Kaspersky Says New Zero-Day Malware Hit iPhones—Including Its Own

On the same day, Russia’s FSB intelligence service launched wild claims of NSA and Apple hacking thousands of Russians...

New Zero-Click Hack Targets iOS Users with Stealthy Root-Privilege Malware

A previously unknown advanced persistent threat APT is targeting iOS devices as part of a sophisticated and long-running mobile campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation that began in 2019. "The targets are infected using zero-click exploits via the iMessage platform, and the malware runs with root...

Bad Magic's Extended Reign in Cyber Espionage Goes Back Over a Decade

New findings about a hacker group linked to cyber attacks targeting companies in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict area reveal that it may have been around for much longer than previously thought. The threat actor, tracked as Bad Magic aka Red Stinger, has not only been linked to a fresh sophisticated...

A Mysterious Group Has Ties to 15 Years of Ukraine-Russia Hacks

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered clues that further illuminate the hackers’ activities, which appear to have begun far earlier than originally believed...

The nature of cyberincidents in 2022

Kaspersky offers various services to organizations that have been targeted by cyberattackers, such as incident response, digital forensics, and malware analysis. In our annual incident response report, we share information about the attacks that we investigated during the reporting period. Data...

New ransomware trends in 2023

Ransomware keeps making headlines. In a quest for profits, attackers target all types of organizations, from healthcare and educational institutions to service providers and industrial enterprises, affecting almost every aspect of our lives. In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M...

Uncovering RedStinger - Undetected APT cyber operations in Eastern Europe since 2020

This blog post was authored by Malwarebytes' Roberto Santos and Fortinet's Hossein Jazi While the official conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in February 2022, there is a long history of physical conflict between the two nations, including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and when t...

Managed Detection and Response in 2022

Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response MDR is a service for 24/7 monitoring and response to detected incidents based on technologies and expertise of Kaspersky Security Operations Center SOC team. MDR allows detecting threats at any stage of the attack – both before anything is compromised and...

KLA49112 Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Google Chrome. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. Validation of untrusted input vulnerability in Exte can be exploited to cause denial of...

APT trends report Q1 2023

For more than five years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have publishe...

KLA49049 Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VMware Workstation. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. Information disclosure vulnerability in bluetooth device-sharing functionality can ...

Russian Hackers Tomiris Targeting Central Asia for Intelligence Gathering

The Russian-speaking threat actor behind a backdoor known as Tomiris is primarily focused on gathering intelligence in Central Asia, fresh findings from Kaspersky reveal. "Tomiris's endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents," security researchers Pierre Delcher an...

KLA49047 Multiple vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Reader

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Foxit Reader. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. Use After Free vulnerability can be exploited to cause denial of service and execute arbitrary...

KLA48975 Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Google Chrome. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. Out of bounds memory access vulnerability in Service Worker API can be exploited to cause...

New QBot Banking Trojan Campaign Hijacks Business Emails to Spread Malware

A new QBot malware campaign is leveraging hijacked business correspondence to trick unsuspecting victims into installing the malware, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. The latest activity, which commenced on April 4, 2023, has primarily targeted users in Germany, Argentina, Italy, Algeria, Spai...

New Zaraza Bot Credential-Stealer Sold on Telegram Targeting 38 Web Browsers

A novel credential-stealing malware called Zaraza bot is being offered for sale on Telegram while also using the popular messaging service as a command-and-control C2. "Zaraza bot targets a large number of web browsers and is being actively distributed on a Russian Telegram hacker channel popular...

Android App Trojans Sold on Dark Web for $25-$20,000

By Deeba Ahmed A Kaspersky study reveals security threats to the Google Play app store and how they have been exposing Android users to malware threats. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android App Trojans Sold on Dark Web for $25-$20,000...

KLA48837 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Azure. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. An information disclosure vulnerability in Azure Machine Learning can be exploit...

KLA48841 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox ESR

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Mozilla Firefox ESR. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to spoof user interface, cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1...

Hackers Using Self-Extracting Archives Exploit for Stealthy Backdoor Attacks

An unknown threat actor used a malicious self-extracting archive SFX file in an attempt to establish persistent backdoor access to a victim's environment, new findings from CrowdStrike show. SFX files are capable of extracting the data contained within them without the need for dedicated software...