The REvil ransomware operators may have been hijacking ransom negotiations, and cutting their affiliates of payments. As explained by my colleague Elena, REvil is a highly evasive and upgraded RaaS operation. REvil uses a special social engineering mov…
By Deeba Ahmed
Some fake piracy websites have been found distributing Crypto Bot and Raccoon Stealer malware in cracked software.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware droppers for hire targeting users on fake pirated softwar…
It’s possible that the malicious group behind the campaign to be the FIN7 group, a cybercrime group also known as Carbanak or Navigator that specializes in stealing payment card data. What Happened? The cybercriminals inserted macro code into Mic…
In a recent wave of the spear-phishing campaign, the FIN7 cybercrime group employed Windows 11 Alpha-themed weaponized word documents to deliver a JavaScript payload with a JavaScript backdoor. ‘Phishing Email Campaign’ is the initial attack vecto…
Surprise or not, it looks like the SolarWinds attacks have gone further than we might have thought. It happens that one of the targeted companies by the Russian attackers back then was also Autodesk who only recently confirmed they were affected by the…
A new modular backdoor called SideWalk was recently discovered as part of new malicious campaigns launched by an APT group dubbed as SparklingGoblin. An advanced persistent threat can be deployed by cyber-criminals that have a high level of expertise a…
By Deeba Ahmed
According to researchers, the PRISM backdoor has been on their radar for more than 3.5 years.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New variant of PRISM Backdoor ‘WaterDrop’ targets Linux systems
Since 2017, five separate Chinese threat groups have used ShadowPad, an infamous Windows backdoor that allows attackers to download additional harmful modules or steal data. In a detailed overview of the malware, SentinelOne researchers Yi-Jhen H…
A Cornell University Tech team with researchers discovered a new kind of backdoor attack that can modify natural-language modelling systems to generate false outputs and bypass any known protection. The Cornell Tech team believes the assault…
PC threat statistics for Q2 2021 contain data on miners, encrypting ransomware, financial malware and threats to Windows, macOS and IoT.