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Clean links and sophisticated scams mark new era in email attacks

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Clean links and sophisticated scams mark new era in email attacks 2024-02-20 at 06:05 By Help Net Security Analysis of 7 billion emails shows clean links are duping users, malicious EML attachments increased 10-fold in Q4, and social engineering attacks are at all-time highs, according to VIPRE Security. The rise of the EML file attachments […]

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Ukrainian Raccoon Infostealer Operator Extradited to US

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Ukrainian Raccoon Infostealer Operator Extradited to US 2024-02-19 at 17:17 By Ionut Arghire Alleged Raccoon Infostealer operator Mark Sokolovsky is awaiting trial in the US, after being extradited from the Netherlands. The post Ukrainian Raccoon Infostealer Operator Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Ukrainian Pleads Guilty in US to Key Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations

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Ukrainian Pleads Guilty in US to Key Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations 2024-02-16 at 12:31 By Eduard Kovacs Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov has pleaded guilty to holding key roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations. The post Ukrainian Pleads Guilty in US to Key Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations appeared first

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iOS users beware: GoldPickaxe trojan steals your facial data

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iOS users beware: GoldPickaxe trojan steals your facial data 2024-02-15 at 12:16 By Help Net Security Group-IB uncovered a new iOS trojan designed to steal users’ facial recognition data, identity documents, and intercept SMS. The trojan, dubbed GoldPickaxe.iOS by Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence unit, has been attributed to a Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory, responsible for

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Understanding the tactics of stealthy hunter-killer malware

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Understanding the tactics of stealthy hunter-killer malware 2024-02-15 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Picus Security has revealed a rise in hunter-killer malware, highlighting a significant shift in adversaries’ capability to pinpoint and thwart advanced enterprise defenses, including next-gen firewalls, antivirus programs, and EDR systems. There was a 333% increase in malware that can actively

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Ransomware tactics evolve, become scrappier

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Ransomware tactics evolve, become scrappier 2024-02-12 at 07:02 By Help Net Security As we enter 2024, ransomware remains the most significant cyberthreat facing businesses, according to Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes reveals that the United States accounted for almost half of all ransomware attacks in 2023. “Small and medium-sized organizations face a deluge of cyber threats daily including

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As-a-Service tools empower criminals with limited tech skills

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As-a-Service tools empower criminals with limited tech skills 2024-02-08 at 06:01 By Help Net Security As-a-service attacks continue to dominate the threat landscape, with Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) tools making up the majority of malicious tools in use by attackers, according to Darktrace. Cybercriminals exploit as-a-Service tools As-a-Service tools can provide attackers with everything

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Chinese hackers breached Dutch Ministry of Defense

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Chinese hackers breached Dutch Ministry of Defense 2024-02-07 at 16:46 By Helga Labus Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached the Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) last year and deployed a new remote access trojan (RAT) malware to serve as a backdoor. “The effects of the intrusion were limited because the victim network was segmented from the

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Doppelganger Dilemma: New XPhase Clipper’s Proliferation via Deceptive Crypto Sites and Cloned YouTube Videos

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Doppelganger Dilemma: New XPhase Clipper’s Proliferation via Deceptive Crypto Sites and Cloned YouTube Videos 2024-02-07 at 13:17 By neetha871ad236bd Key Takeaways Overview CRIL has identified a malware campaign aimed at cryptocurrency users. In this campaign, Threat Actors (TA) employed deceptive websites masquerading as legitimate cryptocurrency applications. Notably, we encountered several phishing sites targeting users of

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FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities

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FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities 2024-02-01 at 17:31 By Helga Labus The FritzFrog cryptomining botnet has new potential for growth: a recently analyzed variant of the bot is exploiting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) and PwnKit (CVE-2021-4034) vulnerabilities for lateral movement and privilege escalation. The FritzFrog botnet The FritzFrog botnet, initially identified in August 2020, is

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Threat actor used Vimeo, Ars Technica to serve second-stage malware

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Threat actor used Vimeo, Ars Technica to serve second-stage malware 2024-02-01 at 12:31 By Zeljka Zorz A financially motivated threat actor tracked as UNC4990 is using booby-trapped USB storage devices and malicious payloads hosted on popular websites such as Ars Technica, Vimeo, GitHub and GitLab to surreptitiously deliver malware. Another interesting detail about UNC4990 it’s

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Greenbean: Latest Android Banking Trojan Leveraging Simple RealTime Server (SRS) for C&C Communication

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Greenbean: Latest Android Banking Trojan Leveraging Simple RealTime Server (SRS) for C&C Communication 2024-02-01 at 08:17 By neetha871ad236bd Cyble analyzes GreenBean, a new Android Banking Trojan leveraging Simple RealTime Server (SRS) for C&C Communication The post Greenbean: Latest Android Banking Trojan Leveraging Simple RealTime Server (SRS) for C&C Communication appeared first on Cyble. The post

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Free ransomware recovery tool White Phoenix now has a web version

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Free ransomware recovery tool White Phoenix now has a web version 2024-01-31 at 10:17 By Help Net Security White Phoenix is a free ransomware recovery tool for situations where files are encrypted with intermittent encryption. It was tested on BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware, Play Ransomware, Qilin/Agenda Ransomware, BianLian Ransomware, and DarkBit. Intermittent encryption occurs when ransomware chooses

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Elusive Chinese Cyberspy Group Hijacks Software Updates to Deliver Malware

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Elusive Chinese Cyberspy Group Hijacks Software Updates to Deliver Malware 2024-01-26 at 14:02 By Ionut Arghire The China-linked cyberespionage group Blackwood has been caught delivering malware to entities in China and Japan. The post Elusive Chinese Cyberspy Group Hijacks Software Updates to Deliver Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration

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Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration 2024-01-25 at 15:01 By neetha871ad236bd CRIL analyzes an ongoing phishing campaign spreading an updated version of Atomic Stealer targeting Mac users. The post Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration appeared first on Cyble. The post Uncovering Atomic

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Blackwood APT delivers malware by hijacking legitimate software update requests

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Blackwood APT delivers malware by hijacking legitimate software update requests 2024-01-25 at 13:32 By Help Net Security ESET researchers have discovered NSPX30, a sophisticated implant used by a new China-aligned APT group, which they dubbed Blackwood. Blackwood has carried out cyberespionage operations against individuals and companies from China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. It leverages

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Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend

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Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend 2024-01-25 at 13:16 By neetha871ad236bd There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend appeared first on Cyble. The post Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence

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AI expected to increase volume, impact of cyberattacks

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AI expected to increase volume, impact of cyberattacks 2024-01-25 at 12:16 By Helga Labus All types of cyber threat actor are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to varying degrees, UK National Cyber Security Centre’s analysts say, and predict that AI “will almost certainly increase the volume and heighten the impact of cyberattacks over the next

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Threat Actors Target US Asylum Seekers with MetaStealer Malware

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Threat Actors Target US Asylum Seekers with MetaStealer Malware 2024-01-22 at 16:17 By cybleinc Threat Actors Target US Asylum Seekers with MetaStealer Malware Key Takeaways Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) came across a ZIP archive file that could be downloaded from a URL and possibly disseminated through spam emails. Within the ZIP file lies

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Cyble Global Sensors pick up persistent exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerabilities

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Cyble Global Sensors pick up persistent exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerabilities 2024-01-19 at 16:18 By cybleinc Cyble Global Sensors pick up persistent exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerabilities Introduction Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence (CGSI) has detected the continuous exploitation of recently revealed vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), previously known as Pulse Connect Secure

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