Blind Eagle Targets Colombian Insurance Sector with Customized Quasar RAT

The Colombian insurance sector is the target of a threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle with the end goal of delivering a customized version of a known commodity remote access trojan RAT referred to as Quasar RAT since June 2024. "Attacks have originated with phishing emails impersonating the...

New Android SpyAgent Malware Uses OCR to Steal Crypto Wallet Recovery Keys

Android device users in South Korea have emerged as a target of a new mobile malware campaign that delivers a new type of threat dubbed SpyAgent. The malware "targets mnemonic keys by scanning for images on your device that might contain them," McAfee Labs researcher SangRyol Ryu said in an...

Iranian Hackers Set Up New Network to Target U.S. Political Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new network infrastructure set up by Iranian threat actors to support activities linked to the recent targeting of U.S. political campaigns. Recorded Future's Insikt Group has linked the infrastructure to a hacking group it tracks as GreenCharlie, an...

New Malware Masquerades as Palo Alto VPN Targeting Middle East Users

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new campaign that potentially targets users in the Middle East through malware that disguises itself as Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect virtual private network VPN tool. "The malware can execute remote PowerShell commands, download and exfiltrate files,...

Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability Exploited in Crypto Mining Campaigns

Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched, critical security flaw impacting the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining on susceptible instances. "The attacks involve threat actors that employ methods such as the deployment of shel...

macOS Version of HZ RAT Backdoor Targets Chinese Messaging App Users

Users of Chinese instant messaging apps like DingTalk and WeChat are the target of an Apple macOS version of a backdoor named HZ RAT. The artifacts "almost exactly replicate the functionality of the Windows version of the backdoor and differ only in the payload, which is received in the form of...

New macOS Malware "Cthulhu Stealer" Targets Apple Users' Data

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that's designed to target Apple macOS hosts and harvest a wide range of information, underscoring how threat actors are increasingly setting their sights on the operating system. Dubbed Cthulhu Stealer, the malware has been...

PT-2024-31446

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mirai botnet versions prior to 2024-08-19 Description The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 exhibits improper handling of simultaneous TCP connections to the command and control CNC server. This allows unauthenticated sessions to remain open,...

Czech Mobile Users Targeted in New Banking Credential Theft Scheme

Mobile users in the Czech Republic are the target of a novel phishing campaign that leverages a Progressive Web Application PWA in an attempt to sidestep security protections and steal their banking account credentials. The attacks have targeted the Czech-based Československá obchodní banka CSOB,...

New Malware Hits 300,000 Users with Rogue Chrome and Edge Extensions

An ongoing, widespread malware campaign has been observed installing rogue Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions via a trojan distributed via fake websites masquerading as popular software. "The trojan malware contains different deliverables ranging from simple adware extensions that hijack...

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...