Cybercriminals Turn to Android Loaders on Dark Web to Evade Google Play Security

Malicious loader programs capable of trojanizing Android applications are being traded on the criminal underground for up to $20,000 as a way to evade Google Play Store defenses. "The most popular application categories to hide malware and unwanted software include cryptocurrency trackers,...

A week in security (April 3 - 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: TikTok: Whats going on and should I be worried? Super FabriXss: an RCE vulnerability in Azure Service Fabric Explorer Big changes to Twitter verification: How to spot a verified account New macOS malware steals sensitive info, including a user's entire Keychain...

Over 1 Million WordPress Sites Infected by Balada Injector Malware Campaign

Over one million WordPress websites are estimated to have been infected by an ongoing campaign to deploy malware called Balada Injector since 2017. The massive campaign, per GoDaddy's Sucuri, "leverages all known and recently discovered theme and plugin vulnerabilities" to breach WordPress sites...

Overview of Google Play threats sold on the dark web

In 2022, Kaspersky security solutions detected 1,661,743 malware or unwanted software installers, targeting mobile users. Although the most common way of distributing such installers is through third-party websites and dubious app stores, their authors every now and then manage to upload them to...

Malicious code in tdv2-service-ads (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 4717bc8c34854233c77434f3a33ad98f6e14140713eadbdd2bb539be09193daa Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2023-845 Malicious code in tdv2-service-ads (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 4717bc8c34854233c77434f3a33ad98f6e14140713eadbdd2bb539be09193daa Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market

The United Kingdoms National Crime Agency NCA has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. The warning...

New DotRunpeX Malware Delivers Multiple Malware Families via Malicious Ads

A new piece of malware dubbed dotRunpeX is being used to distribute numerous known malware families such as Agent Tesla, Ave Maria, BitRAT, FormBook, LokiBot, NetWire, Raccoon Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Vidar. "DotRunpeX is a new injector written in .NET using the Process...

New DotRunpeX Malware Delivers Multiple Malware Families via Malicious Ads

A new piece of malware dubbed dotRunpeX is being used to distribute numerous known malware families such as Agent Tesla, Ave Maria, BitRAT, FormBook, LokiBot, NetWire, Raccoon Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Vidarhttps://thehackernews.com/2023/01/t...

Malware Impersonating Websites Spread via Google Ads

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Multiple Malware were found on newly registered websites impersonating various applications, likely originating from malicious Google Search Ads. To receive real-time threat advisories, please...

Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacking Facebook Accounts for Malicious Advertising

A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with capabilities to hijack Facebook accounts and create rogue admin accounts, highlighting one of the different methods cyber criminals are using to distribute malware. "By hijacking high-profile Facebook business accounts, t...

BATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads

The malware downloader known as BATLOADER has been observed abusing Google Ads to deliver secondary payloads like Vidar Stealer and Ursnif. According to cybersecurity company eSentire, the malicious ads are used to spoof a wide range of legitimate apps and services such as Adobe, OpenAPI's ChatGP...

BATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads

The malware downloader known as BATLOADER has been observed abusing Google Ads to deliver secondary payloads like Vidar Stealer and Ursnif. According to cybersecurity company eSentire, the malicious ads are used to spoof a wide range of legitimate apps and services such as Adobe, OpenAPI's ChatGP...

Beware of Fake Facebook Profiles, Google Ads Pushing Sys01 Stealer

By Deeba Ahmed The researchers have been tracking the malware campaign since November 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware of Fake Facebook Profiles, Google Ads Pushing Sys01 Stealer...

Malvertising through search engines

In recent months, we observed an increase in the number of malicious campaigns that use Google Advertising as a means of distributing and delivering malware. At least two different stealers, Rhadamanthys and RedLine, were abusing the search engine promotion plan in order to deliver malicious...

TikTok: 1 Click to 'Close Account and Refund' via POSTMESSAGE

A vulnerability was reported where a TikTok Ads endpoint sending postmessages sent POST requests without proper origin checks. This could have enabled a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack to force users to send malicious POST requests. The vulnerability was reported through responsible...

DeepStreamer: Illegal movie streaming platforms hide lucrative ad fraud operation

This investigation was a joint effort between Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence's Jerome Segura, DeepSee's Rocky Moss and Antonio Torres. Key findings Over a dozen unique domains were found selling ad inventory through Google Ad Manager, even though the pages were embedded invisibly under the...

SYS01stealer: New Threat Using Facebook Ads to Target Critical Infrastructure Firms

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new information stealer dubbed SYS01stealer targeting critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors since November 2022. "The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using...

SYS01stealer: New Threat Using Facebook Ads to Target Critical Infrastructure Firms

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new information stealer dubbed SYS01stealer targeting critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors since November 2022. "The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using...

Cybercriminals Targeting Law Firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates Malware

Six different law firms were targeted in January and February 2023 as part of two disparate threat campaigns distributing GootLoader and FakeUpdates aka SocGholish malware strains. GootLoader, active since late 2020, is a first-stage downloader that's capable of delivering a wide range of seconda...