Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded a New Joker Malware App from Play Store

A malicious Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from the Google Play app store has been found hosting malware that stealthily exfiltrates users' contact lists to an attacker-controlled server and signs up users to unwanted paid premium subscriptions without their knowledge. The latest...

Malicious Joker App Scores Half-Million Downloads on Google Play

The Joker malware is back again on Google Play, this time spotted in a mobile application called Color Message. The app was downloaded more than 500,000 times before its removal from the store. Users should immediately delete Color Message from their devices to avoid being defrauded, researchers ...

‘DarkWatchman’ RAT Shows Evolution in Fileless Malware

A novel remote access trojan RAT being distributed via a Russian-language spear-phishing campaign is using unique manipulation of Windows Registry to evade most security detections, demonstrating a significant evolution in fileless malware techniques. Dubbed DarkWatchman, the RAT – discovered by...

Log4Shell Makes Its Appearance in Hacker Chatter: 4 Observations

It's been a long few days as organizations' security teams have worked to map, quantify, and mitigate the immense risk presented by the Log4Shell vulnerability within Log4j. As can be imagined, cybercriminals are working overtime as well, as they seek out ways to exploit this vulnerability. Need...

Google disrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs

By Waqas Google has also filed a lawsuit against the alleged Russian threat actors and operators of Glupteba Botnet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google disrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs...

Google Disrupts Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet; Sues Russian Hackers

Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated "multi-component" botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored its command-and-control server addresses on Bitcoin's blockchain as a resilien...

Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?

Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials -- such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the...

Crypto Hackers Using Babadeda Crypter to Make Their Malware Undetectable

A new malware campaign has been discovered targeting cryptocurrency, non-fungible token NFT, and DeFi aficionados through Discord channels to deploy a crypter named "Babadeda" that's capable of bypassing antivirus solutions and stage a variety of attacks. "This malware installer has been used in ...

About 10 million Android devices found infected with Cynos malware

By Waqas In total, researchers have identified around 190 malware-infected games, some of which were designed to target Russian and Chinese users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: About 10 million Android devices found infected with Cynos malware...

RedCurl Corporate Espionage Hackers Return With Updated Hacking Tools

A corporate cyber-espionage hacker group has resurfaced after a seven-month hiatus with new intrusions targeting four companies this year, including one of the largest wholesale stores in Russia, while simultaneously making tactical improvements to its toolset in an attempt to thwart analysis. "I...

Russian language hacking forums warming up to Chinese hackers

By Waqas Russian cybercrime and hacking forums are opening doors to Chinese and English-speaking threat actors, which so far had been a relatively restricted domain for them. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian language hacking forums warming up to Chinese hackers...

NCSC Releases 2021 Annual Review

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released its Annual Review 2021, which focuses on its response to evolving and challenging cyber threats. The publication contains highlights of NCSC’s collaboration with trusted cybersecurity partners, including CISA. Examples include...

Researchers Uncover Hacker-for-Hire Group That's Active Since 2015

A new cyber mercenary hacker-for-hire group dubbed "Void Balaur" has been linked to a string of cyberespionage and data theft activities targeting thousands of entities as well as human rights activists, politicians, and government officials around the world at least since 2015 for financial gain...

The US Puts a $10M Bounty on DarkSide Ransomware Hackers

Plus: a “Trojan Source” bug, Russian hackers exposed, and more of the week's top security news...

The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax

A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of "Groove," a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to unite in attacking U.S. government interests online. It now appears that Groove was all a big hoax designed to toy with security firms and journalists...

A week in security (Oct 25 – Oct 31)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Beyond the VPN: Ultimate online privacy with the Tor Project’s Isabela Bagueros: Lock and Code S02E20 Patch now to bypass Firefox add-ons that abuse the proxy API to deny updates How social media mistakes can impact cybersecurity Update now! Apple patches bugs in iO...

More Russian SVR Supply-Chain Attacks

Microsoft is reporting that the same attacker that was behind the SolarWinds breach -- the Russian SVR, which Microsoft is calling Nobelium -- is continuing with similar supply-chain attacks: Nobelium has been attempting to replicate the approach it has used in past attacks by targeting...

Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers

By Waqas Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers...

Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That's according to a new report published by Google's...

Google Crushes YouTube Cookie-Stealing Channel Hijackers

Google has caught and brushed off a bunch of cookie-stealing YouTube channel hijackers who were running cryptocurrency scams on the ripped-off channels. In a Wednesday post, Ashley Shen, with Google’s Threat Analysis Group TAG, said that TAG attributes the assaults to a group of attackers recruit...