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'That's not a bug, it's a feature' takes on a darker tone when malware's involved
2024-12-23 21:30

Mummy, where do zero days come from? Opinion One of the charms of coding is that malice can be indistinguishable from incompetence. Last week's Who, Me? story about financial transfer test...

AI Could Generate 10,000 Malware Variants, Evading Detection in 88% of Case
2024-12-23 13:48

Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible to use large language models (LLMs) to generate new variants of malicious JavaScript code at scale in a manner that can better evade...

Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware
2024-12-20 10:44

The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a "complex infection chain" targeting at least two employees...

Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack
2024-12-20 08:39

The developers of Rspack have revealed that two of their npm packages, @rspack/core and @rspack/cli, were compromised in a software supply chain attack that allowed a malicious actor to publish...

BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android devices despite disruption
2024-12-19 22:01

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. [...]

Android malware found on Amazon Appstore disguised as health app
2024-12-19 18:59

A malicious Android spyware application named 'BMI CalculationVsn' was discovered on the Amazon Appstore, masquerading as a simple health tool but stealing data from infected devices in the...

UAC-0125 Abuses Cloudflare Workers to Distribute Malware Disguised as Army+ App
2024-12-19 08:40

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed that a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0125 is leveraging Cloudflare Workers service to trick military personnel in the...

Raccoon Stealer malware operator gets 5 years in prison after guilty plea
2024-12-18 21:58

​​Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware cybercrime operation. [...]

'Bitter' cyberspies target defense orgs with new MiyaRAT malware
2024-12-17 22:29

A cyberespionage threat group known as 'Bitter' was observed targeting defense organizations in Turkey using a novel malware family named MiyaRAT. [...]

Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware
2024-12-17 16:35

A new social engineering campaign has leveraged Microsoft Teams as a way to facilitate the deployment of a known malware called DarkGate. "An attacker used social engineering via a Microsoft Teams...