April 22, 2024   11:05 AM   0 BleepingComputer recently reported how a GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. It now turns out, GitLab is also affected by this issue and could be abused in a similar manner. While most of the malware-associated activity was based around the Microsoft GitHub...

April 21, 2024   02:49 PM   0 You rarely root for a cybercriminal, but a new malware campaign targeting child exploiters doesn't make you feel bad for the victims. Since 2012, threat actors have been creating a variety of malware and ransomware that pretend to be government agencies warning infected Windows users that they were viewing CSAM. The malware tells victims they must pay a "penalty" to prevent their information from being sent to law enforcement. One...

April 10, 2024   12:12 PM   0 A threat actor is using a PowerShell script that was likely created with the help of an artificial intelligence system such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, or Microsoft's CoPilot. The adversary used the script in an email campaign in March that targeted tens of organizations in Germany to deliver the Rhadamanthys information stealer. AI-based PowerShell deploys infostealer Researchers at cybersecurity company...

April 4, 2024   04:38 PM   0 A relatively new malware called Latrodectus is believed to be an evolution of the IcedID loader, seen in malicious email campaigns since November 2023. The malware was spotted by researchers at Proofpoint and Team Cymru, who worked together to document its capabilities, which are still unstable and experimental. IcedID is a malware family first identified in 2017 that was originally classified as a modular banking trojan...

April 5, 2024   12:47 PM   0 Hackers are using Facebook advertisements and hijacked pages to promote fake Artificial Intelligence services, such as MidJourney, OpenAI's SORA and ChatGPT-5, and DALL-E, to infect unsuspecting users with password-stealing malware. The malvertising campaigns are created by hijacked Facebook profiles that impersonate popular AI services, pretending to offer a sneak preview of new features. Users tricked by the ads become members of...

April 4, 2024   10:01 AM   0 Among the never-ending list of malicious software that threat actors use in cyber attacks are viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, and adware. Today's malware is not just about causing immediate damage; some programs get embedded within systems to siphon off data over time, disrupt operations strategically, or lay the groundwork for massive, coordinated attacks.  A prime example is a recently found malicious...

March 31, 2024   10:35 AM   0 Security researchers have observed Red Hat and Ubuntu systems being attacked by a Linux version of the DinodasRAT (also known as XDealer) that may have been operating since 2022. The Linux variant of the malware has not been described publicly, although the first version has been tracked to 2021. Cybersecurity company ESET has previously seen DinodasRAT compromising Windows systems in an espionage campaign dubbed...

March 30, 2024   11:56 AM   0 Security researchers found a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android that includes more advanced remote control capabilities and an improved evasion mechanism. Researchers at fraud detection company ThreatFabric first documented the malware in March 2021, and in late 2022, they observed it being distributed over Google Play through dropper apps. At the end of 2023, mobile security platform Zimperium included...

March 5, 2024   03:25 PM   0 A new malware dubbed 'WogRAT' targets both Windows and Linux in attacks abusing an online notepad platform named 'aNotepad' as a covert channel for storing and retrieving malicious code. According to AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers, who named the malware from a string reading 'WingOfGod,' it has been active since at least late 2022, targeting Japan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries. The...

February 15, 2024   06:05 PM   1 Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups. Penchukov (also known as 'tank' and 'father') was arrested in Switzerland in October 2022 while traveling to meet his wife in Geneva and extradited to the United States in 2023. The U.S. Department of...

February 15, 2024   08:27 AM   0 The developer of Qakbot malware, or someone with access to the source code, seems to be experimenting with new builds as fresh samples have been observed in email campaigns since mid-December. One of the variants observed uses on Windows a fake installer for an Adobe product to trick the user into deploying the malware. Also named QBot, the malware has served for many years as a loader for various malicious...

January 16, 2024   12:34 PM   0 CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft and using the stolen information to deliver additional malicious payloads. This botnet was first spotted by Lacework Labs in 2022 and was controlling over 40,000 devices almost one year ago, according to Fortiguard Labs data. It scans for websites and servers vulnerable to...