Latest headlines from security outlets
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Hacker Group 'Moses Staff' Using New StrifeWater RAT in Ransomware Attacks
A politically motivated hacker group tied to a series of espionage and sabotage attacks on Israeli entities in 2021 incorporated a previously undocumented remo…
SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems
In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor …
New LockBit Ransomware Variant Evolves To Target Linux Systems
After wreaking havoc on Windows users, the nasty ransomware LockBit has taken aim at Linux…New LockBit Ransomware Variant Evolves To Target Linux Systems on La…
Beware of Fake Telegram Messenger App Hacking PCs with Purple Fox Malware
Trojanized installers of the Telegram messaging application are being used to distribute the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor on compromised systems.That's ac…
Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Infect Computers with Khonsari Ransomware
Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family…
BlackMatter Ransomware Reportedly Shutting Down; Latest Analysis Released
An analysis of new samples of BlackMatter ransomware for Windows and Linux has revealed the extent to which the operators have continually added new features a…
Hive ransomware group extends to cloud-based Linux varian
Linux and FreeBSD variants of the Hive ransomware have recently been discovered, demonstrating how threat actors are increasingly targeting other OSes besides …
LockFile Ransomware Bypasses Protection Using Intermittent File Encryption
A new ransomware family that emerged last month comes with its own bag of tricks to bypass ransomware protection by leveraging a novel technique called "interm…
Cybercrime Group Asking Insiders for Help in Planting Ransomware
A Nigerian threat actor has been observed attempting to recruit employees by offering them to pay $1 million in bitcoins to deploy Black Kingdom ransomware on …
Malicious Ads Target Cryptocurrency Users With Cinobi Banking Trojan
A new social engineering-based malvertising campaign targeting Japan has been found to deliver a malicious application that deploys a banking trojan on comprom…
Linux version of BlackMatter ransomware targets VMware ESXi serve
The BlackMatter gang has joined the ranks of ransomware operations to develop a Linux encryptor that targets VMware's ESXi virtual machine platform. As more bu…
Hackers Exploit Microsoft Browser Bug to Deploy VBA Malware on Targeted PCs
An unidentified threat actor has been exploiting a now-patched zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer browser to deliver a fully-featured VBA-based remote access t…
Emotet Malware Destroys Itself From All Infected Computers
Emotet, the notorious email-based Windows malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, was automatically wiped from infected com…
SolarWinds Hack ' New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers
A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds' Orion network monitoring software may have bee…
Fedora 31: php 2020-94763cb9
**PHP version 7.3.23** (01 Oct 2020) **Core:** * Fixed bug php#80048 (Bug php#69100 has not been fixed for Windows). (cmb) * Fixed bug php#80049 (Memleak when …
TeamViewer Flaw Could Let Hackers Steal System Password Remotely
If you are using TeamViewer, then beware and make sure you're running the latest version of the popular remote desktop connection software for Windows.TeamView…
North Korean Hackers Spotted Using New Multi-Platform Malware Framework
Lazarus Group, the notorious hacking group with ties to the North Korean regime, has unleashed a new multi-platform malware framework with an aim to infiltrate…
Nvidia squashes display driver code execution, information leak bu
Nvidia has released a set of security updates to remove six vulnerabilities in the Nvidia GPU Display Driver impacting both Linux and Windows machines.
Chinese Researchers Disrupt Malware Attack That Infected Thousands of PCs
Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab said it partnered with tech giant Baidu to disrupt a malware botnet infecting over hundreds of thousands of systems.The …
Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that a…
With coronavirus forcing us to work from home, SUSE suggests the Linux deskt
As many sysadmins are discovering to their dismay, trying to manage workers from home on a wild mix of older Windows PCs presents various challenges, and secur…
TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks
A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attack…
Rootkit in the Cloud: Hacker Group Breaches AWS Serve
A sophisticated hacker group pwned Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers, set up a rootkit that let them remotely control servers, then merrily funnelled sensitive…
This WhatsApp Bug Could Have Let Attackers Access Files On Your PCs
A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if exploited, could ha…