The dreaded Proton malware was spreading through a new supply-chain attack that involved the Elmedia apps, victims should wipe their Macs Bad news for Mac users, a new malware is threatening them of a complete system wipe and reinstall. Crooks are distributing the malware in legitimate applications, the popular Elmedia Player and download manager Folx developed by […]
Trend Micro recently observed a new campaign leveraging the Ursnif banking Trojan using new malicious macro tactics payload delivery and evade detection. Researchers at Trend Micro have recently spotted a new campaign leveraging the Ursnif banking Trojan featuring new malicious macro tactics for payload delivery. Malicious macros are widely adopted by crooks for malware distribution, usually, they […]
Threat actors in the wild are mass-scanning websites for directories containing SSH private keys to hack them. The SSH allows a secure way to connect to servers hosting the websites, it allows administrators to get a terminal on them and enter commands. The SSH authentication could rely on login credentials (username and password), or on a […]
The Necurs botnet is spreading a new downloader that takes screenshots of the victimsâ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the operators. The Necurs botnet is back once again, the dreaded botnet was spreading a downloader that takes screenshots of the victimsâ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the attackers. “Recently we have seen a resurgence of […]
Hacking ATM could be very easy thanks to the availability of the CUTLET MAKER ATM malware on an underground hacking forum. Wannabe crooks can buy an ATM malware on a Darknet market for around $5000, the discovery was made by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that noticed a forum post advertising the malicious code dubbed Cutlet Maker. […]
Even with the most advanced email protections in place and an entire government organization to support them, the bad actors were able to spoof Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) emails to spread a Java-based remote administration tool to unsuspecting UK recipients. In September 2017, Trustwave identified a scam campaign that pretended to come from HMRC. The […]
Pizza Hut U.S. notified customers over the weekend a âtemporary security intrusionâ on PizzaHut.com that exposed payment card and contact information. Pizza Hut U.S. notified customers over the weekend a âtemporary security intrusionâ on PizzaHut.com, the security breach might have exposed payment card and contact information. The popular restaurant chain notified users via email, according to Pizza […]
The web journalist Marc Miller has interviewed one of the hackers of the ICEMAN group that claims to be behind the Operation ‘Emmental’ that targeted bank clients. Operation “Emmental” is the nickname for a grand-scale phishing campaign targeting bank clients. The goal of the campaign is to receive fraudulent payments by taking actions (e.g. money […]
Crooks have developed a strain of Android ransomware dubbed Doublelocker that both encrypts user data and changes PIN Lock. DoubleLocker, the name says it all, is a new malware that not only encrypts the Android mobile devices but also changes PIN lock. The DoubleLocker ransomware was discovered by security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET. DoubleLocker is the first-ever […]
Researchers spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick them into giving the attacker access to their Facebook accounts. Don’t trust message apparently sent from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help to recover their Facebook account. Researchers have spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick […]