If you're using Google's Chrome browser, read this article. The company has announced a pair of major, Zero-Day vulnerabilities that put you at immediate risk. Not only are the flaws of the highest possible severity, but hackers have already begun exploiting them.

When you think scammers couldn't get any lower, they find new ways to prove you wrong. Recently, a new phishing email scam has arisen in the wild; this one baiting potential victims with the possibility of pay raises.

The scammers structured their email so that they appeared to come from the Human Resources department of their victims' companies.

Do you use the Discord chat service?

Be advised that malware developers have been using the service to host various types of malware and use it as a command and control server.
They are abusing the chat client to force it to perform a variety of malicious behavior.

Apple's App Store by Wandera Threat Lab discovered more than a dozen iOS apps infected with the 'Clicker' Trojan malware. As malware goes, this variant isn't especially dangerous to those who wind up infected with it, but it's still problematic.

A spokesman for Wandera had this to say about the recent discovery:

"Clicker trojans generate revenue for the attacker on a pay-per-click basis by inflating website traffic.

Microsoft continues its war against spam and phishing emails with a new feature in Office 365 called 'Unverified Sender.'

And so, Microsoft designed it to help Outlook users identify emails containing poisoned files or requests for personal or sensitive information.

Billtust is a major player in the US financial services sector that provides a variety of billing and payment processing services for some of the biggest financial institutions in the nation. Then, on October 17th, they suffered a malware attack that brought all of their services to a grinding halt.

A NordVPN data breach disclosed when a server in one of their data centers breached in March of 2018.

According to the details released, the server located in a data center in Finland became compromised due to an insecure remote management system. Worse, this was a system that NordVPN never even knew existed.

Have you heard of Skip-2.0 malware? Prepare to be dismayed.
Backdoor Access for Hackers
Security researchers have recently discovered an undocumented (until now) backdoor designed for Microsoft SQL servers. It will allow a hacker working remotely to stealthily take control of a previously compromised system.

Hackers use virtual assistant devices to steal
The utility of virtual assistant devices like Amazon's Alexa and Google Home is undeniable.  They're just genuinely handy devices to have around.

Unfortunately, they're also prone to abuse and exploits by hackers and unsavory developers.