There has been a 450% surge in breaches containing usernames and passwords globally and unauthorized access accounted for 43% of all breaches globally, according to a ForgeRock report.

Two flaws discovered in WAGO industrial controllers can be exploited to disrupt technological processes, which in some cases could lead to industrial accidents, according to Positive Technologies.

FreakOut, the multi-platform Python-based malware that targets Windows and Linux devices, has been updated. The malware is now upgraded to worm its way into publicly exposed unpatched VMware servers.

The injector used by the malware is also obfuscated with a compiler-based technique named control flow flattening, which modifies the normal flow of the program and makes static analysis impossible.

Some 75% of states in a recent NASTD survey say the pandemic had an impact on their remote access security, and almost half said they expanded their existing data loss protection technology.

Four security flaws discovered in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and Office online, could be potentially abused by bad actors to deliver attack code via Word and Excel documents.

Ransomware is one of the most potentially damaging and very popular types of malware. The cost of ransomware incidents worldwide is expected to spiral out of control, exceeding $265 billion by 2031.

The Accellion FTA file sharing system was widely used to share and store files by organizations around the world, including NSW Health, the government entity said on Friday afternoon.

The malware targets Windows containers exploits known vulnerabilities impacting web servers and databases with the end goal of compromised Kubernetes nodes and backdooring clusters.

Code-hosting platform GitHub Friday officially announced a series of updates to the site’s policies that delve into how the company deals with malware and exploit code uploaded to its service.