The malware looks for healthcare institutions

The VLC multimedia player is being used to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons to targets in Australia.

Targets VMware ESXi servers

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers.

Eight billion threats in the first two months of 2020

Trend Micro said it blocked nearly eight billion threats in the first two months of 2020, with ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks surging over the period.

Wanted to study attackers

Trend Micro created a fake tech company, complete with AI-generated photos of fake employees, in order to build a honeypot environment that looked like an actual, working tech factory environment.

We thought that was the point of the App store?

Fruity cargo cult Apple is finally getting around to checking its app store for privacy stealing software.

It obviously does not read Fudzilla

Last week we warned about a particularly nasty blitz on Wordpress sites from hackers trying to deface a vulnerably which allowed them to deface sites.

Government health warning

Forget Flash, Apple’s QuickTime videoplayer is so insecure it should be deleted from any PC unfortunate to have it, the US government has warned.

Trend Micro worried about the Internet of Things

Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon-produced SoC (system on a chip) devices which has highlighted a few worries about the internet of things.