Sunday, May 19, 2024

Hackers are using three families of malware in exploiting user trust in supposedly safe websites

By Tom Brewster Some savvy cyber criminals have used just three families of malware to infect around five million systems, in what one security firm has labelled the “trust phenomenon.” Rather than using more shady areas of the internet, such as pornography or download sites, to spread infection, the hackers tracked by avast! have sought ... Read more