Collaborate Disseminate
WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group. Continue reading WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide
Street magicians have a secret: If you want to hide something, hide it in plain sight. It’s how hidden card tricks, sleight of hand and most illusions work. Unfortunately, malicious actors are learning how to use the same concept to sneak malware… Continue reading Hiding in Plain Sight: New Adwind jRAT Variant Uses Normal Java Commands to Mask its Behavior
A new version of the typically platform-agnostic Adwind trojan has been spotted targeting Windows applications and systems and Chromium-based browsers. Continue reading New Adwind Variant Targets Windows, Chromium Credentials
By Waqas
Dubbed MasterMana by researchers; the botnet utilizes every available option to target its victims including dropping backdoors and phishing attacks through business email compromise commonly known as BEC.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read… Continue reading MasterMana botnet hits users by evading detection with URL shorteners
Digital criminals have launched a new attack campaign that they’re using to target U.S. petroleum companies with the Adwind RAT. Netskope discovered the operation in the beginning of September and found that it was distributing the Adwind RAT fro… Continue reading Attackers Targeting U.S. Petroleum Companies with Adwind RAT
Malware laced OpenDocument files target Microsoft Office, OpenOffice and LibreOffice users. Continue reading Hackers Turn to OpenDocument Format to Avoid AV Detection
A known threat actor, Tortoiseshell, is targeting U.S. military veterans with a fake veteran hiring website that hosts malware. Continue reading Cybercrooks Target U.S. Veterans with Fake Hiring Website
In a world dominated by thousands of currently active APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) campaigns also known as Remote Access Tools (RATs) including trojan horses it’s worth pointing out that novice cybercriminals continue relying and actively utilizing… Continue reading Massive Portfolio of APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) and RAT (Remote Access Tools) Domains Spotted in the Wild – An Analysis
When hackers put trojan horses on someones PC, those programs (which are, by definition, just stealthy RATs with some… extra features) need to communicate with them somehow. A direct peer-to-peer connection to their own PC is obviously i… Continue reading How do hackers use RATs without their server/IP being revealed?
The adversaries have retooled with EternalBlue and credential theft to add a new “access mining” revenue stream. Continue reading Smominru Cryptominer Scrapes Credentials for Half-Million Machines