Who doesn’t love a good scary problem that has a “-gate” suffix? An Israeli security firm has dubbed a particularly nasty outbreak of ransomware “ImageGate” and that will help us all remember that if ...

As users become more vigilant in protecting themselves and their devices against malware, hackers are becoming more creative in how they spread their infected files. According to a report by security ...

As if malware-ridden apps and drive-by infections from websites are not enough, now you can get malware from clicking on an image on social media sites.

It's been quite some time since malware-laden images have been a major security issue, but the risk is still out there. The attack vector has been exploited recently through a couple of leading social ...

Facebook on Monday denied that its network and Messenger app were being used to spread ransomware to its users, contradicting the claims ofCheck Point researchers Roman Ziakin and Dikla Barda. The two ...

Check Point Software Technologies security researchers have identified a new attack vector, named ImageGate, which embeds malware in image and graphic files. In addition, the researchers have ...