Hackers are using Word documents to drop NetSupport Manager RAT

By Sudais Asif
Before dropping NetSupport Manager RAT, attackers trick users into opening a malicious MS Word document by entering a password.
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Cyber-espionage campaign in Middle East, Europe picked up speed after Soleimani killing

Iran-linked hackers have been running spearphishing email campaigns against governmental organizations in Turkey, Jordan and Iraq in recent months in a likely effort to gather intelligence, according to research published Wednesday by Dell Secureworks. Most of the targeting, which Secureworks assesses to be focused on espionage, began before the U.S. military killed Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the Iran’s Quds Force, in Baghdad early January. But Alex Tilley, a senior researcher for Secureworks, told CyberScoop the spearphishing activity has increased since the killing. The research appears to align with information the FBI shared with industry in January, when it warned of an increase in Iranian “cyber reconnaissance activity.” The alert highlighted that Iranian hackers could be zeroing in on the defense industrial base, government agencies, academia and nongovernmental organizations. The campaign Secureworks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has observed, with activity from mid-2019 to mid-January of 2020, has also targeted intergovernmental organizations and unknown entities in […]

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Attack Campaign Leveraged Coronavirus Theme to Deliver Remcos RAT

Security researchers discovered an attack campaign that abused fears surrounding the global coronavirus outbreak to deliver the Remcos RAT. Yoroi Security detected the attack campaign when its threat intelligence activities uncovered a suspicious artif… Continue reading Attack Campaign Leveraged Coronavirus Theme to Deliver Remcos RAT

Hackers clone ProtonVPN website to drop password stealer malware

By Sudais Asif
Currently, ProtonVPN has more than 2 million users around the world and that makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals.
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Open-Source Neuroscience Hardware Hack Chat

Join us on Wednesday, February 19 at noon Pacific for the Open-Source Neuroscience Hardware Hack Chat with Dr. Alexxai Kravitz and Dr. Mark Laubach!

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FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals. Continue reading FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

Man jailed for using webcam RAT to spy on women in their bedrooms

A British man has been jailed for two years after police caught him using a notorious Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to hijack the webcams of young women, and spy upon them.
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