A digitally signed adware tool has deployed payloads running with SYSTEM privileges that disabled antivirus protections on thousands of endpoints, some in the educational, utilities, government, and healthcare sectors. […]
In what was Sweden’s first public mention of the attack, the country’s minister for civil defense said it targeted a heating plant in western Sweden. The post Sweden Blames Pro-Russian Group for Cyberattack Last Year on Its Energy Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft has awarded $2.3 million to security researchers after receiving nearly 700 submissions during this year’s Zero Day Quest hacking contest. […]