Cyber Research Labs reported a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, small states are more exposed to these attacks. Cyber Research Labs observed a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, some of them with a severe impact on the victims, such as the attack that hit the […]
Interpol arrested three Nigerian men in Lagos, who are suspected of using the Agent Tesla RAT to reroute financial transactions and steal sensitive data. Interpol arrested 3 Nigerian men in Lagos, as part of an international operation codenamed Killer Bee. The three men are suspected of using the Agent Tesla RAT to reroute financial transactions […]
Experts warn of a new ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow attackers to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. Recently CloudSEK founder Rahul Sasi warned of an ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow threat actors to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. The fraudulent scheme is simple, threat actors make a phone call […]
The operators of the EnemyBot botnet added exploits for recently disclosed flaws in VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android systems. Operators behind the EnemyBot botnet are expanding the list of potential targets adding exploits for recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in from VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android. The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the […]
A man from New York was sentenced to four years in prison for trading stolen credit card data and assisting the Infraud Organization. John Telusma (aka ‘Peterelliot’), a New York man from New York (37), was sentenced this week to four years in prison for purchasing stolen or compromised credit cards and assisting the Infraud […]
The recently launched Industrial Spy data extortion marketplace has now started its ransomware operation. In April, Malware HunterTeam and Bleeping Computer reported the launch of a new dark web marketplace called Industrial Spy that sells stolen data and offers free stolen data to its members. MalwareHunterTeam researchers spotted malware samples [1, 2] that drop the following wallpaper that promotes […]
The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. The FBI issued an alert to inform the higher education sector about the availability of login credentials on dark web forums that can be used by threat actors to launch attacks […]
A new version of the ERMAC Android banking trojan is able to target an increased number of apps. The ERMAC Android banking trojan version 2.0 can target an increasing number of applications, passing from 378 to 467 target applications to steal account credentials and crypto-wallets. ERMAC was first spotted by researchers from Threatfabric in July […]
An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam led Cybernews researchers into exposing threat actors who are poisoning Facebook Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-the-threat-actors-who-are-poisoning-facebook/ An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam has led Cybernews researchers to a cybercriminal stronghold, from which threat actors have been infecting the social media giant with […]
Researchers warn of a new malvertising campaign spreading the ChromeLoader malware that hijacks the victims’ browsers. Researchers from Red Canary observed a new malvertising campaign spreading the ChromeLoader malware that hijacks the victims’ browsers. ChromeLoader is a malicious Chrome browser extension, it is classified as a pervasive browser hijacker that modifies browser settings to redirect […]