MAL-2025-25697 Malicious code in lurk-the-chats (npm)

The package lurk-the-chats was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in lurk-the-chats (npm)

The package lurk-the-chats was found to contain malicious code...

On MedSec, Muddy Waters, Angler and Lurk, Fairware, and Bashlite

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the MedSec/Muddy Waters story, how the Angler exploit kit was traced back to the Lurk Gang, Fairware hitting Linux servers, and the Bashlite IoT malware. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapSeptember22016.mp3 Music by Chris...

Lurk Criminal Gang Also Behind Angler Exploit Kit

The June arrest of a Russian cybercrime gang responsible for the Lurk Trojan also put to rest the infamous Angler Exploit Kit. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today published a detailed report on the Lurk takedown, confirming at the same time the connection between the Lurk gang and Angler. Activity...

Jkanime Site Infected, Redirecting to Exploit Kit, Ransomware

An anime site popular in Mexico and South America was this week infected with malware redirecting visitors to a Neutrino Exploit Kit landing page. The site, Jkanime, streams anime video and has 33 million monthly visitors. Neutrino is currently the top dog among exploit kits after two of the bigg...

Nuclear, Angler Exploit Kit Activity Has Disappeared

Criminal hackers are fickle about their attack vectors. You need to look no further for evidence of this than their constant migration from one exploit kit to another. And while there is an expansive menu of exploit kits, attackers do seem to congregate around a precious few. Researchers who stud...

Russia arrests 50 hackers who stole $25 million from Banks

Russian authorities have arrested a gang of 50 hackers suspected of stealing more than 1.7 Billion Rubles over US$25 Million from banks and other financial institutions in the country since 2011. The same criminal gang had tried to steal a further 2.273 Billion Roubles by issuing false payment...

Arrests Made In $45M Russian Bank Hack

Russian law enforcement has made 50 arrests in connection with a five-year operation to steal three billion rubles just shy of $45 million USD from the country’s largest bank, Sberbank. The hackers are alleged to have exploited websites, including popular news sites, to infect victims with the Lu...

Attackers Embracing Steganography to Hide Communication

Encouraged by patterns carried out on a larger scale recently, researchers believe digital steganography has arrived as a legitimate method for attackers to use when it comes to obscuring communication between command and control servers. In a presentation last week at Black Hat Europe researcher...

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a drive-by download attack that evades hard-drive checkers by installing malware that lives in the computer's memory. The 'fileless' bot is more difficult for antivirus software to detect, and resides in...