Trend Micro discovered a new attack campaign exploiting the now-patched security bypass bug (CVE-2023-36035) in Windows SmartScreen to spread a new strain of the Phemedrone Stealer. The malware targets cryptocurrency wallets and messaging apps, including Telegram, Steam, and Discord. Diving into details The Phemedrone Stealer infection begins with the attacker placing a set of malicious […]
Trend Micro observed the Water Curupira actively propagating the Pikabot loader malware as part of campaigns, more aggressively in Q4 2023. Water Curupira is a Black Basta ransomware affiliate. Diving into Details Pikabot gained notoriety for its sophisticated multi-stage attack mechanism, capable of deploying a decrypted shellcode that extracts another DLL file, the actual payload. […]
Both Advanced Micro Devices and Google released AI accelerators today: AMD the Instinct MI300 and Google TPU v5e. Both are data center-grade processors that speed AI tasks, such as training large language models. AMD is playing catch-up to Nvidia, which has parleyed its gaming tech expertise into an AI processing superpower. AI typically runs on […]
Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2023 Hundreds of thousands of clients who opted-in for a screen warranty were exposed when DNA Micro leaked data from its systems. The Cybernews research team found that DNA Micro, a California-based IT company, exposed the sensitive data of more than […]
Sep 20, 2023THNZero Day / Vulnerability Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has released patches and hotfixes to address a critical security flaw in Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security solutions for Windows that has been actively exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2023-41179 (CVSS score: 9.1), it relates to a third-party antivirus uninstaller module that’s bundled […]