Cyber Criminals Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Malware Cocktail

A "multi-faceted campaign" has been observed abusing legitimate services like GitHub and FileZilla to deliver an array of stealer malware and banking trojans such as Atomic aka AMOS, Vidar, Lumma aka LummaC2, and Octo by impersonating credible software like 1Password, Bartender 5, and Pixelmator...

New RedLine Stealer Variant Disguised as Game Cheats Using Lua Bytecode for Stealth

A new information stealer has been found leveraging Lua bytecode for added stealth and sophistication, findings from McAfee Labs reveal. The cybersecurity firm has assessed it to be a variant of a known malware called RedLine Stealer owing to the fact that the command-and-control C2 server IP...

What’s in your notepad? Infected text editors target Chinese users

"Malvertising" is a popular way of attracting victims to malicious sites: an advertisement block is placed at the top of the search results, increasing the likelihood of users clicking the link. Sites at the top of search results also tend to be more trusted by users. A year ago, our experts...

Beware! YouTube Videos Promoting Cracked Software Distribute Lumma Stealer

Threat actors are resorting to YouTube videos featuring content related to cracked software in order to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware called Lumma. "These YouTube videos typically feature content related to cracked applications, presenting users with similar...

Global malspam targets hotels, spreading Redline and Vidar stealers

By Deeba Ahmed Fake Complaints, Real Malware - Sophos Warns Hotels of Global Malspam Attack! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Global malspam targets hotels, spreading Redline and Vidar stealers...

Malicious CPU-Z App Distributed Through Ads on Fake Windows News Site

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A threat actor has been using Google Ads as a platform to distribute a tampered version of the CPU-Z tool. CPU-Z is a widely-used utility that provides information about various hardware components in a...

New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers

A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. "This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like...

Malvertiser copies PC news site to deliver infostealer

The majority of malvertising campaigns delivering malicious utilities that we have tracked so far typically deceive victims with pages that are almost the exact replica of the software vendor being impersonated. For example, we have seen fake websites appearing like the real Webex, AnyDesk or...

Vietnamese Hackers Target U.K., U.S., and India with DarkGate Malware

Attacks leveraging the DarkGate commodity malware targeting entities in the U.K., the U.S., and India have been linked to Vietnamese actors associated with the use of the infamous Ducktail stealer. "The overlap of tools and campaigns is very likely due to the effects of a cybercrime marketplace,"...

Stream-Jacking: Malicious YouTube Livestreams Aid Malware, Crypto Scams

By Deeba Ahmed Bitdefender reports a surge in Stream-Jacking attacks on popular YouTube channels, distributing crypto scams and information stealers such as Redline. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stream-Jacking: Malicious YouTube Livestreams Aid Malware, Crypto Scams...

New Variant of RedLine Stealer Uses Batch Script to Evade Detection

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new variant of RedLine Stealer that is being distributed as a batch script file. This new variant of RedLine Stealer is more sophisticated than previous versions and uses a number of techniques to evad...

Cybercriminals Combine Phishing and EV Certificates to Deliver Ransomware Payloads

The threat actors behind RedLine and Vidar information stealers have been observed pivoting to ransomware through phishing campaigns that spread initial payloads signed with Extended Validation EV code signing certificates. "This suggests that the threat actors are streamlining operations by maki...

FBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11

In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle "USDoD" had infiltrated the FBIs vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying InfraGard members and by seizing t...

Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Deploying Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper

A sophisticated phishing campaign is using a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trifecta of threats, namely Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper, to gather a wide range of information from compromised Windows machines. "A phishing email delivers the Word document as an...

HijackLoader a Deceptive Modular Malware Loader

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new malware loader, HijackLoader, is swiftly gaining prominence within the cybercriminal sphere, being leveraged to disseminate an array of malicious malware strains, including DanaBot, SystemBC, and...

New HijackLoader Modular Malware Loader Making Waves in the Cybercrime World

A new malware loader called HijackLoader is gaining traction among the cybercriminal community to deliver various payloads such as DanaBot, SystemBC, and RedLine Stealer. "Even though HijackLoader does not contain advanced features, it is capable of using a variety of modules for code injection a...

The Alarming Rise of Infostealers: How to Detect this Silent Threat

A new study conducted by Uptycs has uncovered a stark increase in the distribution of information stealing a.k.a. infostealer or stealer malware. Incidents have more than doubled in Q1 2023, indicating an alarming trend that threatens global organizations. According to the new Uptycs' whitepaper,...

Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users' Cryptocurrency Wallets

A new malware family called Realst has become the latest to target Apple macOS systems, with a third of the samples already designed to infect macOS 14 Sonoma, the upcoming major release of the operating system. Written in the Rust programming language, the malware is distributed in the form of...

PT-2023-3685 · Microsoft · Windows Mshtml Platform +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform. It is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, which can allow...

Threat Roundup for June 30 to July 7

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between June 30 and July 7. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...