ZDNet

Hackers are disguising their malicious JavaScript code with a hard-to-beat trick

Over 25% of malicious JavaScript code is obfuscated by so-called 'packers', a software packaging method that has given attackers a way of evading signature-based detection, according to security and ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Formbook Malware Campaign Uses Multiple Obfuscation Techniques to Avoid Detection

Two phishing campaigns, each using a different stealthy infection technique, are targeting organizations in attacks which aim ...
ZDNet

20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code

Hackers have broken into more than 20,000 legitimate Web sites to plant malicious code to be used in drive-by malware attacks. According to a warning from Websense Security Labs, the sites have been ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Obfuscated Javascript malware making a comeback

Obfuscated (hidden) Javascript attacks were popular among criminal hackers a couple of years ago, and were widely reported by several vendors, who developed heuristic scanning solutions to counter the ...
Dark Reading

JavaScript Packing Found in More Than 25% of Malicious Sites

JavaScript obfuscation continues to be a favored method among cyberattackers for sneaking past defenses to deliver a broad range of payloads. However, even a good method for flagging the presence of ...
Dark Reading

JavaScript Obfuscation Moves to Phishing Emails

JavaScript, the ubiquitous scripting language used across Web applications worldwide, is becoming a key ingredient in phishing campaigns looking to plant malicious code on victims' computers, new ...
Forbes

Code Obfuscation As A Method Of Software Protection

I am the founder and CEO of Apriorit, a software development company that provides engineering services globally to tech companies. Nowadays, cyber attackers are armed with an impressive range of ...