New CherryBlos Malware On Android Devices Uses OCR To Steal User Data

Cybersecurity researchers have detected malware that uses optical character recognition to steal data from Android users. The malware in question is known as CherryBlos, and it was located within at least four apps running on Android apps. Researchers …

FakeTrade Android Malware Attack Steals Crypto Wallet Data

By Deeba Ahmed
Dubbed CherryBlos and FakeTrade by researchers, these two malware campaigns have been identified as potentially related by Trend Micro.
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Experts link AVRecon bot to the malware proxy service SocksEscort

The AVRecon botnet relies on compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers since at least May 2021. In early July, researchers from Lumen Black Lotus Labs discovered the AVRecon botnet that targets small office/home office (SOHO) routers and infected over 70,000 devices from 20 countries. Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to […]

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CISA Analyzes Malware Used in Barracuda ESG Attacks

CISA has shared analysis reports on three malware families obtained from an organization hacked via a recent Barracuda ESG vulnerability.
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CISA warns about SUBMARINE Backdoor employed in Barracuda ESG attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of threat actors deploying the SUBMARINE Backdoor in Barracuda ESG attacks. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an alert on a malware variant, tracked as SUBMARINE Backdoor, that was employed in attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-2868 in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. The vulnerability […]

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Modern Warfare 2 Servers Were Offline Amid Malware Attack

By Deeba Ahmed
The servers for classic games like Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty Black Ops 1 and 2 were recently brought back online by Activision due to increasing demand from gamers.
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Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers

A Linux variant of the Abyss Locker designed to target VMware ESXi servers appeared in the threat landscape, experts warn. The operators behind the Abyss Locker developed a Linux variant that targets VMware ESXi servers expanding their potential targets. VMware ESXi servers are privileged targets of ransomware groups and are often part of enterprises’ infrastructures. […]

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Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor

Russia-linked BlueBravo has been spotted targeting diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe with the GraphicalProton Backdoor. The Russia-linked threat-state actor BlueBravo (aka APT29, Cloaked Ursa, and Midnight Blizzard, Nobelium) has been observed targeting diplomatic entities throughout Eastern Europe. The group was observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign with the end goal of infecting recipients with a new backdoor […]

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