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Like Lazarus rising from the dead, the same-named cybercrime ring from North Korea is back – and this time they are targeting cryptocurrency exchanges using malware designed for both Windows and MacOS reports Kaspersky Lab. On August 23, 2018, Kaspersky Lab reported that the cybercrime ring known as Lazarus Group had resurfaced with a new […]
Another day, another Fortnite malware vulnerability. Epic Games’ decision of skipping Google Play Store and releasing Android Fortnite on its official website directly was perceived as an unwise move. We recently informed our readers about the salient repercussions of this decision. It definitely was risky for gamers as they would be encouraged to download from unreliable […]
Multiple malware campaigns attempting to install Remcos RAT on victim’s machines to gain access to the system. Attackers delivering the malware through Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. Remcos remote access tool offered for sales by a company called Breaking Security and the license ranges from €58.00 to €389.00 based on the license. The tool contains a […]
Newly discovered AdvisorsBot Malware actively distributing by threat actor TA555 to target Hotels, Restaurants, and Telecommunications departments using a malicious word document. This Malware spreading in the various form via email with a fake content and trick victims to open it infect the victims and steal the sensitive data. Researchers observers that the AdvisorsBot Malware spreading in 3 different form, […]
A newly discovered different form of Mirai malware leveraging Open-Source Project called Aboriginal Linux to infect multiple cross-platforms such as routers, IP cameras, connected devices, and even Android devices. Mirai malware has strong records of infecting poorly managing IoT devices and performing DDOS attacks on various platforms. Mirai Malware(Mirai.linux) initially reported in 2016, since than […]
The malware has been spread through a cryptocurrency exchange hack Lazarus Group, the North Korean hacker group responsible for the attack on Sony films a few years ago, has launched its first malware for MAC, according to cyber security organization specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security. In a recently published report, researchers reported that Lazarus […]
Supply Chain Attacks occurs is an advanced threat that determines the weak link in the supply chain to infiltrate into the organization network. Security researchers from TrendMicro and IssueMakersLab uncovered Operation Red Signature that launches supply chain attacks targeting organizations in South Korea. The Threats actor’s behind Operation Red Signature have compromised the server of […]
A new Android malware strain dubbed Triout found bundled with a repackaged app contains surveillance capabilities and ability to hide the presence in the device. Security researchers from Bitdefender identified the new Triout malware that contains extensive surveillance capabilities. The malware appears to be first uploaded to virustotal from Russia and most came from Israel. […]
Security researchers from Kaspersky uncovered a malware campaign that is active for almost Five years since from 2013. The malware campaign dubbed Dark Tequila primarily targets Mexican users. Dark Tequila was designed to steal the financial credentials of customers associated with Mexican banking institutions and also the login credentials of the popular websites ranging from […]
It was detected a campaign that spreads fake Fortnite games for Android that leads to malware infections Fortnite is one of the most popular videogames at this time, so it has attracted the attention of both players and malicious users. Two weeks ago, the CEO of Epic Games stated that the game would not be available in […]
A new downloader malware dubbed Marap targeting financial institutions, it was written in C and it has the ability to download additional modules and payloads. Threat actors behind downloader malware delivering the Marap payload through Microsoft Excel Web Query .iqy, PDF documents with the .iqy file, Password-protected ZIP with .iqy file and with Microsoft Word […]
A new campaign using Weaponized Microsoft Publisher File(.pub) to deliver the FlawedAmmyy RAT. The FlawedAmmyy RAT is a backdoor tool that gains remote access to the attacker. Security researchers from Trustwave spotted the Email campaign subjected “Payment Advice” with Microsoft Office Publisher file attached. Once the .pub file is opened it asks the victim’s to […]
Newly emerging KeyPass ransomware actively spreading around the world to encrypt the targetted system files and demand the ransom to the victims. When compared to last year, currently ransomware outbreaks are very less, however, new ransomware attacks are kept increasing and the malware authors always trying to find the new method into infiltrate system to make a […]
A new zero-day exploit for Windows VBScript Engine discovered that belongs to North Korean cyber criminals gang called Darkhotel which is the same gang behind another Zero-day flaw “double kill” that affected IE browser. This new zero-day attack spotted in July by security researchers from Trend Micro that helps to exploit the code execution vulnerability in […]
A new Android malware that contains the functionalities of Banking Trojan, call forwarding, audio recording, keylogging and Ransomware Activities. The malware targeted the popular banking apps such as HFC, ICICI, SBI, Axis Bank and other E-Wallets. The malware operator needs more user interaction to be a successful attack, it continues to force the users in […]
A security researcher has demonstrated, at the recent Def Con security conference, that a Mac computer running Apple’s High Sierra operating system can be very easily hacked by simply tweaking two lines of the code. This revelation was made by Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA hacker, who is at present the Chief Research Officer at Digita […]
Beware while downloading Fortnite on your Android device because you may end up getting your device infected with malware. According to the analysis of Lookout cyber-security firm’s researchers Adam Bauer and Christoph Hebeisen, whoever downloads the recently released Android Fortnite on a mobile phone will be at risk of malware infection. The reason is that […]
Mining malware has been a headache in 2018, and some organizations still don’t implement security measures Cyber security organization experts report that nearly a third of the organizations claim to have suffered cryptojacking attacks, meanwhile, hackers keep working in their attempts to drive cryptocurrency malware attacks. Cryptojacking attacks have become increasingly popular among the cybercriminals, as […]
Trickbot malware is one of the widely known Banking Trojan emerging again with sophisticated techniques to at target the various financial institutions and large bank to steal the banking credentials. The current version of Trickbot malware is spreading with a powerful code injection technique to evade the detection, anti-analysis technique and disable the security tools that run in […]
Apple is generally considered reliable in making safe and secure software. It is widely believed that the company works really hard to make the defense mechanism of its OS and devices strong enough to evade malware infections and another malicious coding. However, days of blindly trusting any firm including Apple are long gone..or so it […]
Security fraternity is still dealing with the adverse consequences and versatile range of threats caused by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. But, to add to their misery, there is another possibly worst hardware flaw detected by security researchers in Intel chips. This flaw, dubbed as Foreshadow, can obtain information even from the most secured components […]