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Malicious Code is a category of software designed to harm, exploit, or otherwise perform unauthorized actions on a computer system. Within the realm of information security, it encompasses a variety of software threats including viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, and other unwanted harmful programs.
These deliberate software threats are created to disrupt operations, gather sensitive information, gain unauthorized access to system resources, and compromise the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data. Malicious code often exploits vulnerabilities within software and can spread across networks, making it a critical consideration in cybersecurity defenses. Effective measures against malicious code include the implementation of antivirus and antimalware solutions, regular software updates, user education, and adherence to robust security policies and procedures.
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Linux distros are rolling out patches for a new high-severity kernel privilege escalation vulnerability (known as Fragnasia and tracked as CVE-2026-46300) that allows attackers to run malicious code as root. [...]
Adobe has released emergency updates to fix a critical security flaw in Acrobat Reader that has come under active exploitation in the wild
Trend Research discusses the delivery methods, custom payloads, and techniques used by Water Gamayun, the suspected Russian threat actor abusing a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console framework (CVE-2025-26633) to execute malicious code on infected machines.
Trend Research identified Russian threat actor Water Gamayun exploiting CVE-2025-26633, a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console that attackers exploit to execute malicious code and exfiltrate data.