Hijacked Hotel Wi-Fi Pushes Fake Updates to Deliver Surveillance Malware

A fake browser update served over hijacked hotel Wi-Fi has been used to deliver CornFlake , a remote access trojan RAT that can capture webcam images, microphone audio, and keystrokes, Microsoft said in its latest report. Researchers track the operation as CaptiveCrunch and attribute it to...

New IDAT Loader Unleashes Infostealers in Fake Browser Update Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In a recent malware campaign, threat actors utilized a new IDAT Loader to distribute a range of malicious software, including InfoStealers and RATs, employing evasion methods. This loader is packaged...

Fake Update Utilizes New IDAT Loader To Execute StealC and Lumma Infostealers

Technical Analysis by: Thomas Elkins, Natalie Zargarov Contributions: Evan McCann, Tyler McGraw Recently, Rapid7 observed the Fake Browser Update lure tricking users into executing malicious binaries. While analyzing the dropped binaries, Rapid7 determined a new loader is utilized in order to...

Exploring New Techniques of Fake Browser Updates Leading to NetSupport RAT

Exploring New Techniques of Fake Browser Updates Leading to NetSupport RAT By Jonell Baltazar and Antonio Ribeiro · August 10, 2023 Trellix detected an ongoing campaign using fake Chrome browser updates to lure victims to install a remote administration software tool called NetSupport Manager...

Head Fake: Tackling Disruptive Ransomware Attacks

Within the past several months, FireEye has observed financially-motivated threat actors employ tactics that focus on disrupting business processes by deploying ransomware in mass throughout a victim’s environment. Understanding that normal business processes are critical to organizational succes...

Fake browser update seeks to compromise more MikroTik routers

This blog post was authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura. MikroTik, a Latvian company that makes routers and ISP wireless systems, has been dealing with several vulnerabilities affecting its products' operating system over the past few months. Ever since a critical flaw in RouterOS was...