Misinformation and hacktivist campaigns targeting the Philippines skyrocket Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024 Amidst rising tensions with China in the SCS, Resecurity observed a spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024. Amidst rising tensions with China in the South China Sea, Resecurity has observed a significant spike in malicious cyber activity targeting […]
Russian influence operations against Baltic states and Poland having ‘significant impact’ on society
Russia has improved the quality and upped the frequency of its information campaigns against Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, according to the latest report from Lithuanian security services. Over the past year, Moscow’s operations against these Eastern European NATO members have become more aggressive. “They had a significant impact on society and required a large […]
Russian influence operations against Baltic states and Poland having ‘significant impact’ on society
Russia has improved the quality and upped the frequency of its information campaigns against Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, according to the latest report from Lithuanian security services. Over the past year, Moscow’s operations against these Eastern European NATO members have become more aggressive. “They had a significant impact on society and required a large […]
Today, we are going to look at one of the similar campaigns which is delivered via email as a PDF attachment and ends up downloading a RAT leaving the system infected. The email here is an example of scamming and brand impersonation where sender is seeking a refund of a reservation made at Booking.com and […]
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a spike in email phishing campaigns that are weaponizing the Google Cloud Run service to deliver various banking trojans such as Astaroth (aka Guildma), Mekotio, and Ousaban (aka Javali) to targets across Latin America (LATAM) and Europe. “The infection chains associated with these malware families feature the use of malicious […]
Scammers are using fake news campaigns and cheaply acquired domain names to sell dubious health products, often claiming endorsements from popular entrepreneurial reality shows like Shark Tank and Dragons’ Den.
Last year, we documented malware distribution campaigns both via malvertising and compromised sites delivering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) onto Mac users. This stealer has proven to be quite popular in the criminal underground and its developers have been adding new features to justify its hefty $3000/month rental fee. It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around […]
Phishing attackers are increasingly using PDF documents to conduct successful campaigns by exploiting the trustworthiness of the file format and leveraging social engineering tactics.
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