LOBSHOT: A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads

In yet another instance of how threat actors are abusing Google Ads to serve malware, a threat actor has been observed leveraging the technique to deliver a new Windows-based financial trojan and information stealer called LOBSHOT. "LOBSHOT continues to collect victims while staying under the...

New Atomic macOS Malware Steals Keychain Passwords and Crypto Wallets

Threat actors are advertising a new information stealer for the Apple macOS operating system called Atomic macOS Stealer or AMOS on Telegram for $1,000 per month, joining the likes of MacStealer. "The Atomic macOS Stealer can steal various types of information from the victim's machine, including...

New Atomic macOS Malware Steals Keychain Passwords and Crypto Wallets

Threat actors are advertising a new information stealer for the Apple macOS operating system called Atomic macOS Stealer or AMOS on Telegram for $1,000 per month, joining the likes of MacStealer. "The Atomic macOS Stealer can steal various types of information from the victim's machine, including...

MAL-2023-16 Malicious code in 3a-look (npm)

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Malicious code in algo-svnlook (npm)

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Upgraded Q -> 2 from #623 [1682589089611]

Judge has assessed an item in Issue 623 as 2 risk. The relevant finding follows: L‑05 Stuck dust in SafEth contract for division When stake in the contract SafEth some WEIs could be stuck in the contract because the equation uint256 ethAmount = msg.value weight / totalWeight;, in example: ethAmou...

MAL-2023-1547 Malicious code in algo-svnlook (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 43c5a376e52bfedce15db5be9f98c7b41f7f9b385af24f412be974fa117f22a4 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-17 Malicious code in 3a-spawn (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx bbd096556ffc90070942d3750f4d790cad77115f15c0e3b8aec5d6788bc817d8 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-1548 Malicious code in algo-svnspawn (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 1f38cb133dc99fe379a4d9e67ccd87a9a7ae7fe640b8287b926c41b8a594d45d Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

Lazarus Subgroup Targeting Apple Devices with New RustBucket macOS Malware

A financially-motivated North Korean threat actor is suspected to be behind a new Apple macOS malware strain called RustBucket. "RustBucket communicates with command and control C2 servers to download and execute various payloads," Jamf Threat Labs researchers Ferdous Saljooki and Jaron Bradley...

Fake Flipper Zero sellers are after your money

Thanks to Malwarebytes' Stefan Dasic who provided the research and screenshots for this article. Flipper Zero, a "multi-tool device for hackers", is frequently out of stock due to its popularity in hardware circles. Flipper Zero combines research and penetration hardware tools into a single unit...

Kubernetes RBAC Exploited in Large-Scale Campaign for Cryptocurrency Mining

A large-scale attack campaign discovered in the wild has been exploiting Kubernetes K8s Role-Based Access Control RBAC to create backdoors and run cryptocurrency miners. "The attackers also deployed DaemonSets to take over and hijack resources of the K8s clusters they attack," cloud security firm...

N.K. Hackers Employ Matryoshka Doll-Style Cascading Supply Chain Attack on 3CX

The supply chain attack targeting 3CX was the result of a prior supply chain compromise associated with a different company, demonstrating a new level of sophistication with North Korean threat actors. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the attack event under the moniker UNC4736, said the...

Kadavro Vector Ransomware spread as a fake Tor browser installer

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Kadavro Vector is a NoCry ransomware variant that encrypts files and demands Monero XMR cryptocurrency for decryption. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on LinkedIn...

Swatting-as-a-Service is a growing and complicated problem to solve

One Telegram channel has been found to be behind a great deal of swatting incidents in the US. Using the anonymity provided by Telegram, caller ID spoofing, and voices generated by Artificial Intelligence AI, a person or group of persons calling themselves Torswats is suspected to be behind dozen...

Lazarus Hacker Group Evolves Tactics, Tools, and Targets in DeathNote Campaign

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed shifting its focus and rapidly evolving its tools and tactics as part of a long-running campaign called DeathNote. While the nation-state adversary is known for persistently singling out the cryptocurrency sector, recent...

Lazarus Hacker Group Evolves Tactics, Tools, and Targets in DeathNote Campaign

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed shifting its focus and rapidly evolving its tools and tactics as part of a long-running campaign called DeathNote. While the nation-state adversary is known for persistently singling out the cryptocurrency sector, recent...

Following the Lazarus group by tracking DeathNote campaign

The Lazarus group is a high-profile Korean-speaking threat actor with multiple sub-campaigns. We have previously published information about the connections of each cluster of this group. In this blog, well focus on an active cluster that we dubbed DeathNote because the malware responsible for...

Cryptocurrency Stealer Malware Distributed via 13 NuGet Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of the cryptocurrency stealer malware that was distributed via 13 malicious NuGet packages as part of a supply chain attack targeting .NET developers. The sophisticated typosquatting campaign, which was uncovered by JFrog late last month,...

Cryptocurrency Stealer Malware Distributed via 13 NuGet Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of the cryptocurrency stealer malware that was distributed via 13 malicious NuGet packages as part of a supply chain attack targeting .NET developers. The sophisticated typosquatting campaign, which was uncovered by JFrog late last month,...