Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Play Ransomware Group’s New Linux Variant Targets ESXi, Shows Ties With Prolific Puma Fake Browser Updates Lead to BOINC Volunteer Computing Software Impact of FrostyGoop ICS Malware on Connected OT Systems A Novel Static Analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2024
The CVE-2024-21412 flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited to deliver information stealers such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a malware campaign exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2024-21412 (CVSS score: 8.1) to spread information stealer, such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza. The CVE-2024-21412 is an Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. The flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2024
China-linked APT group Daggerfly (aka Evasive Panda, Bronze Highland) Evasive Panda has been spotted using an updated version of the macOS backdoor Macma. The China-linked APT group Daggerfly (aka Evasive Panda or Bronze Highland) has significantly updated its malware arsenal, adding a new malware family based on the MgBot framework and an updated Macma macOS backdoor. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2024
In April 2024, Dragos researchers spotted the malware FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using the Modbus protocol. In April 2024, Dragos researchers discovered a new ICS malware named FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems using the Modbus protocol. FrostyGoop is the ninth ICS malware that was discovered an that a nation-state […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2024
Threat actors abused swap files in compromised Magento websites to hide credit card skimmer and harvest payment information. Security researchers from Sucuri observed threat actors using swap files in compromised Magento websites to conceal a persistent software skimmer and harvest payment information. The attackers used this tactic to maintain persistence and allowing the malware to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2024
The JavaScript downloader SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) is being used to deliver the AsyncRAT and the legitimate open-source project BOINC. Huntress researchers observed the JavaScript downloader malware SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) that is being used to deliver remote access trojan AsyncRAT and the legitimate open-source project BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client). The BOINC project is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Hardening of HardBit 10,000 Victims a Day: Infostealer Garden of Low-Hanging Fruit This Meeting Should Have Been an Email Ransomware Detection Model Based on Adaptive Graph Neural Network Learning SEXi ransomware rebrands to APT INC, continues […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2024
CrowdStrike warns that threat actors are exploiting the recent IT outage caused by their faulty update to distribute Remcos RAT malware. CrowdStrike spotted threat actors attempting to benefit from the recent IT outage caused by the faulty update of the cybersecurity firm to distribute Remcos RAT malware. The threat actors attempted to distribute the Remcos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2024
Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to participating in the LockBit ransomware group and carrying out attacks against victims worldwide. Two foreign nationals, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court for their roles in the LockBit ransomware operation. The LockBit ransomware operation has been active since January 2020, the group hit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2024
The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals. In March, the company suffered a cyber attack, and the Rhysida ransomware gang claimed to have stolen company sensitive data. […]
