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North Korean Hackers Use New Vyveva Malware To Attack Freighters The North Korean-backed Lazarus hacking group used new malware with backdoor capabilities dubbed Vyveva n targeted attacks against a South African freight logistics company. Vyveva was first used in a June 2020 attack as ESET researchers discovered, but further evidence shows Lazarus has been deploying it
Tech Support Scammers Lure Victims With Fake Antivirus Billing Emails Tech support scammers are pretending to be from Microsoft, McAfee, and Norton to target users with fake antivirus billing renewals in a large-scale email campaign. While browsing the web, most people at one time or another have been redirected to a tech support scam web
VISA: Hackers Increasingly Using Web Shells To Steal Credit Cards Global payments processor VISA warns that threat actors are increasingly deploying web shells on compromised servers to exfiltrate credit card information stolen from online store customers. Web shells are tools (scripts or programs) deployed by threat actors to gain and/or maintain access to hacked servers, remotely
REvil Ransomware Now Changes Password To Auto-Login In Safe Mode A recent change to the REvil ransomware allows the threat actors to automate file encryption via Safe Mode after changing Windows passwords. In March, we reported on a new Windows Safe Mode encryption mode added to the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware. This mode can be enabled using the -smode