REvil Affiliates Confirm Getting Screwed Out of Payments

A day after news broke about REvil having screwed their own affiliates out of ransomware payments – by using double chats and a backdoor that let REvil operators hijack ransom payments – those affiliates took to the top Russian-language hacking forum to renew their demands for REvil to fork over...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Common to Russian Underground Forums, AZORult Aims to Connect to C&C Server, Steal Sensitive Data

AZORult is an info stealing trojan that will steal various sensitive data from the victim's computer. It is commonly sold in Russian underground forums and is often actively being delivered via spear-phishing campaigns or, as in the recent attack, distributed via a fake website, pretending to be...

PoC Code Surfaces to Exploit Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability

Proof-of-concept code found on the GitHub repository could allow attackers to easily take advantage of a recently identified vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework. The vulnerability CVE-2018-11776, identified earlier this week, could allow an adversary to execute remote code on targeted...

HandBrake for Mac Compromised with Proton Spyware

The handlers of the open source HandBrake video transcoder are warning anyone who recently downloaded the Mac version of the software that they’re likely infected with malware. HandBrake warned users on Saturday of a compromise of one of its mirror download servers, and said anyone who grabbed th...

Russian underground vSkimmer Botnet targeting payment world

A new botnet emerged from underground and is menacing payment world, the cyber threat dubbed vSkimmer come from Russia according revelation of McAfee security firm. The security expert Chintan Shah wrote on a blog post that during monitoring of Russian underground forum found a discussion about a...

NBC Website Hacked, Leading Visitors to Citadel Banking Malware

Another day, another media company hacked. This time it’s NBC which has fallen to victim hackers on the heels of compromises of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal websites. Various experts have confirmed that NBC’s website is compromised and leading visitors to the dangerous Citadel banki...