Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the arrest of a married couple in connection with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency worth $4.5 billion that was siphoned during the hack of the virtual currency exchange Bitfinex in 2016.
Ilya … Continue reading U.S. Arrests Two and Seizes $3.6 Billion Cryptocurrency Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack
The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 targeted European diplomatic missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as part of a series of spear-phishing campaigns mounted in October and November 2021.
According to ESET’s T3 2021 Threat Report share… Continue reading Russian APT Hackers Used COVID-19 Lures to Target European Diplomats
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Iran has refreshed its malware toolset to include a new backdoor dubbed Marlin as part of a long-running espionage campaign that started in April 2018.
Slovak cybersecurity company ESET attributed… Continue reading Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in ‘Out to Sea’ Espionage Campaign
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its monthly security updates with fixes for 51 vulnerabilities across its software line-up consisting of Windows, Office, Teams, Azure Data Explorer, Visual Studio Code, and other components such as Kernel and Win32k.
A… Continue reading Microsoft and Other Major Software Firms Release February 2022 Patch Updates
An advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking group operating with motives that likely align with Palestine has embarked on a new campaign that leverages a previously undocumented implant called NimbleMamba.
The intrusions leveraged a sophisticated atta… Continue reading Palestine-Aligned Hackers Use New NimbleMamba Implant in Recent Attacks
A detailed examination of a Pay-per-install (PPI) malware service called PrivateLoader has revealed its crucial role in the delivery of a variety of malware such as SmokeLoader, RedLine Stealer, Vidar, Raccoon, and GCleaner since at least May 2021.
Lo… Continue reading Several Malware Families Using Pay-Per-Install Service to Expand Their Targets
A financially motivated campaign that targets Android devices and spreads mobile malware via SMS phishing techniques since at least 2018 has spread its tentacles to strike victims located in France and Germany for the first time.
Dubbed Roaming Mantis… Continue reading ‘Roaming Mantis’ Android Malware Targeting Europeans via Smishing Campaigns
Two different Android banking Trojans, FluBot and Medusa, are relying on the same delivery vehicle as part of a simultaneous attack campaign, according to new research published by ThreatFabric.
The ongoing side-by-side infections, facilitated through… Continue reading Medusa Android Banking Trojan Spreading Through Flubot’s Attacks Network
Microsoft on Monday said it’s taking steps to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default across its products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio, for documents downloaded from the web in an attempt to eliminate an … Continue reading Microsoft Disables Internet Macros in Office Apps by Default to Block Malware Attacks
Microsoft last week announced that it’s temporarily disabling the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler in Windows following evidence that a security vulnerability in the installer component was exploited by threat actors to deliver malware such as Em… Continue reading Microsoft Temporarily Disables MSIX App Installers to Prevent Malware Abuse