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Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware

Apr 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Software Security An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors. “During these fraudulent […]

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Researchers Detail Multistage Attack Hijacking Systems with SSLoad, Cobalt Strike

Apr 24, 2024NewsroomMalware / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing attack campaign that’s leveraging phishing emails to deliver malware called SSLoad. The campaign, codenamed FROZEN#SHADOW by Securonix, also involves the deployment of Cobalt Strike and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote desktop software. “SSLoad is designed to stealthily infiltrate systems, gather sensitive information and transmit […]

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CoralRaider Malware Campaign Exploits CDN Cache to Spread Info-Stealers

Apr 24, 2024NewsroomMalware / Data Security A new ongoing malware campaign has been observed distributing three different stealers, such as CryptBot, LummaC2, and Rhadamanthys hosted on Content Delivery Network (CDN) cache domains since at least February 2024. Cisco Talos has attributed the activity with moderate confidence to a threat actor tracked as CoralRaider, a suspected […]

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IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla – Help Net Security

An ongoing malvertising campaign is targeting IT administrators looking to download system utilities such as PuTTY (a free SSH and Telnet client) and FileZilla (a free cross-platform FTP application). “We have reported this campaign to Google but no action has been taken yet,” , Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura shared. The campaign Malicious ads served via […]

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Threat actors leverage document publishing sites for ongoing credential and session token theft

Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) has observed the ongoing use of legitimate digital document publishing (DDP) sites for phishing, credential theft and session token theft during recent incident response and threat intelligence engagements. Hosting phishing lures on DDP sites increases the likelihood of a successful phishing attack, since these sites often have a favorable […]

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South St. Paul Public Schools investigating potential cybersecurity threat

South St. Paul Public Schools alerted families this week to an ongoing technology disruption that is being investigated. Staff and families were notified Monday of technical difficulties “that may disrupt certain services” like online platforms, emails and other digital services. On Tuesday the district said it had been made aware of “unauthorized activity within our […]

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Fulton County government outage: Cyberattack brings down phones, court site and tax systems | CNN Business

CNN  —  An ongoing cyberattack against Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes parts of Atlanta, has brought some of the government’s systems to a standstill, halting access to court filings, tax processing and other services. The outage has not been resolved, and it’s unclear when systems would return to normal. The office of the county’s District […]

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Malicious ads for restricted messaging applications target Chinese users | Malwarebytes

An ongoing campaign of malicious ads has been targeting Chinese-speaking users with lures for popular messaging applications such as Telegram or LINE with the intent of dropping malware. Interestingly, software like Telegram is heavily restricted and was previously banned in China. Many Google services, including Google search, are also either restricted or heavily censored in […]

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Pro-Palestinian operation claims dozens of data breaches against Israeli firms

Pro-Palestinian hackers say they breached dozens of Israeli entities amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which has also extended into cyberspace. A group calling itself Cyber Toufan said it launched an operation against Israel at the end of November, promising to publish leaked information from hacked websites every day throughout the month. Earlier this week, […]