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Malware Builder Leverages Discord Webhooks

Researchers discovered a simple malware builder designed to steal credentials, then pinging them to Discord webhooks.

Threat Actors Use Telegram to Spread ‘Eternity’ Malware-as-a-Service

An account promoting the project—which offers a range of threat activity from info-stealing to crypto-mining to ransomware as individual modules—has more than 500 subscribers.

Ransomware Operators Send Their Ransom Note To The Victim's Printer

Malware Builder Leverages Discord Webhooks

Threat Actors Use Telegram To Spread Eternity Malware-As-A-Service

Ransomware Gang Hacks Costa Rica, Asks Residents To Overthrow The Government

April VMware Bugs Abused to Deliver Mirai Malware, Exploit Log4Shell

Researchers say a GitHub proof-of-concept exploitation of recently announced VMware bugs is being abused by hackers in the wild.

DOJ Says Doctor is Malware Mastermind

The U.S. Department of Justice indicts middle-aged doctor, accusing him of being a malware mastermind.

Wizard Spider Hackers Hire Cold Callers To Scare Ransomware Victims Into Paying Up

State Of Internet Crime In Q1 2022: Bot Traffic On The Rise, And More

APTs Overwhelmingly Share Known Vulnerabilities Rather Than Attack 0-Days

DOJ Says Doctor Is Malware Mastermind

President Rodrigo Chaves Says Costa Rica Is At War With Conti Hackers

April VMware Bugs Abused To Deliver Mirai Malware, Exploit Log4Shell

Hot Glare Of The Spotlight Doesn't Slow BlackByte Ransomware Gang

This Russian Botnet Does Far More Than DDoS Attacks - And On A Massive Scale

Sandworm uses a new version of ArguePatch to attack targets in Ukraine

ESET researchers spot an updated version of the malware loader used in the Industroyer2 and CaddyWiper attacks

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Fronton: Russian IoT Botnet Designed to Run Social Media Disinformation Campaigns

Fronton, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that came to light in March 2020, is much more powerful than previously thought, per the latest research. "Fronton is a system developed for coordinated inauthentic behavior on a massive scale," threat intelligence firm Nisos said in a report published last week. "This system includes a web-based dashboard known as SANA that enables a user

Snake Keylogger Spreads Through Malicious PDFs

Microsoft Word also leveraged in the email campaign, which uses a 22-year-old Office RCE bug.

Snake Keylogger Spreads Through Malicious PDFs

Microsoft Warns of Web Skimmers Mimicking Google Analytics and Meta Pixel Code

Threat actors behind web skimming campaigns are leveraging malicious JavaScript code that mimics Google Analytics and Meta Pixel scripts in an attempt to sidestep detection. "It's a shift from earlier tactics where attackers conspicuously injected malicious scripts into e-commerce platforms and content management systems (CMSs) via vulnerability exploitation, making this threat highly evasive to

Conti Ransomware Operation Shut Down After Splitting into Smaller Groups

Even as the operators of Conti threatened to overthrow the Costa Rican government, the notorious cybercrime gang officially took down its attack infrastructure in favor of migrating their malicious cyber activities to other ancillary operations, including Karakurt and BlackByte. "From the negotiations site, chatrooms, messengers to servers and proxy hosts - the Conti brand, not the organization

Malware Analysis: Trickbot

In this day and age, we are not dealing with roughly pieced together, homebrew type of viruses anymore. Malware is an industry, and professional developers are found to exchange, be it by stealing one's code or deliberate collaboration. Attacks are multi-layer these days, with diverse sophisticated software apps taking over different jobs along the attack-chain from initial compromise to

New Chaos Ransomware Builder Variant "Yashma" Discovered in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of the latest version of the Chaos ransomware line, dubbed Yashma. "Though Chaos ransomware builder has only been in the wild for a year, Yashma claims to be the sixth version (v6.0) of this malware," BlackBerry research and intelligence team said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Chaos is a customizable ransomware builder that emerged in

Fronton IOT Botnet Packs Disinformation Punch

Fronton botnet has far more ability than launching DDOS attack, can track social media trends and launch suitable propaganda.

Poisoned Python and PHP packages purloin passwords for AWS access

More supply chain trouble - this time with clear examples so you can learn how to spot this stuff yourself.

Researchers Find New Malware Attacks Targeting Russian Government Entities

An unknown advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been linked to a series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian government entities since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war in late February 2022. "The campaigns [...] are designed to implant a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that can be used to surveil the computers it infects, and run commands on them remotely," Malwarebytes said in a

Verizon Report: Ransomware, Human Error Among Top Security Risks

2022’s DBIR also highlighted the far-reaching impact of supply-chain breaches and how organizations and their employees are the reasons why incidents occur.

Link Found Connecting Chaos, Onyx and Yashma Ransomware

A slip-up by a malware author has allowed researchers to taxonomize three ransomware variations going by different names.

Cybergang Claims REvil is Back, Executes DDoS Attacks

Actors claiming to be the defunct ransomware group are targeting one of Akami’s customers with a Layer 7 attack, demanding an extortion payment in Bitcoin.

Cybergang Claims REvil is Back, Executes DDoS Attacks

Actors claiming to be the defunct ransomware group are targeting one of Akami’s customers with a Layer 7 attack, demanding an extortion payment in Bitcoin.

Experts Warn of Rise in ChromeLoader Malware Hijacking Users' Browsers

A malvertising threat is witnessing a new surge in activity since its emergence earlier this year. Dubbed ChromeLoader, the malware is a "pervasive and persistent browser hijacker that modifies its victims' browser settings and redirects user traffic to advertisement websites," Aedan Russell of Red Canary said in a new report. ChromeLoader is a rogue Chrome browser extension and is typically

The Myths of Ransomware Attacks and How To Mitigate Risk

Today's modern companies are built on data, which now resides across countless cloud apps. Therefore preventing data loss is essential to your success. This is especially critical for mitigating against rising ransomware attacks — a threat that 57% of security leaders expect to be compromised by within the next year.  As organizations continue to evolve, in turn so does ransomware. To help you

GitHub Saved Plaintext Passwords Of npm Users In Log Files, Post Mortem Reveals

Malware Uses PowerShell To Inject Malicious Extension Into Chrome

EnemyBot Linux Botnet Now Exploits Web Server, Android and CMS Vulnerabilities

A nascent Linux-based botnet named Enemybot has expanded its capabilities to include recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in its arsenal to target web servers, Android devices, and content management systems (CMS). "The malware is rapidly adopting one-day vulnerabilities as part of its exploitation capabilities," AT&T Alien Labs said in a technical write-up published last week. "Services

Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack

Malware loads itself from remote servers and bypasses Microsoft's Defender AV scanner, according to reports.

EnemyBot Malware Targets Web Servers, CMS Tools and Android OS

Malware borrows generously from code used by other botnets such as Mirai, Qbot and Zbot.

Ransomware Attack Sends US County Back To 1977

Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack

Malware loads itself from remote servers and bypasses Microsoft's Defender AV scanner, according to reports.

EnemyBot Malware Targets Web Servers, CMS Tools and Android OS

Malware borrows generously from code used by other botnets such as Mirai, Qbot and Zbot.

Latest Mobile Malware Report Suggests On-Device Fraud is on the Rise

An analysis of the mobile threat landscape in 2022 shows that Spain and Turkey are the most targeted countries for malware campaigns, even as a mix of new and existing banking trojans are increasingly targeting Android devices to conduct on-device fraud (ODF). Other frequently targeted countries include Poland, Australia, the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Italy, France, and Portugal. "The most

ChromeLoader Browser Hijacker Provides Gateway To Bigger Threats

Russia Nixes US Charges Against REvil As Cooperation Fizzles

New XLoader Botnet Version Using Probability Theory to Hide its C&C Servers

An enhanced version of the XLoader malware has been spotted adopting a probability-based approach to camouflage its command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure, according to the latest research. "Now it is significantly harder to separate the wheat from the chaff and discover the real C&C servers among thousands of legitimate domains used by Xloader as a smokescreen," Israeli cybersecurity company

FluBot Android Spyware Taken Down in Global Law Enforcement Operation

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has culminated in the takedown of a notorious mobile malware threat called FluBot. "This Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details and other sensitive information from infected smartphones across the world," Europol said in a statement. <!--adsense--> The "complex

International Authorities Take Down Flubot Malware Network

The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.

Researchers Demonstrate Ransomware for IoT Devices That Targets IT and OT Networks

As ransomware infections have evolved from purely encrypting data to schemes such as double and triple extortion, a new attack vector is likely to set the stage for future campaigns. Called Ransomware for IoT or R4IoT by Forescout, it's a "novel, proof-of-concept ransomware that exploits an IoT device to gain access and move laterally in an IT [information technology] network and impact the OT [

Industrial IoT Ransomware Attacks Control Systems Directly

EnemyBot Malware Adds Enterprise Flaws To Exploit Arsenal

International Authorities Take Down Flubot Malware Network

The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.

Conti Leaks Reveal Ransomware Gang's Interest in Firmware-based Attacks

An analysis of leaked chats from the notorious Conti ransomware group earlier this year has revealed that the syndicate has been working on a set of firmware attack techniques that could offer a path to accessing privileged code on compromised devices. "Control over firmware gives attackers virtually unmatched powers both to directly cause damage and to enable other long-term strategic goals,"

Researchers Uncover Malware Controlling Thousands of Sites in Parrot TDS Network

The Parrot traffic direction system (TDS) that came to light earlier this year has had a larger impact than previously thought, according to new research. Sucuri, which has been tracking the same campaign since February 2019 under the name "NDSW/NDSX," said that "the malware was one of the top infections" detected in 2021, accounting for more than 61,000 websites. Parrot TDS was documented in

International Authorities Take Down Flubot Malware Network

Evil Corp Pivots LockBit to Dodge U.S. Sanctions

The cybercriminal group is distancing itself from its previous branding by shifting tactics and tools once again in an aim to continue to profit from its nefarious activity.

Evil Corp Pivots LockBit to Dodge U.S. Sanctions

The cybercriminal group is distancing itself from its previous branding by shifting tactics and tools once again in an aim to continue to profit from its nefarious activity.

Old Hacks Die Hard: Ransomware, Social Engineering Top Verizon DBIR Threats – Again

Deja-Vu data from this year's DBIR report feels like we are stuck in the movie 'Groundhog Day.'

Old Hacks Die Hard: Ransomware, Social Engineering Top Verizon DBIR Threats – Again

Deja-Vu data from this year's DBIR report feels like we are stuck in the movie 'Groundhog Day.'

Clipminer Rakes In $1.7m In Crypto Hijacking Scam