Tag: Malware

October 23, 2023

The digital landscape has revolutionized our lives, connecting people across the globe. However, alongside the many positive aspects, there exists a dark underbelly of cybercrime, where hackers operate with impunity. One essential tool in the arsenal of these malicious actors […]

October 20, 2023

Hackers are getting creative with malicious Google Ads campaigns, with a new scam spotted by cybersecurity researchers Malwarebytes meaning even more eagle-eyed visitors could fall prey and end up accidentally installing malware. Hackers were spotted distributing malware by impersonating the […]

October 18, 2023

There are multiple fake “update your browser” campaigns active right now that are aiming to trick people into installing all kinds of malware on their devices. A new report from Proofpoint observed at least four different campaigns, delivering different malicious […]

October 16, 2023

Hackers are reportedly abusing compromised Skype accounts in an attempt to distribute the DarkGate malware. In a new report, Trend Micro researchers claimed multiple Skype accounts had been compromised and then used to share a VBA loader script attachment. The […]

October 13, 2023

Sucuri researchers reported that more than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in September with the Balada Injector. The researchers noticed that the number of Balada Injector infections has doubled compared with August. The Balada injector is a malware family […]

October 9, 2023

Volex, the British integrated maker of critical power and data transmission cables, confirmed this morning that intruders accessed data after breaking into its tech infrastructure. The AIM-listed business said that it “enacted security protocols and took immediate steps to stop […]

October 9, 2023

Bot defense software vendor Human Security last week detailed an attack that “sold off-brand mobile and Connected TV (CTV) devices on popular online retailers and resale sites … preloaded with a known malware called Triada.” Human named the campaign to […]

October 6, 2023

Singapore-based infosec outfit Group-IB on Thursday released details of a new Android trojan that exploits the operating system’s accessibility features to steal info that enables theft of personal information. The security research outfit wrote that the trojan, named GoldDigger, currently […]

October 6, 2023

Most of us dislike cyber criminals, but not many of us dislike them quite as much as Anthony Cusimano. The director of technical marketing at storage company Object First was on the sharp end of an identity theft attack after […]

October 4, 2023

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported last week that a website where the Snatch ransomware group names victims had been leaking data, including visitor IPs and information on internal operations. According to Krebs, the leaked data suggests that the Snatch cybercrime […]

October 3, 2023

Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) that is called BunnyLoader, which has been advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023. The BunnyLoader malware loader is written in C/C++ and is sold on various forums […]

September 29, 2023

Microsoft introduced its Bing Chat AI search assistant in February and a month later began serving ads alongside it to help cover costs. However, some of those adverts served by Microsoft’s own ad platform have turned out to be malicious. […]

September 29, 2023

The company behind the now-famous (for all the wrong reasons) MOVEit managed file transfer software has warned its clients that a different product – WS_FTP Server, also carries a couple of high-severity flaws that can be exploited in malware hacks. […]

September 27, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers Cyble have recently uncovered a new malware strain for Windows, capable of stealing sensitive data from infected devices. # The malware is called Exela, and apparently, it’s using Discord to deliver the stolen information to its operators. The […]

September 26, 2023

A concerning amount of companies are pretty woeful in reporting the cyberattacks and breaches they suffer, both internally and externally. Research conducted by Keeper Security found that nearly half (48%) of the IT and security leaders it surveyed that have […]

September 26, 2023

Researchers from ThreatFabric uncovered a new campaign spreading Xenomorph malware to Android users in the United States and all over the world. In February 2022, researchers from ThreatFabric first spotted the Xenomorph malware, which was distributed via the official Google […]

September 25, 2023

Air Canada has suffered a cyberattack in which some employee information was accessed. The news was confirmed by the airline itself, via a press release published on the company’s website, where a statement revealed, “an unauthorized group briefly obtained limited […]

September 8, 2023

A new malvertising campaign has been observed distributing an updated version of a macOS stealer malware called Atomic Stealer (or AMOS), indicating that it’s being actively maintained by its author. An off-the-shelf Golang malware available for $1,000 per month, Atomic […]

September 8, 2023

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server software package designed for Windows Server. Organizations commonly use Microsoft IIS servers to host websites, files, and other content on the web. Threat actors increasingly target these Internet-facing resources as low-hanging […]

September 5, 2023

The North Korean threat actor known as Andariel has been observed employing an arsenal of malicious tools in its cyber assaults against corporations and organizations in the southern counterpart. “One characteristic of the attacks identified in 2023 is that there […]