Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses.
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) attack that, for the first time, successfully works against AMD Zen 2 and Zen 3 systems despite mitigations such as Target Row Refresh (TRR). “This result proves that AMD systems are equally […]
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “GhostLocker and Stormous ransomware […]
Mar 01, 2024NewsroomLinux / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called BIFROSE (aka Bifrost) that uses a deceptive domain mimicking VMware. “This latest version of Bifrost aims to bypass security measures and compromise targeted systems,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers Anmol Maurya and Siddharth […]
The new Atomic variant uses Python and Apple Script code to target browser and system files, obtain user account passwords, and identify sandbox or emulator execution. Bitdefender researchers have discovered a new variant of the AMOS Stealer (or Atomic Stealer), one of the most prevalent threats for macOS users in the last year. According to […]
The new variant, referred to as LockBit-NG-Dev, was being designed to succeed the most recent LockBit 3.0 iteration, using .NET and CoreRT for cross-platform compatibility.
Feb 09, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Cyber Threat Threat hunters have identified a new variant of Android malware called MoqHao that automatically executes on infected devices without requiring any user interaction. “Typical MoqHao requires users to install and launch the app to get their desired purpose, but this new variant requires no execution,” McAfee Labs said […]
A variant of a long-running botnet is now abusing the Log4Shell vulnerability but is going beyond internet-facing applications and is targeting all hosts in a victim’s internal network. Researchers at Akamai explain the shift in the FritzFrog botnet — which has existed since 2020 — in a report released Thursday. The botnet typically uses brute-force […]
Jan 29, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have detected in the wild yet another variant of the Phobos ransomware family known as Faust. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which detailed the latest iteration of the ransomware, said it’s being propagated by means of an infection that delivers a Microsoft Excel document (.XLAM) containing a VBA script. “The […]