Tag: Cyber Security News
Accidental Syntax Error Leads to Kill The Cryptomining botnet Malware “KmsdBot”
It turns out that Akamai's team of researchers accidentally killed a newly discovered cryptocurrency mining botnet known as KmsdBot during the investigation.
Due to a...
Hackers Use New Ransomware that Encrypts Files & Steals Tokens From Victim’s Machine
Security researchers at Cyble recently identified that the authors of ransomware now have access to a brand new malicious tool - AXLocker - which...
Chinese Hackers Using 42,000 Phishing Domains To Drop Malware On Victims Systems
An extensive phishing campaign targeting businesses in numerous upright markets, including retail, was discovered by Cyjax recently in which the attackers exploited the reputation...
U.S. Federal Network Hacked – Iranian APT Hackers Compromised Domain Controller
Recently, the FBI and CISA published a joint advisory in which they disclosed an Iranian APT group compromised the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB)...
Hackers Hiding Malware Behind The PNG Images Using Steganography
The Worok threat infects victims' computers with information-stealing malware by concealing malware within PNG images with the help of the Steganography technique, which makes...
Hackers Stealing Outlook and Thunderbird Credentials Using StrelaStealer Malware
StrelaStealer Malware
LockBit 3.0 Malware Using Weaponized Word Doc To Drop Ransomware Via Amadey Bot
The Amadey Bot has been found to be used by attackers to install LockBit 3.0 with the help of malicious MS Word document files,...
Malicious Chrome Plugin Let Remote Attacker Steal keystroke and Inject Malicious Code
Researchers at Zimperium zLabs recently identified a new Chrome browser botnet called 'Cloud9' that is intent on stealing the following information using malicious extensions:-
Online...
Ukrainian Hacker Charged for Operating “Raccoon Stealer” Malware-as-a-Service
In an international cybercrime operation dubbed Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS), the Department of Justice has charged a Ukrainian 26-year-old, Mark Sokolovsky for playing a...
OldGremlin Hacker Group Expanded Toolkit With Dedicated Linux Ransomware
It appears that 16 malicious campaigns have been carried out by a Russian-speaking ransomware group called OldGremlin (aka TinyScouts).
A combination of these campaigns was...