Malware

Control system hack at manufacturer raises red flag

US-CERT find leads to concerns across a broad array of industries, including military and hospitals

APT attackers getting more evasive, even more persistent

DHS warns of spear-phishing campaign against energy companies

Attackers used information from company website to craft attacks

APT attackers getting more evasive, even more persistent

Fear of discovery fuels sneakier tactics by writers of persistent malware

Bitcoin mining malware spreading on Skype, researcher says

A new Skype spam campaign directs users to malware that uses the computer's CPU to mine Bitcoins, according Kaspersky Lab researchers

PostgreSQL releases updates to address high-risk vulnerability, other issues

VMware also updates its PostgreSQL-based vFabric Postgres database product

Microsoft to patch IE10 Pwn2Own bugs next week, says security expert

Slates nine security updates for IE, Windows, SharePoint and Defender on Windows 8, RT

Yandex launches public DNS service with malicious URL filtering

The company is working with some hardware vendors to create router firmware with built-in support for the service

Bitcoin storage service, Instawallet, suffers database attack

Instawallet, which stored a person's bitcoins, said it will refund some lower balances

Companies experience a malware event on their systems every three minutes, report says

Attackers are increasingly using advanced detection evasion techniques to get past traditional defenses, FireEye says