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Europol coordinated a joint law enforcement action known as Operation Morpheus, which led to the takedown of almost 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate victims' networks. "Older, unlicensed versions of the Cobalt Strike red teaming tool were targeted during a week of action coordinated from Europol's headquarters between 24 and 28 June," said Europol.
Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users with free or pirated versions of commercial software to deliver a malware loader called Hijack Loader, which then deploys an information stealer known...
The nascent malware known as SSLoad is being delivered by means of a previously undocumented loader called PhantomLoader, according to findings from cybersecurity firm Intezer. "The loader is...
Operation Endgame, announced by Europol yesterday, led to the seizure of 100 servers used in multiple malware operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC. The law enforcement crackdown also involved four arrests, one in Armenia and three in Ukraine. Yesterday, the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals of Russian descent, who are thought to have held central roles in the Smokeloader and Trickbot malware operations.
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An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Endgame' has seized over 100 servers worldwide used by multiple major malware loader operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC. The action, which occurred between May 27 and 29, 2024, involved 16 location searches across Europe and led to the arrest of four individuals, one in Armenia and three in Ukraine. The police have identified eight fugitives linked to the malware operations, who will be added to Europol's 'Most Wanted' list later today.
An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Endgame' has seized over 100 servers worldwide used by multiple major malware loader operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC. The action, which occurred between May 27 and 29, 2024, involved 16 location searches across Europe and led to the arrest of four individuals, one in Armenia and three in Ukraine. The police have identified eight fugitives linked to the malware operations, who will be added to Europol's 'Most Wanted' list later today.
Cybercriminals are abusing Stack Overflow in an interesting approach to spreading malware-answering users' questions by promoting a malicious PyPi package that installs Windows information-stealing malware. Sonatype researcher Ax Sharma discovered this new PyPi package is part of a previously known 'Cool package' campaign, named after a string in the package's metadata, that targeted Windows users last year.
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new malicious Python package that has been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository to facilitate cryptocurrency theft as part of a...