Banking trojan executes when targets hover over link in PowerPoint doc

Enlarge (credit: Dodge This Security) Criminal hackers have started using a novel malware attack that infects people when their mouse hovers over a link embedded in a malicious PowerPoint file. The method—which was used in a recent spam campaign that attempted to install a bank-fraud backdoor alternately known as Zusy, OTLARD, and Gootkit—is notable because […]

Salmonella bug 'can act as Trojan Horse' to FIGHT cancer

The salmonella bacteria can infiltrate tumours and flag the cancer cells up to the body’s immune defences, making them a target for attack. Cancers have evolved ways of evading the immune system and are often left alone because they are not seen as “foreign”. The salmonella strain engineered by the South Korean researchers is a […]