UK Jails Man for Spying on Teenagers, Stealing Photos Using RATs A Nottingham man was imprisoned this week for more than two years after hacking the computers and phones of dozens of victims, some of them underage, and spying on them using remote access trojans (RATs). 32-year-old Robert Davies used fake online Read more…
Magniber Ransomware Using Signed APPX Files to Infect Systems The Magniber ransomware has been spotted using Windows application package files (.APPX) signed with valid certificates to drop malware pretending to be Chrome and Edge web browser updates. This distribution method marks a shift from previous approaches seen with this threat actor, Read more…
TellYouThePass Ransomware Returns as a Cross-platform Golang Threat TellYouThePass ransomware has re-emerged as a Golang-compiled malware, making it easier to target more operating systems, macOS and Linux, in particular. The return of this malware strain was noticed last month, when threat actors used it in conjunction with the Log4Shell exploit to Read more…
New Windows KB5009543, KB5009566 Updates Break L2TP VPN Connections Windows 10 users and administrators report problems making L2TP VPN connections after installing the recent Windows 10 KB5009543 and Windows 11 KB5009566 cumulative updates. Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows updates to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs as part of the January 2022 Patch Read more…
OceanLotus Hackers Turn to Web Archive Files to Deploy Backdoors The OceanLotus group of state-sponsored hackers are now using the web archive file format (.MHT and .MHTML) to deploy backdoors to compromised systems. The goal is to evade detection by antivirus solutions tools which are more likely to catch commonly Read more…
EA: 50 High-profile FIFA 22 Accounts Taken Over by Phishing Actors Electronic Arts (EA) has published an official response to numerous reports about hacked player accounts, confirming the problem and attributing it to phishing actors. As the notice explains, hackers used social engineering against EA’s customer experience team to bypass Read more…
Hackers Take Over Diplomat’s Email, Target Russian Deputy Minister Hackers believed to work for the North Korean government have compromised the email account of a staff member of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) and deployed spear-phishing attacks against the country’s diplomats in other regions. One of the targets was Read more…
State Hackers Use New PowerShell Backdoor in Log4j Attacks Hackers believed to be part of the Iranian APT35 state-backed group (aka ‘Charming Kitten’ or ‘Phosphorus’) has been observed leveraging Log4Shell attacks to drop a new PowerShell backdoor. The modular payload can handle C2 communications, perform system enumeration, and eventually receive, decrypt, Read more…
Microsoft: New Critical Windows HTTP Vulnerability is Wormable Microsoft has patched a critical flaw tagged as wormable and found to impact the latest desktop and server Windows versions, including Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. The bug, tracked as CVE-2022-21907 and patched during this month’s Patch Tuesday, was discovered in the HTTP Protocol Stack (HTTP.sys) used Read more…
Firefox Focus Now Blocks Cross-site Tracking on Android Devices Mozilla’s Firefox Focus web browser can now protect Android users against cross-site tracking while browsing the Internet by preventing cookies from being used for advertising and monitoring your activity. Firefox Focus is a lightweight browser for mobile platforms (Android and iOS) designed Read more…
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