New Android Spyware LianSpy Evades Detection Using Yandex Cloud

Users in Russia have been the target of a previously undocumented Android post-compromise spyware called LianSpy since at least 2021. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, which discovered the malware in March 2024, noted its use of Yandex Cloud, a Russian cloud service, for command-and-control C2...

New Windows Backdoor BITSLOTH Exploits BITS for Stealthy Communication

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Windows backdoor that leverages a built-in feature called Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS as a command-and-control C2 mechanism. The newly identified malware strain has been codenamed BITSLOTH by Elastic Security Lab...

Cybercriminals Deploy 100K+ Malware Android Apps to Steal OTP Codes

A new malicious campaign has been observed making use of malicious Android apps to steal users' SMS messages since at least February 2022 as part of a large-scale campaign. The malicious apps, spanning over 107,000 unique samples, are designed to intercept one-time passwords OTPs used for online...

Gh0st RAT Trojan Targets Chinese Windows Users via Fake Chrome Site

The remote access trojan known as Gh0st RAT has been observed being delivered by an "evasive dropper" called Gh0stGambit as part of a drive-by download scheme targeting Chinese-speaking Windows users. These infections stem from a fake website "chrome-web.com" serving malicious installer packages...

SocGholish Malware Exploits BOINC Project for Covert Cyberattacks

The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish aka FakeUpdates is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source "volunteer...

Malicious code in noblox.ts-core (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-...

MAL-2024-7769 Malicious code in noblox.ts-core (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-...

Malicious npm Packages Found Using Image Files to Hide Backdoor Code

Cybersecurity researchers have identified two malicious packages on the npm package registry that concealed backdoor code to execute malicious commands sent from a remote server. The packages in question – img-aws-s3-object-multipart-copy and legacyaws-s3-object-multipart-copy – have been...

Malicious code in noblox-cores-ts (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-...

Chinese APT41 Upgrades Malware Arsenal with DodgeBox and MoonWalk

The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT group codenamed APT41 is suspected to be using an "advanced and upgraded version" of a known malware called StealthVector to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MoonWalk. The new variant of StealthVector – which is also referred to as...

Malicious code in noblox-core-ts (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor...

MAL-2024-7726 Malicious code in noblox-core-ts (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor...

MAL-2024-7462 Malicious code in noblox-ts (npm)

This package is considered malicious because it contains a heavily obfuscated postinstall.js script with multiple stages of payload execution, resulting in the delivery of QuasarRAT. This allows command and control by a malicious actor. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-...

GootLoader Malware Still Active, Deploys New Versions for Enhanced Attacks

The malware known as GootLoader continues to be in active use by threat actors looking to deliver additional payloads to compromised hosts. "Updates to the GootLoader payload have resulted in several versions of GootLoader, with GootLoader 3 currently in active use," cybersecurity firm Cybereason...

Indian Software Firm's Products Hacked to Spread Data-Stealing Malware

Installers for three different software products developed by an Indian company named Conceptworld have been trojanized to distribute information-stealing malware. The installers correspond to Notezilla, RecentX, and Copywhiz, according to cybersecurity firm Rapid7, which discovered the supply...

Multiple Threat Actors Deploying Open-Source Rafel RAT to Target Android Devices

Multiple threat actors, including cyber espionage groups, are employing an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to meet their operational objectives by masquerading it as Instagram, WhatsApp, and various e-commerce and antivirus apps. "It provides malicious actors with ...

Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers

A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest formerly Oculus application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. "The adware is capable of exfiltrating screenshots from infected devices and interacting with browsers using simulated keystrokes,"...

Oyster Backdoor Spreading via Trojanized Popular Software Downloads

A malvertising campaign is leveraging trojanized installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams to drop a backdoor called Oyster aka Broomstick and CleanUpLoader. That's according to findings from Rapid7, which identified lookalike websites hosting the malicious payload...

DISGOMOJI: Linux Malware Leveraging Emojis for C2

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New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that's capable of downloading and executing more...