Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Cybercriminals use progressive web applications (PWA) to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from mobile users. ESET researchers detailed a phishing campaign against mobile users that uses Progressive Web Applications (PWAs). The threat actors used fake apps almost indistinguishable from real banking apps on both iOS and Android. The technique was first disclosed in Poland in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Cato Security found a new info stealer, called Cthulhu Stealer, that targets Apple macOS and steals a wide range of information. Cado Security researchers have discovered a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) targeting macOS users dubbed Cthulhu Stealer. Cthulhu Stealer targets macOS users via an Apple disk image (DMG) that disguises itself as legitimate software. The researchers spotted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
China-linked APT group Velvet Ant exploited a recently disclosed zero-day in Cisco switches to take over the network appliance. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Sygnia reported that the China-linked APT group Velvet Ant has exploited the recently disclosed zero-day CVE-2024-20399 in Cisco switches to take over the network devices. In July 2024, Cisco addressed the NX-OS zero-day CVE-2024-20399 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2024
North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky is likely behind a new remote access trojan called MoonPeak used in a recent campaign spotted by Cisco Talos. Cisco Talos researchers uncovered the infrastructure used by the North Korea-linked APT group tracked as UAT-5394, which experts suspect is linked to the Kimsuky APT group. The infrastructure includes staging, C2 servers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2024
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware. Vermin is a pro-Russian hacker group, also tracked as UAC-0020, that operates under […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2024
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that ransomware payments rose by approximately 2%, from $449.1 million to $459.8 million. Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that while overall on-chain illicit activity has decreased by nearly 20% year-to-date, stolen funds and ransomware significantly increased. Stolen funds inflows almost doubled, rising from $857 million to $1.58 billion, and ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2024
Experts spotted a previously undetected backdoor, dubbed Msupedge, that was employed in an attack against a university in Taiwan. Broadcom Symantec researchers discovered a previously undetected backdoor, called Msupedge, that was employed in an attack targeting an unnamed university in Taiwan. The most notable feature of the backdoor is that it relies on DNS tunnelling […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2024
Microsoft addressed a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by the North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT group. Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), which has been exploited by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue that resides in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2024
New cybercrime group Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to conceal data exfiltrating. The Sophos X-Ops Incident Response team warned that a new ransomware group called Mad Liberator is exploiting the remote-access application Anydesk for their attacks. The group was also spotted running a fake Microsoft Windows update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Deciphering the Brain Cipher Ransomware Ideal typosquat ‘solana-py’ steals your crypto wallet keys Ransomware attackers introduce new EDR killer to their arsenal Beyond the wail: deconstructing the BANSHEE infostealer A Deep Dive into a New ValleyRAT […]
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