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Beware: These Fake Antivirus Sites Spreading Android and Windows Malware

By: Newsroom β€” May 24th 2024 at 12:50
Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices. "Hosting malicious software through sites which look legitimate is predatory to general consumers, especially those who look to protect their devices
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Hijack Loader Malware Employs Process Hollowing, UAC Bypass in Latest Version

By: Newsroom β€” May 8th 2024 at 10:58
A newer version of a malware loader called Hijack Loader has been observed incorporating an updated set of anti-analysis techniques to fly under the radar. "These enhancements aim to increase the malware's stealthiness, thereby remaining undetected for longer periods of time," Zscaler ThreatLabz researcher Muhammed Irfan V A said in a technical report. "Hijack
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Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware

By: Newsroom β€” April 27th 2024 at 05:12
An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors. "During these fraudulent interviews, the developers are often asked
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New RedLine Stealer Variant Disguised as Game Cheats Using Lua Bytecode for Stealth

By: Newsroom β€” April 21st 2024 at 08:42
A new information stealer has been found leveraging Lua bytecode for added stealth and sophistication, findings from McAfee Labs reveal. The cybersecurity firm has assessed it to be a variant of a known malware called RedLine Stealer owing to the fact that the command-and-control (C2) server IP address has been previously identified as associated with the malware. RedLine Stealer,&nbsp
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Hackers Target macOS Users with Malicious Ads Spreading Stealer Malware

By: Newsroom β€” March 30th 2024 at 07:16
Malicious ads and bogus websites are acting as a conduit to deliver two different stealer malware, including Atomic Stealer, targeting Apple macOS users. The ongoing infostealer attacks targeting macOS users may have adopted different methods to compromise victims' Macs, but operate with the end goal of stealing sensitive data, Jamf Threat Labs said in a report published Friday. One
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New StrelaStealer Phishing Attacks Hit Over 100 Organizations in E.U. and U.S.

By: Newsroom β€” March 22nd 2024 at 14:08
Cybersecurity researchers have detected a new wave of phishing attacks that aim to deliver an ever-evolving information stealer referred to as StrelaStealer. The campaigns impact more than 100 organizations in the E.U. and the U.S., Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said in a new report published today. "These campaigns come in the form of spam emails with attachments that eventually
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Hackers Using Sneaky HTML Smuggling to Deliver Malware via Fake Google Sites

By: Newsroom β€” March 18th 2024 at 12:35
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware campaign that leverages bogus Google Sites pages and HTML smuggling to distribute a commercial malware called AZORult in order to facilitate information theft. "It uses an unorthodox HTML smuggling technique where the malicious payload is embedded in a separate JSON file hosted on an external website," Netskope Threat Labs
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Hackers Using Cracked Software on GitHub to Spread RisePro Info Stealer

By: Newsroom β€” March 16th 2024 at 12:31
Cybersecurity researchers have found a number of GitHub repositories offering cracked software that are used to deliver an information stealer called RisePro. The campaign, codenamed gitgub, includes 17 repositories associated with 11 different accounts, according to G DATA. The repositories in question have since been taken down by the Microsoft-owned subsidiary. "The repositories look
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New Python-Based Snake Info Stealer Spreading Through Facebook Messages

By: Newsroom β€” March 7th 2024 at 07:39
Facebook messages are being used by threat actors to distribute a Python-based information stealer dubbed Snake that’s designed to capture credentials and other sensitive data. β€œThe credentials harvested from unsuspecting users are transmitted to different platforms such as Discord, GitHub, and Telegram,” Cybereason researcher Kotaro Ogino said in a technical report. Details about the
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TimbreStealer Malware Spreading via Tax-themed Phishing Scam Targets IT Users

By: Newsroom β€” February 28th 2024 at 07:43
Mexican users have been targeted with tax-themed phishing lures at least since November 2023 to distribute a previously undocumented Windows malware called TimbreStealer. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity, described the authors as skilled and that the "threat actor has previously used similar tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to distribute a banking trojan known
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New 'VietCredCare' Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam

By: Newsroom β€” February 21st 2024 at 08:00
Facebook advertisers in Vietnam are the target of a previously unknown information stealer dubbed VietCredCare at least since August 2022. The malware is β€œnotable for its ability to automatically filter out Facebook session cookies and credentials stolen from compromised devices, and assess whether these accounts manage business profiles and if they maintain a positive Meta ad credit
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Kimsuky's New Golang Stealer 'Troll' and 'GoBear' Backdoor Target South Korea

By: Newsroom β€” February 8th 2024 at 06:53
The North Korea-linked nation-state actor known as Kimsuky is suspected of using a previously undocumented Golang-based information stealer called Troll Stealer. The malware steals "SSH, FileZilla, C drive files/directories, browsers, system information, [and] screen captures" from infected systems, South Korean cybersecurity company S2W said in a new technical report. Troll
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