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A recently discovered malware builder called Quantum Builder is being used to deliver the Agent Tesla remote access trojan. Sold on the dark web for €189 a month, Quantum Builder is a customizable tool for generating malicious shortcut files as well as HTA, ISO, and PowerShell payloads to deliver next-stage malware on the targeted machines, in this case Agent Tesla.
Extended spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers transmit form data, including personally identifiable information and in some cases, passwords, to Google and Microsoft respectively. In cases where Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck or Edge's Microsoft Editor were enabled, "Basically anything" entered in form fields of these browsers was transmitted to Google and Microsoft.
Resecurity has recently identified a new Phishing-as-a-Service called EvilProxy advertised in the Dark Web. While the incident with Twilio is solely related to the supply chain, cybersecurity risks obviously lead to attacks against downstream targets, the productized underground service like EvilProxy enables threat actors to attack users with enabled MFA on the largest scale without the need to hack upstream services.
Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500, has identified leaked PII stolen from Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19 symptoms. The incident was uncovered and shared with Thai CERT. The data was put for sale on several Dark Web marketplaces and was available for further purchase via a Telegram channel created by the bad actors.
How phishing attacks are exploiting Amazon Web Services. Cybercriminals prefer to use legitimate sites and services in their phishing scams, not just to trick unsuspecting victims but to sneak past security scanners that would otherwise block traffic from a suspicious site.
Several new marketplaces have appeared on the dark web, claiming to be the dedicated online portals for notorious criminal cartels from Mexico. The emergence of these markets was spotted by DarkOwl analysts, who identified a trend, shifting from large markets that drew law enforcement attention to smaller, less publicized sites.
In May, DDG admitted its supposedly pro-privacy mobile browser wasn't blocking certain Microsoft trackers, while actively blocking other types of third-party trackers by Microsoft and other organizations, confirming findings by data-usage researcher Zach Edwards. Back in January, Twitter fixed a privacy flaw that made it easy to unmask users.
Venafi announced the findings of a dark web investigation into ransomware spread via malicious macros. 87% of the ransomware found on the dark web has been delivered via malicious macros to infect targeted systems.
Dark Web credit card fraud less pervasive but still an ongoing problem. Stolen credit card data is always a hot item for sale on the Dark Web, particularly if the package includes not just the card number but the expiration date and CVV code.
Businesses today are more than standalone organizations. They have complicated ecosystems with intersections between the corporation and their customers, suppliers, and partners.