Cyber Crime

CosmicStrand, a new sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit linked to China

Kaspersky uncovered a new UEFI firmware rootkit, tracked as CosmicStrand, which it attributes to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor.  Researchers…

4 years ago

Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Italian Revenue Agency

The ransomware group Lockbit claims to have stolen 78 GB of files from the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). The ransomware gang…

4 years ago

Amadey malware spreads via software cracks laced with SmokeLoader

Operators behind the Amadey Bot malware use the SmokeLoader to distribute a new variant via software cracks and keygen sites.…

4 years ago

A database containing data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts available for sale

Threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter users that were obtained by exploiting a now patched flaw in the…

4 years ago

FBI seized $500,000 worth of bitcoin obtained from Maui ransomware attacks

The U.S. DoJ seized $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korea-linked threat actors who are behind the Maui ransomware. The…

4 years ago

8220 Gang Cloud Botnet infected 30,000 host globally

The crimeware group known as 8220 Gang expanded over the last month their Cloud Botnet to roughly 30,000 hosts globally. …

4 years ago

New Luna ransomware targets Windows, Linux and ESXi systems

Kaspersky researchers discovered a new ransomware family written in Rust, named Luna, that targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Researchers…

4 years ago

Crooks create rogue cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from users

The U.S. FBI has warned of crooks developing malicious cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from the users. The U.S.…

4 years ago

Several apps on the Play Store used to spread Joker, Facestealer and Coper malware

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families.…

4 years ago

MLNK Builder 4.2 released in Dark Web – malicious shortcut-based attacks are on the rise

Cybercriminals released a new MLNK Builder 4.2 tool for malicious shortcuts (LNK) generation with an improved Powershell and VBS Obfuscator…

4 years ago

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