Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030. Tested, tried.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In late January 2024, the ThreatDown Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team found and stopped a three-month long malware campaign against a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Europe. Almost immediately after onboarding the MSP in mid-January, the ThreatDown MDR team found extensive evidence of an ongoing malware campaign.

Malware 108

Malware DNS Surveillance Backups 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. Experts spotted the iOS version of the Exodus surveillance app. Yoroi Welcomes Yomi: The Malware Hunter. [SI-LAB] Malware campaign uses multiple propagation methods, including EternalBlue. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Advertising DNS Surveillance 86

SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

A lightweight method for detecting potential iOS malware Over the past few years, our researchers have analyzed Pegasus malware infections on several iOS devices. This RAT allows an attacker to surveil and harvest sensitive data from a target computer.

Banking 114

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 114

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Spyware 104

Spyware DNS Ransomware Surveillance 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2024

CISA adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog German agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBox U.S.

Firewall 63

Firewall Spyware Surveillance Cybercrime 63

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Out of the 18,000 Orion IT customers affected by the malware, it seems that only a handful were of interest to the attackers. For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes.

Malware 139

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 139

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks. Scraping the TOR for rare contents.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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Advertising 66

Advertising DNS Firmware Surveillance 66

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

China installs a surveillance app on tourists phones while crossing in the Xinjiang. Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. Bangladesh Cyber Heist 2.0:

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Scams Advertising Spyware DNS 69

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Disclaimer: when referring to APT groups as Russian-speaking, Chinese-speaking or other-“speaking” languages, we refer to various artefacts used by the groups (such as malware debugging strings, comments found in scripts, etc.) On February 23, ESET published a tweet announcing new wiper malware targeting Ukraine.

Malware 145

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 145

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The malware tries to spread to other hosts on the network by infecting USB drives. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

Malware 133

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 133

Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. If they manage to compromise a telecommunications company, they can then also compromise its customers for surveillance or sabotage purposes.

Banking 122

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 122

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

Finally, we will reveal unknown scripts and malware run by the group in this report. Attackers made a great and long surveillance of this victim, which extended until Jan 2023. While that was happening, Red Stinger targeted and made surveillance to officers and individuals involved in those elections. лидерывозрождения[.]рф)

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Digital Shadows

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Key Points In our investigations, we identified malware campaigns using fake CAPTCHA pages that mimic trusted services like Google and CloudFlare. com using the command: This subsequent command embedded within the o.png script then cleared the DNS cache via the command below, likely to hide any evidence of the actors malicious activity.

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Malware Passwords Education Identity Theft 40

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 145

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 145

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. Our technique identified a total of 45 countries where Pegasus operators may be conducting surveillance operations.

Spyware 108

Spyware Mobile Surveillance DNS 108

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2021

Source: BleepingComputer) Threat analysts have been tracking activity where contact forms published on websites are abused to deliver malicious links to IcedID malware. Source: TechRadar) Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Source: BBC).

Artificial Intelligence 62

Artificial Intelligence Scams DDOS DNS 62

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force has identified a new hacking group dubbed MuddyWater and tracked its operations to an Iranian intelligence funded company.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

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DNS 118

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