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As Ukrainian organizations are getting hit with yet another data-wiping malware, financially motivated threat actors are choosing sides and some of them are expressing their willingness to target Russian targets. Malware hitting Ukranian targets Whispe… Continue reading Financially motivated threat actors willing to go after Russian targets
A hacking group that typically spies on targets in the Middle East has updated its malware and is distributing it through bogus versions of popular messaging apps such as Telegram, researchers say. The malware has been circulating since May 2019, according to Slovakia-based antivirus company ESET, which identified it in collaboration with researchers at MalwareHunterTeam. ESET does not speculate about the intentions of the group, known as APT-C-23 or Two-tailed Scorpion, but in 2017 and 2018, other researchers linked it to the Palestinian organization Hamas. In most cases, victims are infected by visiting a fake app store, “DigitalApps,” containing both clean and malicious software, ESET said in findings published Wednesday. The malware was hidden in apps posing as Telegram, another messaging platform, Threema, and a utility labeled as AndroidUpdate. Users who downloaded the two messaging apps had the apps’ full functionality, but also were infected with malware, ESET says. By impersonating an encrypted […]
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In cybersecurity circles, the Coronavirus is spurring anxiety over the virtual abuse of the deadly disease by scammers. Continue reading Spread of Coronavirus-Themed Cyberattacks Persists with New Attacks
With the ransomware threat is surging unstoppably in the last few years, it was just a matter of time until ICS-specific ransomware became a reality. Researchers from various security outfits have been analyzing EKANS (aka Snake) since it emerged in mi… Continue reading New ransomware targets industrial control systems
With the ransomware threat is surging unstoppably in the last few years, it was just a matter of time until ICS-specific ransomware became a reality. Researchers from various security outfits have been analyzing EKANS (aka Snake) since it emerged in mi… Continue reading New ransomware targets industrial control systems
A spam campaign has started spreading Sage ransomware, while a ransomware service known as Satan allows users to customize distribution. Continue reading Sage and Satan Ransomware, Double Trouble
Researchers say they have uncovered a ransomware sample that is still under development that comes with a novel and nasty twist. Infected victims of the ransomware, known as Popcorn Time, have the option to either pay-up or they can opt to infect two others using a referral link. If the two new ransomware targets pay […] Continue reading Ransomware Gives Free Decryption Keys to Victims Who Infect Others
Ransomware dubbed KimcilWare is targeting websites running the e-commerce platform Magento and encrypting website files. Continue reading New Ransomware KimcilWare Targets Magento Websites