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2020-10-22 10:39:11 |
New Windows RAT can be controlled via a Telegram channel (lien direct) |
New RAT shows a rising trend in the cybercrime underground, with more malware being released with control-by-Telegram features. |
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2020-10-19 10:00:04 |
This new malware uses remote overlay attacks to hijack your bank account (lien direct) |
Vizom disguises itself as popular videoconferencing software many of us are relying on during the pandemic. |
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2020-10-15 15:53:00 |
US charges QQAAZZ group for laundering money for malware gangs (lien direct) |
Among the QQAAZZ group's clients were famous malware groups like Dridex, Trickbot, and GozNym. |
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2020-10-13 21:51:40 |
TrickBot botnet survives takedown attempt, but Microsoft sets new legal precedent (lien direct) |
Microsoft successfully argued in court against the use of Windows SDKs inside malware code, a precedent it would be able to use again and again in future botnet crackdowns. |
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2020-10-13 05:00:03 |
Malware gangs love open source offensive hacking tools (lien direct) |
Hacking tools released by security researchers often end up being abused by bad guys as well. |
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2020-10-08 11:42:59 |
Waterbear malware used in attack wave against government agencies (lien direct) |
The loader has been launched against a number of Taiwanese government entities. |
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2020-10-04 00:15:08 |
Two North American hospitality merchants hacked in May and June (lien direct) |
Visa did not share the name of the two victims but said that one company had three different strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware on its network. |
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2020-10-01 18:00:00 |
How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million (lien direct) |
SilentFade group utilized a Windows rootkit, browser injections, clever scripting, and a Facebook platform bug to buy and post ads on behalf of hacked users. |
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2020-09-30 16:00:04 |
Linkury adware caught distributing full-blown malware (lien direct) |
Linkury (SafeFinder) installations linked to infections with the Socelars and Kpot infostealer trojans. |
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2020-09-29 15:33:58 |
Microsoft: Some ransomware attacks take less than 45 minutes (lien direct) |
Microsoft goes over the recent malware trends in its new "Digital Defense Report." |
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2020-09-26 05:50:03 |
Pastebin adds \'Burn After Read\' and \'Password Protected Pastes\' to the dismay of the infosec community (lien direct) |
The two new features will make it easier to disguise malware operations. |
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2020-09-24 07:00:03 |
New \'Alien\' malware can steal passwords from 226 Android apps (lien direct) |
Most targets are banking apps, but Alien can also show phishing pages for social, instant messaging, and cryptocurrency apps. |
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2020-09-22 17:27:33 |
CISA warns of notable increase in LokiBot malware (lien direct) |
"CISA has observed a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by malicious cyber actors since July 2020." |
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2020-09-18 12:06:13 |
Iranian hacker group developed Android malware to steal 2FA SMS codes (lien direct) |
The malware could steal 2FA SMS codes for Google accounts. Also contained vague functionality to do the same for Telegram and various social networks. |
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2020-09-17 19:00:04 |
Mozilla shuts down Firefox Send and Firefox Notes services (lien direct) |
Mozilla will shut down Send for good after a ZDNet report over the summer that highlighted the service's popularity with malware operators. |
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2020-09-16 14:39:16 |
Cerberus banking Trojan source code released for free to cyberattackers (lien direct) |
An auction designed to net the developer of the Android malware $100,000 failed. |
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2020-09-16 05:00:03 |
New MrbMiner malware has infected thousands of MSSQL databases (lien direct) |
A hacker group is brute-forcing MSSQL servers with weak passwords and installing crypto-mining malware. |
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2020-09-11 12:48:00 |
Porn site users targeted with malicious ads redirecting to exploit kits, malware (lien direct) |
Adult ad networks abused in last hurrah attacks before Flash and IE near EOL. |
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2020-09-10 10:35:00 |
New CDRThief malware targets VoIP softswitches to steal call detail records (lien direct) |
Malware targets only two very specific softswitches (software switches): Linknat VOS2009 and VOS3000. |
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2020-09-05 19:13:56 |
Malware gang uses .NET library to generate Excel docs that bypass security checks (lien direct) |
They were still Excel documents. Just not your typical Excel files. Enough to trick some security systems, though. |
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2020-09-02 09:30:08 |
New KryptoCibule Windows malware is a triple threat for cryptocurrency users (lien direct) |
The malware has been active since late 2018 and has targeted users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia primarily (for now). |
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2020-08-30 12:14:51 |
Google Play apps promised free shoes, but users got ad fraud malware instead (lien direct) |
White Ops discovers a collection of Android apps that installed a hidden browser to load ad-heavy pages and commit ad fraud. |
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2020-08-26 08:00:07 |
Mercenary hacker group targets companies with 3Ds Max malware (lien direct) |
Hacker-for-hire group uses a malicious 3Ds Max plugin to infect companies with malware and steal proprietary information. |
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2020-08-26 00:57:04 |
Russian arrested for trying to recruit an insider and hack a Nevada company (lien direct) |
A Russian national traveled to the US to recruit and convince an employee of a Nevada company to install malware on the company's network. |
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2020-08-19 20:15:38 |
CISA warns of BLINDINGCAN, a new strain of North Korean malware (lien direct) |
Malware was used in a series of attacks targeting the US defense and aerospace sectors. |
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2020-08-14 20:52:00 |
For six months, security researchers have secretly distributed an Emotet vaccine across the world (lien direct) |
Binary Defense researchers have identified a bug in the Emotet malware and have been using it to prevent the malware from making new victims. |
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2020-08-14 12:10:13 |
Mac malware spreads through Xcode projects, abuses WebKit, Data Vault vulnerabilities (lien direct) |
XCSSET malware focuses on exploiting Safari and other browsers. |
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2020-08-13 16:18:00 |
FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers (lien direct) |
The FBI and NSA issue joint security alert containing technical details about new Linux malware developed by Russia's military hackers. |
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2020-08-03 17:35:27 |
CISA, DOD, FBI expose new Chinese malware strain named Taidoor (lien direct) |
US government agencies say the Taidoor remote access trojan (RAT) has been used as far back as 2008. |
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2020-08-03 15:00:06 |
BlackBerry releases new security tool for reverse-engineering PE files (lien direct) |
BlackBerry open-sources PE Tree, a new malware reverse-engineering tool for analyzing Portable Executable (PE) files. |
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2020-08-01 10:00:27 |
Author of FastPOS malware revealed, pleads guilty (lien direct) |
A 30-year-old Moldovan man admitted this month to creating the FastPOS malware. |
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2020-07-28 12:43:00 |
New Linux malware uses Dogecoin API to find C&C server addresses (lien direct) |
Security researchers discover Doki, a new backdoor malware strain targeting Docker instances. |
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2020-07-27 16:13:04 |
CISA says 62,000 QNAP NAS devices have been infected with the QSnatch malware (lien direct) |
QSnatch malware, first spotted in late 2019, has grown from 7,000 bots to more than 62,000, according to a join US CISA and UK NCSC security alert. |
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2020-07-24 16:41:00 |
A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs (lien direct) |
Emotet botnet activity goes down as Emotet admins are wrestling with a vigilante for control over parts of their infrastructure. |
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2020-07-24 11:15:00 |
FBI warns US companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software (lien direct) |
Following the GoldenHelper and GoldenSpy malware reports, the FBI is now warning US companies operating in China. |
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2020-07-17 18:52:00 |
Emotet botnet returns after a five-month absence (lien direct) |
2019's most active malware botnet returns to life with new spam campaign after it previously went dark on February 7, 2020. |
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2020-07-16 07:00:08 |
New BlackRock Android malware can steal passwords and card data from 337 apps (lien direct) |
Android apps targeted by this new trojan include banking, dating, social media, and instant messaging apps. |
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2020-07-09 04:40:30 |
More pre-installed malware has been found in budget US smartphones (lien direct) |
Cheap phones often have tradeoffs but researchers say this should never compromise user safety. |
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2020-07-08 23:09:37 |
Microsoft\'s new KDP tech blocks malware by making parts of the Windows kernel read-only (lien direct) |
New KDP security feature is currently being tested with Windows 10 Insider builds. |
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2020-07-07 22:22:34 |
Mozilla suspends Firefox Send service while it addresses malware abuse (lien direct) |
Mozilla has temporarily suspended the Firefox Send file-sharing service while it adds a Report Abuse mechanism. |
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2020-07-07 10:28:32 |
Cerberus banking Trojan infiltrates Google Play (lien direct) |
The malware was found buried within a seemingly-innocent currency converter. |
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2020-07-03 15:25:00 |
New Apple macOS Big Sur feature to hamper adware operations (lien direct) |
Apple has disabled the ability to silently install macOS profiles from the CLI in macOS 11, a measure that was widely employed by adware and malware gangs. |
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2020-07-02 01:25:33 |
Connection discovered between Chinese hacker group APT15 and defense contractor (lien direct) |
Lookout said it linked APT15 malware to Xi'an Tianhe Defense Technology, a Chinese defense contractor. |
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2020-06-30 10:02:51 |
University of California SF pays ransomware hackers $1.14 million to salvage research (lien direct) |
The malware infected crucial research stored in the UCSF medical school's network. |
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2020-06-26 16:04:24 |
Docker servers infected with DDoS malware in extremely rare attacks (lien direct) |
Most Docker servers are usually infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware. |
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2020-06-25 08:31:00 |
Lucifer: Devilish malware that abuses critical vulnerabilities on Windows machines (lien direct) |
Researchers say the powerful malware has been “wreaking havoc” on Windows hosts. |
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2020-06-24 09:10:00 |
New ransomware masquerades as COVID-19 contact-tracing app on your Android device (lien direct) |
The malware surfaced just days after health officials in Canada announced the launch of a tracing app in the fight against COVID-19. |
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2020-06-23 12:00:00 |
New WastedLocker ransomware demands payments of millions of USD (lien direct) |
Evil Corp, one of the biggest malware operations on the planet, has returned to life after the December 2019 DOJ charges with a new ransomware strain. |
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2020-06-18 07:10:28 |
Microsoft: COVID-19 malware attacks were barely a blip in total malware volume (lien direct) |
COVID-19-themed malware attacks began in February, peaked in March, and are slowly dying out. |
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2020-06-12 08:52:00 |
Italian company exposed as a front for malware operations (lien direct) |
Italian company CloudEyE is believed to have made more than $500,000 from selling its binary crypter to malware gangs. |
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