Malware

Brute-force malware targets email and FTP servers

Researchers find Fort Disco malware variants launching brute force password guessing attacks against POP3 and FTP servers

Security industry in ‘rut,’ struggling to keep up with cybercriminals

7 sneak attacks used by today’s most devious hackers

IE zero-day vulnerability exploited more widely than previously thought

Security researchers identified attacks that exploited the vulnerability to target organizations in Taiwan since at least July

Spear phishing poses threat to industrial control systems

‘Icefog’ spying operation targeted Japan, South Korea

Kaspersky Lab says the Icefog attackers appeared to know what files they needed from victims

Virginia Tech breach exposes data on 145K job applicants

University blames human error for compromise that exposed names, addresses, employment and education history

Internet Explorer zero-day attackers linked to Bit9 hackers

Apple is a tempting phishing target for scammers

Spam levels fell in August, but phishing attempts rose, including a focus on Apple, according to Kaspersky Lab

Apache Struts security update disables vulnerable feature

Version 2.3.15.2 of the development framework also fixes an issue with the action mapping mechanism