of a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital.

VirusTotal Introduces ‘Collections’ to Simplify IoC Sharing

Chronicle-owned VirusTotal this week announced VirusTotal Collections, a new resource aimed at making it easier for security researchers to share Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).

‘Sabbath’ Ransomware Operators Target Critical Infrastructure

Since June 2021, a relatively new ransomware group called Sabbath has been targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Canada, including education, health and natural resources.

Hardware Security Firm Axiado Banks $25M Investment

Axiado Corp, a hardware security firm based in San Jose, Calif., has banked $25 million in what is being described as an “oversubscribed” Series B funding round.

Marine Services Provider Swire Pacific Offshore Discloses Data Breach

Singapore-based marine services provider Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) disclosed a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the loss of commercial and personal data.

In an announcement published over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the company revealed that a third-party was able to access some of its systems without authorization.

Apple Slaps Lawsuit on NSO Group Over Pegasus iOS Exploitation

The troubles for Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group continue to pile up with news that Apple has filed suit to ban the company from using its software, services or devices.