Researchers discovered a new ransomware family called GoodWill that asks victims to donate the ransom for social causes. CloudSEK’s Threat Intelligence Research team has disclosed a new ransomware strain called GoodWill, that demands victims the payment of a ransom through donations for social causes and financially helping people in need. “The ransomware group propagates very unusual demands in […]
The operators of the EnemyBot botnet added exploits for recently disclosed flaws in VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android systems. Operators behind the EnemyBot botnet are expanding the list of potential targets adding exploits for recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in from VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android. The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the […]
A man from New York was sentenced to four years in prison for trading stolen credit card data and assisting the Infraud Organization. John Telusma (aka ‘Peterelliot’), a New York man from New York (37), was sentenced this week to four years in prison for purchasing stolen or compromised credit cards and assisting the Infraud […]
The recently launched Industrial Spy data extortion marketplace has now started its ransomware operation. In April, Malware HunterTeam and Bleeping Computer reported the launch of a new dark web marketplace called Industrial Spy that sells stolen data and offers free stolen data to its members. MalwareHunterTeam researchers spotted malware samples [1, 2] that drop the following wallpaper that promotes […]
Security researchers devised a technique, dubbed GhostTouch, to remotely control touchscreens using electromagnetic signals. A team of researchers from Zhejiang University and Technical University of Darmstadt devised a technique, dubbed GhostTouch, to remotely control capacitive touchscreens using electromagnetic signals. According to the experts, GhostTouch is the first active contactless attack against capacitive touchscreens. GhostTouch uses electromagnetic […]
A new version of the ERMAC Android banking trojan is able to target an increased number of apps. The ERMAC Android banking trojan version 2.0 can target an increasing number of applications, passing from 378 to 467 target applications to steal account credentials and crypto-wallets. ERMAC was first spotted by researchers from Threatfabric in July […]
An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam led Cybernews researchers into exposing threat actors who are poisoning Facebook Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-the-threat-actors-who-are-poisoning-facebook/ An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam has led Cybernews researchers to a cybercriminal stronghold, from which threat actors have been infecting the social media giant with […]
Researchers warn of a new malvertising campaign spreading the ChromeLoader malware that hijacks the victims’ browsers. Researchers from Red Canary observed a new malvertising campaign spreading the ChromeLoader malware that hijacks the victims’ browsers. ChromeLoader is a malicious Chrome browser extension, it is classified as a pervasive browser hijacker that modifies browser settings to redirect […]
Interpol Secretary warns that nation-state malware will become available on the cybercrime underground in a couple of years. Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock declared that nation-state malwre will become available on the darknet in a couple of years. In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the malware developed by both nation-state actors and non […]
The Conti ransomware gang shut down its operation, and some of its administrators announced a branding of the gang. Advanced Intel researcher Yelisey Boguslavskiy announced the that Conti Ransomware gang shuts its infrastructure and some of its administrators announced a rebranding of the popular RaaS operation. The news was reported by BleepingComputer that citing Boguslavskiy confirmed […]