‘Significant Threat’—Billions Of Gmail Users At Risk From Google Security Gaffe

New research has confirmed that almost every individual with a Gmail account is at significant risk from dangerous Google ...
TechRepublic

HTML attachments found to be the most malicious type of file

Barracuda Networks found that HTML attachments were malicious more than double than the next leading type of file. Users of email have long thought of executable and .dll attachments as the main focus ...

Cyber hackers using JPEG files to spread malware

Cybersecurity agencies and police have warned users about malware hidden inside JPEG image files and fake wedding invitation scams on WhatsApp. Officials said cybercriminals are using malicious APK ...
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Microsoft Teams adding protections against malicious files and links

Microsoft Teams users, rejoice. The video conferencing platform is getting more scam protection. According to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, which shares upcoming release dates for various features, two ...
Threat Post

Emotet Now Spreading Through Malicious Excel Files

An ongoing malicious email campaign that includes macro-laden files and multiple layers of obfuscation has been active since late December. The infamous Emotet malware has switched tactics yet again, ...
InfoWorld

Malicious Hugging Face model masquerading as OpenAI release hits 244K downloads

The repository reached the #1 trending position on Hugging Face within 18 hours, highlighting how public AI repositories are ...
ABC12

Ascension healthcare says an employee downloaded a malicious file

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Ascension healthcare announced that an employee "accidentally" downloaded a malicious file that they thought was legitimate, causing the recent cybersecurity ...
Ars Technica

WinRAR 0-day that uses poisoned JPG and TXT files under exploit since April

A newly discovered zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file-compression program has been exploited for four months by unknown attackers who are using it to install malware when targets open ...
ZDNet

PowerPoint add-on used to spread malicious files, says Avanan

A PowerPoint add-on is being used to spread malicious files, according to the findings of security company Avanan. Avanan's Jeremy Fuchs said the .ppam file -- which has bonus commands and custom ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Can Organizations Combat Malicious Password-Protected File Attacks?

Password-protected files are an intelligent way in which attackers are working to evade enterprise security defenses and infect endpoints. Not long ago, phishing attacks were nearly always delivered ...
PC World

Microsoft Teams will soon warn you of malicious links and files

Microsoft is improving protection against malicious files and links in Microsoft Teams, a problem that has been growing lately. According to a Microsoft 365 Message Center alert, users will start ...