New look at server data behind a previously-identified espionage campaign shows that it has exceeded researchers’ expectations in complexity, scope and breadth. Source: https://threatpost.com
Armed with an impressive bag of exploits and other tricks for propagation, researchers believe the new trojan could be the catalyst for an upcoming, major cyber-offensive. Source: https://threatpost.com
Researchers show how rogue web applications can be used to attack vulnerable browser extensions in a hack that gives adversaries access to private user data. Source: www.threatpost.com
Operation Sharpshooter uses a new implant to target mainly English-speaking nuclear, defense, energy and financial companies. Source: www.threatpost.com
Researchers devise post-intrusion attack that use existing system binaries to achieve arbitrary code execution to maintain stealth and persistence. Source: https://threatpost.com
Russian-speaking Turla has also racked up more victims in its latest APT campaign. Source: https://threatpost.com
The unpatched flaw would allow a bad actor to execute information-exfiltrating malware, backdoors, ransomware or any other kind of bad code he or she chose. Source: https://threatpost.com
This backdoor can be used for espionage and for dropping additional malware. Source: https://threatpost.com
The main purpose of Grobios malware is to help attacker establish a strong, persistent foothold in a victim’s system, in order to drop additional payloads later. Source: www.threatpost.com
Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. Source: https://threatpost.com