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Category: Malware


Cyber-crime, Malware, Phishing

New SuperBear Trojan Emerges in Targeted Phishing Attack on South Korean Activists

September 1, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A new phishing attack likely targeting civil society groups in South Korea has led to the discovery of a novel remote access trojan called SuperBear. The intrusion singled out an unnamed activist, who was contacted in late August 2023 and […]


Cyber-crime, Malware, Mobile, Mobile security

Trojanized Signal, Telegram apps found on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store

August 31, 2023

Via: Help Net Security

ESET researchers have identified two active campaigns targeting Android users, where the threat actors behind the tools for Telegram and Signal are attributed to the China-aligned APT group GREF. Most likely active since July 2020 and since July 2022, respectively […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Cybercriminals Team Up to Upgrade ‘SapphireStealer’ Malware

August 31, 2023

Via: Dark Reading

Cybercriminals are mining the capabilities of an open source infostealer called “SapphireStealer,” developing a legion of variants that are helping to democratize the cybercrime landscape when it comes to carrying out data-theft attacks. Ever since a Russian-language hacker named Roman […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

New Telegram Bot “Telekopye” Powering Large-scale Phishing Scams from Russia

August 24, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A new financially motivated operation is leveraging a malicious Telegram bot to help threat actors scam their victims. Dubbed Telekopye, a portmanteau of Telegram and kopye (meaning “spear” in Russian), the toolkit functions as an automated means to create a […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Carderbee Attacks: Hong Kong Organizations Targeted via Malicious Software Updates

August 22, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A previously undocumented threat cluster has been linked to a software supply chain attack targeting organizations primarily located in Hong Kong and other regions in Asia. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, is tracking the activity under its […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

This Malware Turned Thousands of Hacked Windows and macOS PCs into Proxy Servers

August 21, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Threat actors are leveraging access to malware-infected Windows and macOS machines to deliver a proxy server application and use them as exit nodes to reroute proxy requests. According to AT&T Alien Labs, the unnamed company that offers the proxy service […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

HiatusRAT Malware Resurfaces: Taiwan Firms and U.S. Military Under Attack

August 21, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The threat actors behind the HiatusRAT malware have returned from their hiatus with a new wave of reconnaissance and targeting activity aimed at Taiwan-based organizations and a U.S. military procurement system. Besides recompiling malware samples for different architectures, the artifacts […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks

August 17, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

An ongoing campaign targeting ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries points to the involvement of Russian threat actors. The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Over 120,000 Computers Compromised by Info Stealers Linked to Users of Cybercrime Forums

August 15, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A “staggering” 120,000 computers infected by stealer malware have credentials associated with cybercrime forums, many of them belonging to malicious actors. The findings come from Hudson Rock, which analyzed data collected from computers compromised between 2018 to 2023. “Hackers around […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Charming Kitten Targets Iranian Dissidents with Advanced Cyber Attacks

August 14, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has warned of cyber attacks targeting Iranian persons and organizations in the country since the end of 2022. “The cyber attacks were mainly directed against dissident organizations and individuals – […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

LOLBAS in the Wild: 11 Living-Off-The-Land Binaries That Could Be Used for Malicious Purposes

August 8, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 11 living-off-the-land binaries-and-scripts (LOLBAS) that could be maliciously abused by threat actors to conduct post-exploitation activities. “LOLBAS is an attack method that uses binaries and scripts that are already part of the system […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

FBI Alert: Crypto Scammers are Masquerading as NFT Developers

August 7, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning about cyber crooks masquerading as legitimate non-fungible token (NFT) developers to steal cryptocurrency and other digital assets from unsuspecting users. In these fraudulent schemes, criminals either obtain direct access to NFT […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

China’s APT31 Suspected in Attacks on Air-Gapped Systems in Eastern Europe

August 1, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A nation-state actor with links to China is suspected of being behind a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe that took place last year to siphon data stored on air-gapped systems. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky attributed the intrusions […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Researchers Expose Space Pirates’ Cyber Campaign Across Russia and Serbia

August 1, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The threat actor known as Space Pirates has been linked to attacks against at least 16 organizations in Russia and Serbia over the past year by employing novel tactics and adding new cyber weapons to its arsenal. “The cybercriminals’ main […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Fruity Trojan Uses Deceptive Software Installers to Spread Remcos RAT

July 31, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Threat actors are creating fake websites hosting trojanized software installers to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a downloader malware called Fruity with the goal of installing remote trojans tools like Remcos RAT. “Among the software in question are various instruments […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Hackers Target Apache Tomcat Servers for Mirai Botnet and Crypto Mining

July 27, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Misconfigured and poorly secured Apache Tomcat servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign designed to deliver the Mirai botnet malware and cryptocurrency miners. The findings come courtesy of Aqua, which detected more than 800 attacks against its […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments

July 12, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it repelled a cyber attack staged by a Chinese nation-state actor targeting two dozen organizations, some of which include government agencies, in a cyber espionage campaign designed to acquire confidential data. The attacks, which commenced […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Camaro Dragon Hackers Strike with USB-Driven Self-Propagating Malware

June 22, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The Chinese cyber espionage actor known as Camaro Dragon has been observed leveraging a new strain of self-propagating malware that spreads through compromised USB drives. “While their primary focus has traditionally been Southeast Asian countries, this latest discovery reveals their […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Chinese Hacker Group ‘Flea’ Targets American Ministries with Graphican Backdoor

June 21, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Foreign affairs ministries in the Americas have been targeted by a Chinese state-sponsored actor named Flea as part of a recent campaign that spanned from late 2022 to early 2023. The cyber attacks, per Broadcom’s Symantec, involved a new backdoor […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Two Russian Nationals Charged for Masterminding Mt. Gox Crypto Exchange Hack

June 13, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two Russian nationals in connection with masterminding the 2014 digital heist of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox. According to unsealed indictments released last week, Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, […]