Malware

Threat actors use new attack techniques after Microsoft blocked macros by default

Threat actors are devising new attack tactics in response to Microsoft's decision to block Macros by default. In response to…

2 years ago

European firm DSIRF behind the attacks with Subzero surveillance malware

Microsoft linked a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) to attacks using multiple zero-day exploits for its Subzero malware. The Microsoft Threat…

2 years ago

DUCKTAIL operation targets Facebook’s Business and Ad accounts

Researchers uncovered an ongoing operation, codenamed DUCKTAIL that targets Facebook Business and Ad Accounts. Researchers from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business)…

2 years ago

The strange similarities between Lockbit 3.0 and Blackmatter ransomware

Researchers found similarities between LockBit 3.0 ransomware and BlackMatter, which is a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware. Cybersecurity researchers have…

2 years ago

Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot malware

Qakbot malware operators are using the Windows Calculator to side-load the malicious payload on target systems. Security expert ProxyLife and Cyble…

2 years ago

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…

2 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…

2 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.…

2 years ago

Is APT28 behind the STIFF#BIZON attacks attributed to North Korea-linked APT37?

North Korea-linked APT37 group targets high-value organizations in the Czech Republic, Poland, and other countries. Researchers from the Securonix Threat…

2 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…

2 years ago

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