Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day

The Adrozek ad-injecting browser modifier malware also extracts device data and steals credentials, making it an even more dangerous threat. Continue reading Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day

RATicate Group Hits Industrial Firms With Revolving Payloads

A new threat group uses NSIS as an installer to target industrial companies with revolving payloads, including LokiBot, FormBook, BetaBot, Agent Tesla and Netwire. Continue reading RATicate Group Hits Industrial Firms With Revolving Payloads

$100 million GozNym cybercrime network dismantled as suspects charged

Suspected members of the GozNym cybercrime network have been charged in relation to the organised and automated theft of tens of thousands of people’s sensitive personal and financial information. The sophisticated conspiracy saw victims’ c… Continue reading $100 million GozNym cybercrime network dismantled as suspects charged

Tibetan activists, diaspora hit by resurfacing malware in cyberespionage operation

The Tibetan diaspora has once again fallen victim to a sophisticated malware campaign similar to one detected in 2016, reports Citizen Lab after receiving the infected files from one of the targets – a Tibetan NGO. It appears the campaign was act… Continue reading Tibetan activists, diaspora hit by resurfacing malware in cyberespionage operation

North Korea reuses code in major hacks, researchers find

Most of Pyongyang’s highest-profile cyberattacks over the past decade were cobbled together with bits of reused code, overlapping networking infrastructure and the indelible fingerprint of North Korean military hackers, a pair of researchers have found. North Korea has come a long way since it first emerged on the global stage as a nascent cyber threat. As it grew in power, hit new targets and conducted malicious activities, Pyongyang didn’t need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it built on previous successes, leveraging code from previous campaigns to build out future malware. After months of code analysis, Christiaan Beek and Jay Rosenberg, the two researchers, published blog posts outlining their findings, which trace reused code all the way from a DDoS attacks launched by a fledging outfit of North Korean hackers in 2009 all the way to WannaCry, one of the world’s most crippling cyberattacks launched last year by a North Korea-backed hacking group. […]

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Watch Out for Malware If You’re Interested in North Korean Missile Program

If you hold an interest in the North Korean Missile Program and are one of those curious to know capabilities of the recently tested North Korean long-range missile than you could be a target of a new malware campaign.

North Korea claims to have condu… Continue reading Watch Out for Malware If You’re Interested in North Korean Missile Program

Report: Malware campaign linked to Chinese ad firm infects 250 million computers

A sweeping malware campaign has infected more than 250 million computers around the world in what cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies is calling the “largest infection operation in history.” The malware, known as “Fireball,” is designed to turn web browsers into “zombies,” — dummy browsers that collect private information — but has potential for causing “global catastrophe,” Check Point says. Fireball is linked to software distributed by Chinese digital marketing agency and app developer Rafotech, which allegedly uses the malware to spy on and control web browsing to increase traffic and boost ad revenue, according to Check Point. Fireball is also capable of running code and downloaded files and other malware, Check Point reported, stating that the sophisticated software has the potential to cause much more damage due to its capabilities as a malware downloader. “These actions can have serious consequences,” Check Point wrote in a blog Thursday. “How severe […]

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