Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service MSaaS operation that weaponized the company's Artifact Signing system to deliver malicious code and conduct ransomware and other attacks, compromising thousands of machines and networks across the world. The tech giant attribut...

Vidar Infostealer Spreads via Fake CAPTCHAs, Hides in JPEG and TXT Files

New version of Vidar infostealer spreads via fake CAPTCHAs, hides in JPEG and TXT files, uses fileless attacks and steals browser, crypto wallet data...

Claude Code Packaging Error Remains a Lure in an Active Campaign: What Defenders Should Do

Threat actors leveraged Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release packaging error to distribute Vidar, GhostSocks, and PureLog Stealer. This blog details immediate steps organizations can take and best practices to prevent further risk...

Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads

A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks...

Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads

A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks...

New Vidar 2.0 Infostealer Spreads via Fake Game Cheats on GitHub, Reddit

The new infostealer campaign spreads Vidar 2.0 via fake game cheats on GitHub and Reddit, stealing crypto, login tokens, and files while targeting young gamers ignoring security warnings...

Hacked sites deliver Vidar infostealer to Windows users

In recent years, ClickFix and fake CAPTCHA techniques have become a popular way for cybercriminals to distribute malware. Instead of exploiting a technical vulnerability, these attacks rely on convincing people to run malicious commands themselves. Our researchers have recently detected a campaig...

Beware of fake OpenClaw installers, even if Bing points you to GitHub

Attackers are abusing OpenClaw’s popularity by seeding fake “installers” on GitHub, boosted by Bing AI search results, to deliver infostealers and proxy malware instead of the AI assistant users were looking for. OpenClaw is an open‑source, self‑hosted AI agent that runs locally on your machine...

Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware

Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that's exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers. "Attackers achieve...

Fast, Broad, and Elusive: How Vidar Stealer 2.0 Upgrades Infostealer Capabilities

Trend Research examines the latest version of the Vidar stealer, which features a full rewrite in C, a multithreaded architecture, and several enhancements that warrant attention. Its timely evolution suggests that Vidar is positioning itself to occupy the space left after Lumma Stealer’s decline...

Lumma Stealer’s GitHub-Based Delivery Explored via Managed Detection and Response

The Managed XDR team investigated a sophisticated campaign distributing Lumma Stealer through GitHub, where attackers leveraged the platform's release infrastructure to deliver malware such as SectopRAT, Vidar, and Cobeacon...

Redline, Vidar and Raccoon Malware Stole 1 Billion Passwords in 2024

Specops 2025 Breached Password Report reveals over 1 billion passwords stolen by malware in the past year, exposing…...

Cybercriminals Exploit Free Software Lures to Deploy Hijack Loader and Vidar Stealer

Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users with free or pirated versions of commercial software to deliver a malware loader called Hijack Loader, which then deploys an information stealer known as Vidar Stealer. "Adversaries had managed to trick users into downloading password-protected archive...

Info Stealing Campaign Uses DLL Sideloading Through Legitimate Cisco Webex’s Binaries for Initial Execution and Defense Evasion

Info Stealing Campaign Uses DLL Sideloading Through Legitimate Cisco Webex’s Binaries for Initial Execution and Defense Evasion By Ale Houspanossian · June 17, 2024 Case Summary It was a quiet Monday morning in March 2024 when the EDR researchers with our Trellix Advanced Research Center identifi...

Global malspam targets hotels, spreading Redline and Vidar stealers

By Deeba Ahmed Fake Complaints, Real Malware - Sophos Warns Hotels of Global Malspam Attack! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Global malspam targets hotels, spreading Redline and Vidar stealers...

Sophisticated Booking.com Scam Targeting Guests with Vidar Infostealer

By Deeba Ahmed Vidar infostealer is capable of stealing browsing data, including passwords, cryptocurrency wallet credentials, and other personal information. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sophisticated Booking.com Scam Targeting Guests with Vidar Infostealer...

Cybercriminals Combine Phishing and EV Certificates to Deliver Ransomware Payloads

The threat actors behind RedLine and Vidar information stealers have been observed pivoting to ransomware through phishing campaigns that spread initial payloads signed with Extended Validation EV code signing certificates. "This suggests that the threat actors are streamlining operations by maki...

The Alarming Rise of Infostealers: How to Detect this Silent Threat

A new study conducted by Uptycs has uncovered a stark increase in the distribution of information stealing a.k.a. infostealer or stealer malware. Incidents have more than doubled in Q1 2023, indicating an alarming trend that threatens global organizations. According to the new Uptycs' whitepaper,...

Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or "crypt" your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In fact, the process of "crypting" malware is sufficiently...

Over 100,000 Stolen ChatGPT Account Credentials Sold on Dark Web Marketplaces

Over 101,100 compromised OpenAI ChatGPT account credentials have found their way on illicit dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023, with India alone accounting for 12,632 stolen credentials. The credentials were discovered within information stealer logs made available for sale on t...