Thursday, January 23, 2025

Cyber Crime

GuardZoo Android Malware Attacking military personnel via WhatsApp To Steal Sensitive Data

A Houthi-aligned group has been deploying Android surveillanceware called GuardZoo since October 2019 to target military personnel in the Middle East by leveraging social...

New Eldorado Ransomware Attacking Windows And Linux Systems

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has evolved into sophisticated enterprise-like model. From 2022 to 2023, ransomware programs advertised on the dark web increased by half, with 27...

Europol Concerns Over Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge Lawful Interception

A new position paper argues that Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) used in Home Routing are making it difficult for law enforcement to intercept information...

New Hacker Group Attacking Systems With 10 Malware At Same Time

A malware campaign of huge magnitude, and perhaps run by just one group, is using artificially nested files for distribution named 'WEXTRACT.EXE     ...

Chinese Hacker Groups Using Off-The-Shelf Tools To Deploy Ransomware

Cyberespionage actors are increasingly using ransomware as a final attack stage for financial gain, disruption, or to cover their tracks, as the report details...

Beware Of Illegal OTT Platforms That Exposes Sensitive Personal Information

A recent rise in data breaches from illegal Chinese OTT platforms exposes that user information, including names and financial details, is vulnerable to exploitation...

Hackers Attacking Vaults, Buckets, And Secrets To Steal Data

Hackers target vaults, buckets, and secrets to access some of the most classified and valuable information, including API keys, logins, and other useful data...

New PhaaS Platform Lets Attackers Bypass Two-Factor Authentication

Several phishing campaign kits have been used widely by threat actors in the past. One popular PhaaS (Phishing-as-a-Platform) was Caffeine, which was first identified...