A new surge of attacks against the Healthcare and education sectors has been attributed to SolarMarker Malware, a .NET-based information stealer and keylogger. The attacks have gone under the radar, for the most part, owing to the threat actors skills in obfuscation. SolarMarker Malware is believed to have been active since September 2020, with telemetry […]
Read MoreGallium and 2 other hacking groups have been operating on behalf of the Chinese State by staging a series of attacks against five major telecommunications companies located in Southeast Asian countries. The attacks by Gallium and the others have been on-going since 2017. “The goal of the attackers behind these intrusions was to gain and […]
Read MoreA notorious malware or stealing information from Windows systems has been modified and upgraded into a new strain named Xloader, which can now also hit macOS computers. Xloader Malware is being sold on a Dark Web forum as a botnet loader that can “recover” passwords from web browsers and some email clients (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, […]
Read MorePegasus Spyware has been discovered to be the culprit behind human rights violations after a sweeping probe into a data leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers revealed surveillance affecting heads of state, activists, journalists, and lawyers around the world. Pegasus was created by the Israeli company NSO Group who claims the software is “military-grade […]
Read MoreThe Joker malware app, which specializes in billing fraud, has made a return to the Google Play Store. Researchers noticed an uptick in the amount of malicious Android apps that hide Joker malware, which stows away as a trojan in other applications. Joker has been around since 2017, disguising itself within common, legitimate apps like […]
Read MoreIdentity Theft fears are on the minds of Morgan Stanley customers, as the investment banking firm has reported a data breach after attackers stole personal information belonging to its customers by hacking into the Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. Morgan Stanley is one of the leading global financial services firms, operating in 41 […]
Read MoreThe city of Tusla, Oklahoma, has undergone a ransomware infection that has forced the city to take critical services offline to protect them from the spreading virus. The attack occurred last weekend when hackers deployed a ransomware attack on the city’s network which led to a disruption of services and the decision to take further […]
Read MoreAvaddon Ransomware has taken down several branches of insurance giant AXA. Branches in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have fallen victim to the ransomware strain which has been stealing headlines in May. The Avaddon Ransomware group has claimed on their Dark Web leak site that they have stolen 3TB worth of sensitive data […]
Read MoreStrRAT has been discovered by Microsoft Security, embedded within malicious PDFs which download the Java-based Malware. StrRAT can steal credentials and change file names, though in reality, it doesn’t encrypt these files. Due to StrRAT being a Remote-Access-Trojan(RAT), it has the capabilities to take control of a system. What makes the strain unusual is its […]
Read MoreBazaLoader Malware continues to find novel attack vectors in 2021, following on from call-center attacks covered earlier this year by SaferNet. BazaLoaders’ most recent offering comes in the form of a fake movie-streaming service called BravoMovies, with some questionable movies available. The site makes use of flashy graphics and interesting movie titles, but all that […]
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