Fake Flipper Zero sellers are after your money

Thanks to Malwarebytes' Stefan Dasic who provided the research and screenshots for this article. Flipper Zero, a "multi-tool device for hackers", is frequently out of stock due to its popularity in hardware circles. Flipper Zero combines research and penetration hardware tools into a single unit...

A week in security (April 17 - 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Chrome updates spread malware Woman tracks down and turns table on Airbnb scammer Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited flaw Beware: Fake IRS tax email wants your Microsoft account Ransomware in Germany, April 2022 - March 2023 Living Off the La...

Lazarus Group Adds Linux Malware to Arsenal in Operation Dream Job

The notorious North Korea-aligned state-sponsored actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at Linux users. The attacks are part of a persistent and long-running activity tracked under the name Operation Dream Job , ESET said in a new report published today. The...

Instagram scam promises money in exchange for your image

Were seeing a number of complaints on Reddit and elsewhere regarding a scam which flares up every so often. Its called the "Muse scam", and targets users of Instagram. Let's hear from one of the Reddit posters impacted: An artist approached me on Instagram asking if they could use one of my photo...

Avoid this "lost injured dog" Facebook hoax

Facebook users are advised to be wary of posts involving injured dogs receiving treatment at a vet surgery, or pets sitting next to people post-operation adorned with bandages and plaster casts. The dog-themed missives all follow a similar format, with the primary change between them being the...

QBot banker delivered through business correspondence

In early April, we detected a significant increase in attacks that use banking Trojans of the QBot family aka QakBot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot. The malware would be delivered through e-mail letters written in different languages — variations of them were coming in English, German, Italian, and...

Fake Chrome updates spread malware

Compromised websites are causing big headaches for Chrome users. A campaign running since November 2022 is using hacked sites to push fake web browser updates to potential victims. Researcher Rintaro Koike says this campaign has now expanded to also target those who speak Korean, Spanish, and...

LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account

To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are...

CVE-2023-28368

TP-Link L2 switch T2600G-28SQ firmware versions prior to 'T2600G-28SQUNV11.0.6 Build 20230227' uses vulnerable SSH host keys. A fake device may be prepared to spoof the affected device with the vulnerable host key.If the administrator may be tricked to login to the fake device, the credential...

Design/Logic Flaw

TP-Link L2 switch T2600G-28SQ firmware versions prior to 'T2600G-28SQUNV11.0.6 Build 20230227' uses vulnerable SSH host keys. A fake device may be prepared to spoof the affected device with the vulnerable host key.If the administrator may be tricked to login to the fake device, the credential...

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...

Google Chrome 109.0.5414.74 - Code Execution via missing lib file Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Google Chrome 109.0.5414.74 - Code Execution via missing lib file Ubuntu Product: Google Chrome Discovered by: Rafay Baloch and Muhammad Samak Version: 109.0.5414.74 Impact: Moderate Company: Cyber Citadel Website: https://www.cybercitadel.com Tested-on : Ubuntu 22.04.1 Description...

Google Chrome 109.0.5414.74 - Code Execution via missing lib file (Ubuntu)

Exploit Title: Google Chrome 109.0.5414.74 - Code Execution via missing lib file Ubuntu Product: Google Chrome Discovered by: Rafay Baloch and Muhammad Samak Version: 109.0.5414.74 Impact: Moderate Company: Cyber Citadel Website: https://www.cybercitadel.com Tested-on : Ubuntu 22.04.1 Description...

The Telegram phishing market

Telegram has been gaining popularity with users around the world year by year. Common users are not the only ones who have recognized the messaging apps handy features — cybercrooks have already made it a branch of the dark web, their Telegram activity soaring since late 2021. The service is...

Fake ransomware demands payment without actually encrypting files

Fake it till you make it ransomware groups are trying to get rich off the backs of genuine ransomware authors. Why are they "fake it till you make it"? Because they dont actually create ransomware or compromise networks in any way. Theyre simply lying through their teeth and hoping that recipient...

A Serial Tech Investment Scammer Takes Up Coding?

John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies newest invention appears to...

Crypto-Stealing OpcJacker Malware Targets Users with Fake VPN Service

A piece of new information-stealing malware called OpcJacker has been spotted in the wild since the second half of 2022 as part of a malvertising campaign. "OpcJacker's main functions include keylogging, taking screenshots, stealing sensitive data from browsers, loading additional modules, and...

Fake Tor Browser Installers Distributing Clipper Malware

By Deeba Ahmed It is yet unclear how these fake Tor browser installations are distributed but there are indications that torrents or third-party sources may be responsible. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Tor Browser Installers Distributing Clipper Malware...

Google Chrome 109.0.5414.74 Unsafe Library Load Vulnerability

Google Chrome version 109.0.5414.74 on Ubuntu attempts to load libnssckbi.so from a user-writable location and if missing, a replacement piece of malware can be used by an attacker to achieve code execution. Although privilege escalation is not likely as an attacker would already need access to t...