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A new malware-as-a-service operation named 'DuckLogs' has emerged, giving low-skilled attackers easy access to multiple modules to steal information, log key strokes, access clipboard data, and remote access to the compromised host. It claims to have thousands of cybercriminals paying a subscription to generate and launch more than 4,000 malware builds.
An ongoing analysis into an up-and-coming cryptocurrency mining botnet known as KmsdBot has led to it being accidentally taken down. The botnet strikes both Windows and Linux devices spanning a wide range of microarchitectures with the primary goal of deploying mining software and corralling the compromised hosts into a DDoS bot.
According to research from cybersecurity company ESET, the APT 37 threat group used the newly discovered malware against very specific entities. The researchers say that the hackers delivered their commands to Dolphin by uploading them on Google Drive.
Security researchers found a previously unknown backdoor they call Dophin that's been used by North Korean hackers in highly targeted operations for more than a year to steal files and send them to Google Drive storage. According to research from cybersecurity company ESET, the APT 37 threat group used the newly discovered malware against very specific entities.
Malware-slinging miscreants are taking advantage of a trending TikTok challenge - and viewers' dirty minds - to spread data-stealing malware via a phony app that's had more than one million views so far. The new TikTok trend is called Invisible Challenge, and it involves a person filming themself naked while using an effect called Invisible Body that removes the body from the video.
Researchers at secure coding company Checkmarx have warned of porn-themed malware that's been attracting and attacking sleazy internet users in droves. The scam in this case claims to offer software that can reverse the effects of TikTok's Invisible filter, which is a visual effect that works a bit like the green screen or background filter that everyone seems to use these days in Zoom calls.
Threat actors are capitalizing on a popular TikTok challenge to trick users into downloading information-stealing malware, according to new research from Checkmarx. "Instructions to get the 'unfilter' software deploy WASP stealer malware hiding inside malicious Python packages," Checkmarx researcher Guy Nachshon said in a Monday analysis.
Threat actors are capitalizing on a popular TikTok challenge to trick users into downloading information-stealing malware, according to new research from Checkmarx. The trend, called Invisible Challenge, involves applying a filter called Invisible Body that just leaves behind a silhouette of the person's body.
Hackers are capitalizing on a trending TikTok challenge named 'Invisible Challenge' to install malware on thousands of devices and steal their passwords, Discord accounts, and, potentially, cryptocurrency wallets. A new and trending TikTok challenge requires you to film yourself naked while using TikTok's "Invisible Body" filter, which removes the body from the video and replaces it with a blurry background.
The Android banking fraud malware known as SharkBot has reared its head once again on the official Google Play Store, posing as file managers to bypass the app marketplace's restrictions. SharkBot, first discovered towards the end of 2021 by Cleafy, is a recurring mobile threat distributed both on the Google Play Store and other third-party app stores.