Hackers Exploit Fake GitHub Repositories to Spread GitVenom Malware

Kaspersky's Securelist exposes the GitVenom campaign involving fake GitHub repositories to distribute malware. Targeting developers with seemingly legitimate…...

Lazarus Group Targets Nuclear Industry with CookiePlus Malware

KEY SUMMARY POINTS Securelist by Kaspersky has published its latest threat intelligence report focused on the activities of…...

CVE-2021-26419

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability...

CVE-2021-28310

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Recent assessments: ccondon-r7 at April 13, 2021 8:41pm UTC reported: Ah, another day, another Win32k privilege escalation used in the wild. Securelist has a good write-up on this bug, which they discovered because it was used in a BITTER APT zero-day...

Researchers Release Detection Tool For Gauss Malware's Palida Narrow Font

One of the many mysteries around the discovery of the Gauss malware is why the tool installs a new font called Palida Narrow on infected machines. Researchers have been unable to figure out yet what the purpose of the font is, but as its presence on a PC is a good indicator of a Gauss infection,...

Facebook 'Like' Scam Driven by Malicious Chrome Extension

A Kaspersky Lab researcher has discovered a Brazilian social engineering campaign that attempts to trick Facebook users into installing a malicious plug-in hosted on Google’s Chrome Web Store. The Facebook scam-page solicits victims by promising to teach them how to “remove the virus from their...

Rare RAM-Based Malware Attacks Visitors of Russian Information Sites

An advertising banner on a number of widely used Russian-content sites has been serving a rare, RAM-based form of malware, according to a Securelist report. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab recently received information from an independent researcher detailing mass infections that appeared to be...

Spam Increased From April to May, Nearly Identical to 2010 Levels

Spam numbers were up by 2.1% in May from the previous month, accounting for 82.9% of global email traffic according to SecureList’s May 2011 spam report. The big story last month, however, was the exploitation of Osama bin Laden’s death by scammers of all kinds. Malware distributors were the firs...