ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More
Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse…
Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations…
131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for…
Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: $15B Crypto Bust, Satellite Spying, Billion-Dollar Smishing, Android RATs & More
The online world is changing fast. Every week, new scams, hacks, and tricks show how easy it's become to turn everyday technology into a…
Over 100 VS Code Extensions Exposed Developers to Hidden Supply Chain Risks
New research has uncovered that publishers of over 100 Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions leaked access tokens that could be exploited by…
Hackers Target ICTBroadcast Servers via Cookie Exploit to Gain Remote Shell Access
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that a critical security flaw impacting ICTBroadcast, an autodialer software from ICT Innovations,…
Sekoia Exposes PolarEdge Backdoor: Custom mbedTLS C2 Compromising Cisco, QNAP, and Synology Devices
Sekoia Threat Detection & Response (TDR) researchers have published an in-depth technical analysis of the PolarEdge Backdoor, a stealthy…
Hacker Group TA585 Emerges With Advanced Attack Infrastructure
A newly identified cybercriminal group, TA585, has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers for running one of the most autonomous and…
Researchers Expose TA585’s MonsterV2 Malware Capabilities and Attack Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called TA585 that has been observed delivering an…
Spain Arrests Alleged Leader of GXC Team Cybercrime Network
Spanish authorities have arrested a 25-year-old Brazilian national accused of leading the “GXC Team” – a…
New Stealit Malware Campaign Spreads via VPN and Game Installer Apps
Threat actors are conducting a new malicious campaign deploying the Stealit malware via disguised applications, according to Fortinet. The…
Weekly Recap: WhatsApp Worm, Critical CVEs, Oracle 0-Day, Ransomware Cartel & More
Every week, the cyber world reminds us that silence doesn't mean safety. Attacks often begin quietly — one unpatched flaw, one…
Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone…
Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js' Single Executable…
UK Police Arrest Two Teens Over Kido Nursery Ransomware Attack
The UK Metropolitan Police (Met) have arrested two 17-year-old boys in connection with the major ransomware attack that compromised the data…
New Shuyal Stealer Targets 17 Web Browsers for Login Data and Discord Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers at Point Wild’s Lat61 Threat Intelligence Team have found a new infostealer called Shuyal Stealer, a malware…
OpenAI Disrupts Russian, North Korean, and Chinese Hackers Misusing ChatGPT for Cyberattacks
OpenAI on Tuesday said it disrupted three activity clusters for misusing its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) tool to facilitate malware…
ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree
A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has…
XWorm 6.0 Returns with 35+ Plugins and Enhanced Data Theft Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of XWorm malware, turning it into a versatile tool for supporting a wide range of…
New Report Links Research Firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS Cyber Operations
A Chinese company named the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA) has been assessed to be likely led by the…
New Report Links Research Firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS Cyber Operations
A Chinese company named the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA) has been assessed to be likely led by the…
XWorm malware resurfaces with ransomware module, over 35 plugins
New versions of the XWorm backdoor are being distributed in phishing campaigns after the original developer, XCoder, abandoned the project…
Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access
A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000…
New Android Banking Trojan “Klopatra” Uses Hidden VNC to Control Infected Smartphones
A previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Klopatra has compromised over 3,000 devices, with a majority of the infections…
New Android RAT Klopatra Targets Financial Data
A previously unknown Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) has been identified by security researchers, marking a significant advancement in the…
New Android Trojan “Datzbro” Tricking Elderly with AI-Generated Facebook Travel Events
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Datzbro that can conduct device takeover (DTO)…
Cybersecurity Weekly – Chrome 0-Day, 22.2 Tbps DDOS Attack, Kali Linux Release, Cisco IOS 0-Day and More
This week in cybersecurity was marked by a relentless pace of critical disclosures and unprecedented attack volumes, underscoring the…
AsyncRAT Malware Campaign Found Targeting South American Hotels
A new AsyncRAT malware campaign from threat actor TA558 is targeting the South American hospitality industry, demanding the attention of…
China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks
Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign…
Google Ads Used to Spread Trojan Disguised as TradingView Premium
A malicious advertising campaign that has been tricking content creators and unsuspecting users into downloading harmful software by offering…
Amazon pays $2.5 billion to settle Prime memberships lawsuit
Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle claims by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used dark patterns to trick millions of users…
Phishing Campaign Evolves into PureRAT Deployment, Linked to Vietnamese Threat Actors
A recent investigation has revealed a phishing campaign that began with a simple Python-based infostealer but ultimately led to the deployment…
North Korean Hackers Use New AkdoorTea Backdoor to Target Global Crypto Developers
The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented…
The Scam That Won’t Quit: Malicious “TradingView Premium” Ads Jump from Meta to Google and YouTube
Over the past year, Bitdefender researchers have been monitoring a persistent malicious campaign that initially spread via Facebook Ads,…
Threatsday Bulletin: Rootkit Patch, Federal Breach, OnePlus SMS Leak, TikTok Scandal & More
Welcome to this week's Threatsday Bulletin—your Thursday check-in on the latest twists and turns in cybersecurity and hacking. The…
ShadowV2 Botnet Exposes Rise of DDoS-as-a-service Platforms
A new campaign that combines traditional malware with modern DevOps tooling has been observed by cybersecurity analysts. The ShadowV2 DDoS…
Geopolitical Cyber Threats in 2024: Navigating Emerging Risks with OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence)
Geopolitical tensions worldwide can have a foreseeable impact on an organisation’s physical operations, but they can also heighten the…
Cisco Uncovers New PlugX Backdoor Linked to Chinese APTs
Researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered a long-running espionage campaign active since 2022, targeting the telecommunications and…
ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service…
Organizations Must Update Defenses to Scattered Spider Tactics, Experts Urge
Organizations must urgently update their defenses to protect against tactics deployed by the Scattered Spider hacking collective this year,…
CountLoader Broadens Russian Ransomware Operations With Multi-Version Malware Loader
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware loader codenamed CountLoader that has been put to use by Russian ransomware gangs to…