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Perfectl Malware
2024-10-14 11:06

Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may...

OpenAI confirms threat actors use ChatGPT to write malware
2024-10-12 14:09

OpenAI has disrupted over 20 malicious cyber operations abusing its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, for debugging and developing malware, spreading misinformation, evading detection, and conducting...

Moscow-adjacent GoldenJackal gang strikes air-gapped systems with custom malware
2024-10-09 23:31

USB sticks help, but it's unclear how tools that suck malware from them are delivered A cyberespionage APT crew named GoldenJackal hacked air-gapped PCs belonging to government and diplomatic...

Crypto-stealing malware campaign infects 28,000 people
2024-10-09 21:22

Over 28,000 people from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and other countries in the Eurasian region were impacted by a large-scale cryptocurrency-stealing malware campaign. [...]

N. Korean Hackers Use Fake Interviews to Infect Developers with Cross-Platform Malware
2024-10-09 13:33

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed targeting job seekers in the tech industry to deliver updated versions of known malware families tracked as BeaverTail and...

YARA: Open-source tool for malware research
2024-10-09 05:00

YARA is a powerful tool designed primarily to aid malware researchers in identifying and categorizing malware samples, though its applications are broader. The tool enables users to create...

Gamers Tricked Into Downloading Lua-Based Malware via Fake Cheating Script Engines
2024-10-08 16:26

Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. "These...

European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware
2024-10-08 15:54

An APT hacking group known as GoldenJackal has successfully breached air-gapped government systems in Europe using two custom toolsets to steal sensitive data, like emails, encryption keys,...

GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets
2024-10-08 10:58

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems...

Ukrainian pleads guilty to operating Raccoon Stealer malware
2024-10-07 21:10

Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) cybercrime operation. [...]