Zero day malware stories

Iceland-based Varist has launched a free malware scanner that rates suspicious files in seconds to counter fast-evolving AI-driven threats.

WatchGuard reports a 1,548% surge in new evasive malware and a 2,000% jump in encrypted threats, straining signature-based defences.

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday addresses 59 CVEs, including one critical and three zero-days, with notable exploits in DWM Core and MSHTML surfaces.

New services enhance BlueVoyant's existing supply chain defence product offering for government and commercial organisations.

Recorded Future's monthly report reveals high-risk vulnerabilities, exploit chains, and zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft and Ivanti products.

The scanner detects and blocks suspicious behaviour and malware in real-time, preventing code tampering and countering threats in the software build process.

Microsoft discloses a zero-day vulnerability in Outlook that has been exploited for almost a year to target organizations and critical infrastructure.

Aqua Security launches Lightning Enforcer, an eBPF-based technology that provides real-time protection against zero-day attacks.

Tenable has announced additions to Tenable Cloud Security that represent the next step in assessing threats related to cloud vulnerabilities.

Avast, released its Q2/2022 Threat Report today, revealing a significant increase in global ransomware attacks, up 24% from Q1/2022.

Rimini Street has announced the launch of Rimini Protect, a new suite of security solutions set to provide a more comprehensive layer of security.

Hackers are exploiting security vulnerabilities faster than ever before, with the average time to exploitation down from 42 days to just 12 days.

Indusface offers a game-changing web application firewall solution that can protect businesses from the increasing threat of Zero-day attacks.

Palo Alto Networks has announced the upgrade of its PAN-OS software to help find the evasive, zero-day attacks.

Every organisationusing Microsoft Exchange must patch their on-premise servers immediately and scan their networks for signs of malicious activity.

While analysing the CVE-2021-1732 exploit, Kaspersky experts found another such zero-day exploit and reported it to Microsoft.

Evasive malware is at an all-time high, with WatchGuard's Q4 2019 report revealing it now constitutes two-thirds of all detections.

A blog post from security vendor ESET has outlined the risk of the zero-day for those who are still using the relic browser of internet-past.

Trend Micro has put more than US$500,000 towards a prize pool that aims to find security vulnerabilities at the upcoming Mobile Pwn2Own contest.

Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF can allow attackers to execute malicious code on startup. Safe Reading Mode is recommended.