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A new malware campaign impersonates a fake Google reCAPTCHA to deliver banking malware. The campaign specifically targeted a Polish bank. Security researchers from Sucuri discovered the sophisticated phishing campaign employed with both the impersonation and panic/bait techniques. Malware Infection – Fake Google reCAPTCHA The malware infection starts with the fake confirmation receipt of the recent […]
Various anti-malware vendors are scrambling to fix their products in order to detect the new variant of Separ malware family. Separ is known as a password stealer virus, with its first version detected two years ago in 2017. The newest variant has a very modular architecture, as it uses genuine 3rd party executables (non-malware) in […]
Sucuri’s cybersecurity researchers have identified a highly sophisticated phishing campaign that is specifically targeting online banking users. The attack, for now, has been directed against a Polish bank in which attackers are exploiting Google reCAPTCHA systems as well as panic-eliciting tactics to lure victims into clicking on infected, malicious links that are already embedded in […]
New Threat report revealed that Credential stealing malware were dramatically increased in 2018 that target the adult websites premium users credentials to selling it in dark web. These credentials are most wanted data in underground market place in Dark web where cybercriminals selling these stolen data for thousands. It very common that pornography website is […]
Adult websites have been prone to various malware activities and cyber threats, and a new research report by Kaspersky Lab further sheds light on the trend of malware attacks on porn sites in 2018. According to the survey, the use of popular porn tags is in full swing by cybercriminals, with around 87,227 unique users […]
Most small businesses just rely on an antivirus tool to mitigate cyber risks, despite the fact that hackers show an increasing tendency to target small businesses. Small businesses leave many devices unprotected, which causes security risks. Moreover, with BYOD devices and IoT devices being used in large numbers, cybersecurity is becoming crucial for small businesses […]
A technology company detected an infection with an extract information Trojan Network security and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security confirmed the emergence of a new Trojan infecting multiple retail networks. In this new campaign, hackers have already managed to steal large amounts of confidential data to put on sale in […]
Malicious campaign operators have devised a new method for sending documents with malicious files Phishing campaign operators found ways to prevent malware-loaded Office documents from being detected by some security software solutions; according to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, attackers are deleting links from the relationship file […]
The popular windows file archival tool WinRAR has been in use for over two decades now. The software is used to view, create, pack and unpack archives in both ZIP and RAR formats. A recent report by The Register has revealed that the tool has a bug that has remained undetected since 2005. This vulnerability […]
Cyber Criminals now distributing new dubbed Muncy malware as a EXE file format via DHL phishing campaigns to target the users around the world. DHL phishing is one of the widely distributing campaigns that delivers that various sophisticated malware in recent past via malspam emails. Threat actors are leveraging the poorly configured SMTP servers and […]
Phishers are in a huge advantage these days with the growth of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even Youtube. People can and continue to navigate away from those social media sites using shortened links, which is very convenient for everyone to use. This is especially through with microblogging site Twitter, as […]
ATM hijacking malware dubbed WinPot turns the ATMs into a slot machine, which starts dispensing the cash based on SPIN button. Security researchers from Kaspersky observed the emergence of the WinPot malware, the malware appeared first in the underground markets in March 2018. Threat actors designed the malware to automatically dispense the cash automatically form […]
A malware strain dubbed as Rietspoof has been under the radar of researchers at Avast since last August. Reportedly, researchers suspect that the malware is on the rise and it is being distributed via Skype, Facebook Messenger, and other messaging apps. Researchers maintain that the malware actually is a dropper designed to allow dangerous ransomware to […]
Many of the torrent sites strictly banned the popular torrent uploader CrackNow that caught for upload malicious files including GandCrab Ransomware. A lot more malicious torrents files are uploading in the torrent site which is very common nowadays but this kind of malicious activities from trusted torrent uploader is a rare case scenario. Torrents sites […]
As per ethical hacking consultants, malware has been around in internet worlds from long years. The more new technology comes more malware are spreaded over the internet. Today we will talk about botnet. Botnet is created by infected malware after which bot is circulated over a network. In scenario of infecting large computers botnet is […]
Famous Uploader CracksNow Banned from Torrents for Distributing GrandCrab Ransomware. CracksNow is a prominent software uploader who appears regularly on torrent sites. However, recently the account of CracksNow was banned by several torrent sites while the uploader is accused of distributing GrandCrab ransomware. It all started when multiple users complained about software and cracks plagued with […]
A new unique campaign abuses system native OS process and security software to steal passwords and personal information. Threat actors disguise the Astaroth Trojan payload as JPEG, GIF, and extensionless to avoid file detections. The campaign especially targets the users in Brazil and the initial infection starts with a phishing-based campaign. Researchers form cybereason observed […]
The threat of ransomware attack is growing but do you know what is ransomware and how you can protect yourself from this growing threat? If you’ve been following the news on malware scams and hacks from across the world, chances are that you might have come across the term ‘ransomware’. It’s deemed as the biggest […]
The new variant of infamous trickbot malware comes with the capability of grabbing remote application login credentials. Trickbot is a banking malware which steals login credentials from applications, it was discovered long back ago, the threat actors continiously adding new capabilities to the malware. Security researchers from TrendMicro observed the bew variant that bagged with […]
Seems like 2019 is starting to become the year of the Trickbot malware, which received good coverage here in Hackercombat.com for being a nasty fileless virus that typical antivirus software are having a hard time detecting. The first article was dated July 6, 2018, and a follow-up highlighting its dangers dated December 30, 2018. The most […]
A group of experts published their research on this attack Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report the emergence of the first functional malware for Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX). The research expert group believes that the vulnerabilities present in SGX, a feature designed to reinforce Intel’s […]