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DeepSeek can be gently persuaded to spit out malware code
2025-03-13 13:00

It might need polishing, but a useful find for any budding cybercrooks out there DeepSeek's flagship R1 model is capable of generating a working keylogger and basic ransomware code, just as long...

MassJacker malware uses 778,000 wallets to steal cryptocurrency
2025-03-11 16:06

A newly discovered clipboard hijacking operation dubbed 'MassJacker' uses at least 778,531 cryptocurrency wallet addresses to steal digital assets from compromised computers. [...]

Desert Dexter Targets 900 Victims Using Facebook Ads and Telegram Malware Links
2025-03-10 12:50

The Middle East and North Africa have become the target of a new campaign that delivers a modified version of a known malware called AsyncRAT since September 2024. "The campaign, which leverages...

Thousands of WordPress Websites Infected with Malware
2025-03-10 11:01

The malware includes four separate backdoors: Creating four backdoors facilitates the attackers having multiple points of re-entry should one be detected and removed. A unique case we haven’t seen...

Microsoft admits GitHub hosted malware that infected almost a million devices
2025-03-10 01:56

Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more Infosec in Brief Microsoft has spotted a malvertising campaign that downloaded...

YouTubers extorted via copyright strikes to spread malware
2025-03-08 15:11

Cybercriminals are sending bogus copyright claims to YouTubers to coerce them into promoting malware and cryptocurrency miners on their videos. [...]

BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices
2025-03-05 16:44

The BadBox Android malware botnet has been disrupted again by removing 24 malicious apps from Google Play and sinkholing communications for half a million infected devices. [...]

Seven Malicious Go Packages Found Deploying Malware on Linux and macOS Systems
2025-03-05 07:07

Cybersecurity researchers are alerting of an ongoing malicious campaign targeting the Go ecosystem with typosquatted modules that are designed to deploy loader malware on Linux and Apple macOS...

Microsoft Teams tactics, malware connect Black Basta, Cactus ransomware
2025-03-04 22:47

New research has uncovered further links between the Black Basta and Cactus ransomware gangs, with members of both groups utilizing the same social engineering attacks and the BackConnect proxy...

New polyglot malware hits aviation, satellite communication firms
2025-03-04 16:17

A previously undocumented polyglot malware is being deployed in attacks against aviation, satellite communication, and critical transportation organizations in the United Arab Emirates. [...]