Microsoft spotted an upgraded variant of the Zerobot botnet that spreads by exploiting Apache vulnerabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity […]
Play ransomware attacks target Exchange servers with a new exploit that bypasses Microsoft’s ProxyNotShell mitigations. Play ransomware operators target Exchange servers using a new exploit chain, dubbed OWASSRF by Crowdstrike, that bypasses Microsoft’s mitigations for ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them […]
Researchers spotted a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a software development kit (SDK) for SentinelOne. Cybersecurity researchers at ReversingLabs have discovered a new malicious package, named ‘SentinelOne,’ on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a legitimate software development kit (SDK) for SentinelOne. The malicious package was first […]
Researchers spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware which is written in the cross-platform programming language Rust. Trend Micro researchers have spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware (aka Qilin) that is written in Rust Language. The move follows the decision of other ransomware gangs, like Hive, Blackcat, RansomExx, and Luna, of rewriting their ransomware into […]
The Glupteba botnet is back, researchers reported a surge in infection worldwide after Google disrupted its operation in 2021. In December 2021, Google announced it has taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba botnet, it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. The blockchain-enabled botnet has been […]
Microsoft announced that a botnet dubbed MCCrash is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Microsoft spotted a cross-platform botnet, tracked as MCCrash, which has been designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. The IT giant tracks this cluster of activity as DEV-1028. The experts report that the botnet […]
A Chinese-speaking APT group, tracked as MirrorFace, is behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities. ESET researchers recently discovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities and attributed it to the Chinese-speaking APT group tracked as MirrorFace. The experts tracked the campaign as Operation LiberalFace, it aimed at Japanese political entities, especially the members of […]
Talos researchers uncovered a phishing campaign distributing the QBot malware to Windows systems using SVG files. Talos researchers uncovered a phishing campaign distributing the QBot malware using a new technique that leverages Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images embedded in HTML email attachments. HTML smuggling is a highly evasive technique for malware delivery that leverages legitimate HTML5 […]
Researchers discovered a new Go-based botnet, dubbed GoTrim, attempting to brute force WordPress websites. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted a new Go-based botnet, dubbed GoTrim, that has been spotted scanning and brute-forcing WordPress and OpenCart websites. The botnet was named GoTrim because it was written in Go and uses “:::trim:::” to split data sent and received […]
LockBit ransomware gang hacked the California Department of Finance and threatens to leak data stolen from its systems. The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen 76Gb from the California Department of Finance and is threatening to leak the stolen data if the victims will not pay the ransom by December 24. On December 12, […]