Banking Fraud Mobile Security6 Min Read August 25, 2025 New Android Malware Wave Hits Banking via NFC Relay Fraud, Call Hijacking, and Root Exploits Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android trojan called PhantomCard that abuses near-field communication (NFC) to conduct relay…
Cryptocurrency Financial Crime3 Min Read August 25, 2025 Google Requires Crypto App Licenses in 15 Regions as FBI Warns of $9.9M Scam Losses Google said it’s implementing a new policy requiring developers of cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets to obtain government licenses…
Cryptocurrency Malvertising3 Min Read August 25, 2025 New PS1Bot Malware Campaign Uses Malvertising to Deploy Multi-Stage In-Memory Attacks Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign that’s designed to infect victims with a multi-stage malware…
Vulnerability Zero-Day4 Min Read August 25, 2025 Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday Fixes Kerberos Zero-Day Among 111 Total New Flaws Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out fixes for a massive set of 111 security flaws across its software portfolio, including one flaw that has been…
Security2 Min Read August 25, 2025 APT36 hackers abuse Linux .desktop files to install malware in new attacks The Pakistani APT36 cyberspies are using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India.…
Apple Security1 Min Read August 25, 2025 Fake Mac fixes trick users into installing new Shamos infostealer A new infostealer malware targeting Mac devices, called ‘Shamos,’ is targeting Mac devices in ClickFix attacks that impersonate…
Cloud Security Malware Ransomware Vulnerabilities10 Min Read July 21, 2025 Beyond Mimo’lette: Tracking Mimo's Expansion to Magento CMS and Docker Executive summary Through investigations into a string of workload compromises involving ecommerce sites, the Datadog Security Research team…
Malware Network Ransomware Windows12 Min Read May 21, 2025 The obfuscation game: MUT-9332 targets Solidity developers via malicious VS Code extensions Key points and observations Datadog Security Research discovered three malicious VS Code extensions that target Solidity developers on…
Scam Research5 Min Read April 30, 2025 Active Subscription Scam Campaigns Flooding the Internet Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a surge in subscription scams, both in scale and sophistication, spurred by a massive campaign…
Cloud Security Malware Phishing Ransomware11 Min Read April 17, 2025 Datadog threat roundup: Top insights for Q1 2025 As a leading provider in observability and cloud security, Datadog has unique insight into threat actor behavior that targets cloud…
Anti-Malware Research7 Min Read March 18, 2025 Hundreds of Malicious Google Play-Hosted Apps Bypassed Android 13 Security With Ease Bitdefender's security researchers have identified a large-scale ad fraud campaign that deployed hundreds of malicious apps in the Google Play…
Anti-Malware Research5 Min Read November 18, 2024 Inside Bitdefender Labs’ Investigation of a Malicious Facebook Ad Campaign Targeting Bitwarden Users Throughout 2024, Bitdefender Labs has been closely monitoring a series of malvertising campaigns that exploit popular platforms to spread…
Anti-Malware Research9 Min Read October 30, 2024 Unmasking the SYS01 Infostealer Threat: Bitdefender Labs Tracks Global Malvertising Campaign Targeting Meta Business Pages In a world ran by advertising, businesses and organizations are not the only ones using this powerful tool. Cybercriminals have a knack for…
Anti-Malware Research Scam Research9 Min Read April 4, 2024 AI meets next-gen info stealers in social media malvertising campaigns The impact that AI has on society has steadily crept into the darkest nooks and crannies of the internet. So much so that cybercrooks are…