Adobe: attackers can hack Windows 7 with this critical Acrobat PDF flaw
If you use Windows 7 and Adobe Acrobat Reader you need patch now.
If you use Windows 7 and Adobe Acrobat Reader you need patch now.
Ransomware that posed as WannaCry was delivered with NotPetya through the same poisoned software update from a Ukraine software vendor.
Researchers uncover well-crafted malware that's designed to disrupt core electricity substation equipment to cause outages.
Hackers behind the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) breach and several other profile cyberattacks had at least six zero-day exploits on hand and a custom-made exploit kit.
Ransomware perpetrators have stepped up their targeting of Australia with campaigns built around ransomware-laced messages purportedly from police and postal authorities, security firm ESET has reported as industry figures suggest the rising tide of ransomware attacks against Australian targets is showing no signs of abating.
David Braue | 02 Sep | Read more
If you downloaded the legitimate BitTorrent client for Mac OS over the past few days, you may have installed a nasty backdoor, security experts have warned.
Online crooks have served up a special serve of Android banking malware designed to dupe customers of Australia’s big four banks to divulge SMS two-factor authentication codes.
All the warnings in the world aren't going to stop a small business from paying a ransom to recover encrypted files when the alternative is the collapse of the business – and that, one security expert has warned, is why Australia will continue to be increasingly targeted by cybercriminals looking to make a quick buck from the malware.
David Braue | 24 Feb | Read more
Malwarebytes said it may take three to four weeks to fix flaws in its consumer product found by Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Feb | Read more
A widespread piece of ransomware that poses as a porn app for Android has been updated to conform with Google’s Material Design with the aim of boosting payments from victims.
Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky may need to follow up is most recent patch with more fixes if a Google security researcher is right.
A day after Microsoft released a patch for critical bug in Internet Explorer researchers have found it being used in semi-targeted attacks on visitors to a church in Hong Kong.
Security software vendor ESET has grown so quickly in Australia that the local operations were “the queen of the world” at the company's recent worldwide partner conference, local managing director Florin Vasile has revealed as he ramps up plans to consolidate the company's position in the fast-growing Australian market.
David Braue | 29 Jul | Read more
Google has removed dozens of apps from its Play Store that purport to be games but secretly click on advertisements on pornographic websites.
Jeremy Kirk | 24 Jul | Read more
Google is having difficulties keeping a wave of trojan 'porn clickers' out of the Google Play app store.