by Paul Ducklin There’s no date on the update, but as far as we can make out, LastPass just ...

ESET researchers have identified a campaign using trojanized installers to deliver the FatalRAT malware, distributed via malicious websites linked in ads that appear...

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A criminal group, which has already stolen nearly $11 million by specializing in targeted attacks against the financial sector, has French-speaking African banks in...

Researchers have spotted two phishing sites — one spoofing a Cisco webpage and the other masquerading as a Grammarly site — that threat actors...

Identity fraud is the unauthorised use of a person’s personal information by another person to commit a crime or deceive or defraud that person...

Tech sites like Tom's Hardware covered a purported workaround for Nvidia's crypto mining limiter this week. Turns out, it was malware.

The post Nvidia ‘hashrate unlocker’ likely attempt to build crypto mining botnet appeared first on Protos.

For roughly a decade, a previously unknown advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been engaging in long-term surveillance operations against academics, activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and law professionals, SentinelOne reports.

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An advanced persistent threat group with links to Iran has updated its malware toolset to include a novel PowerShell-based implant called PowerLess Backdoor, according to new research published by Cybereason. The Boston-headquartered cybersecurity company attributed the malware to a hacking group known as Charming Kitten (aka Phosphorous, APT35, or TA453), while also calling out the backdoor's

Newly discovered StrifeWater RAT and PowerLess Backdoor highlight recent uptick in Iranian cyber offensive operations

(PRWeb February 01, 2022)

Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/cybereason_identifies_new_malware_variants_used_in_global_iranian_espionage_campaigns/prweb18470538.htm

Thousands of industrial organizations worldwide have been hit in campaigns that leverage short-lived malware to harvest corporate credentials that are then sold by threat actors for a profit, according to Kaspersky.

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