General Security News
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New RansomExx Ransomware Variant Rewritten in the Rust Programming Language
The operators of the RansomExx ransomware have become the latest to develop a new variant fully rewritten in the Rust programming language,...
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Chrome Extension Deploy Windows Malware to Steal Cryptocurrency and Clipboard Contents
In order to steal cryptocurrency and clipboard contents, ViperSoftX was detected by the security analysts at Avast, a Windows malware that is...
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This Android File Manager App Infected Thousands of Devices with SharkBot Malware
The Android banking fraud malware known as SharkBot has reared its head once again on the official Google Play Store, posing as file managers to...
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Black Basta Ransomware Gang Actively Infiltrating U.S. Companies with Qakbot Malware
Companies based in the U.S. have been at the receiving end of an "aggressive" Qakbot malware campaign that leads to Black Basta ransomware...
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34 Russian Cybercrime Groups Stole Over 50 Million Passwords with Stealer Malware
As many as 34 Russian-speaking gangs distributing information-stealing malware under the stealer-as-a-service model stole no fewer than 50 million...
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Google Released Over 165 YARA Rules to Detect Cobalt Strike Components in Their Networks
There is a collection of IOCs from VirusTotal and YARA Rules that has been recently open-sourced by the Google Cloud Threat Intelligence team ....
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Meta Takes Down Fake Facebook and Instagram Accounts Linked to Pro-U.S. Influence Operation
Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it took down a network of accounts and pages across Facebook and Instagram that were operated by people associated...
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Nighthawk Likely to Become Hackers' New Post-Exploitation Tool After Cobalt Strike
A nascent and legitimate penetration testing framework known as Nighthawk is likely to gain threat actors' attention for its Cobalt Strike-like...
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This Malware Installs Malicious Browser Extensions to Steal Users' Passwords and Cryptos
A malicious extension for Chromium-based web browsers has been observed to be distributed via a long-standing Windows information stealer called...
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Hackers Use New Ransomware that Encrypts Files & Steals Tokens From Victim’s Machine
Security researchers at Cyble recently identified that the authors of ransomware now have access to a brand new malicious tool – AXLocker – which...
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Daixin Ransomware Gang Steals 5 Million AirAsia Passengers' and Employees' Data
The cybercrime group called Daixin Team has leaked sample data belonging to AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline, on its data leak portal. The...
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Notorious Emotet Malware Returns With High-Volume Malspam Campaign
The notorious Emotet malware has returned with renewed vigor as part of a high-volume malspam campaign designed to drop payloads like IcedID and...