Roaming Mantis Malware Returns with DNS Changer Capability

By Deeba Ahmed
Roaming Mantis malware was last seen in April 2018 targeting iOS and Android devices with cryptocurrency mining malware but this time, it has new DNS changer capabilities.
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ChatGPT Can Be Used to Create Dangerous Polymorphic Malware

The cybersecurity experts at CyberArk have provided information on the mechanism by which the ChatGPT AI chatbot can produce a new strain of polymorphic malware. Polymorphic malware could be easily made using ChatGPT. With relatively little effort or e…

Kaspersky releases 2023 predictions

A new report from Kaspersky details what their digital forensics and incident response teams predict as the main 2023 threats to corporations and government agencies. Learn more about it.
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Massive Ad fraud scheme VASTFLUX targeted over 11 million devices

Researchers dismantled a sophisticated ad fraud scheme, dubbed VASTFLUX, that targeted more than 11 million devices. HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team dismantled a sophisticated ad fraud operation dubbed VASTFLUX. The name VASTFLUX comes from the evasion technique “fast flux” and VAST, the Digital Video Ad Serving Template that was abused by threat actors in this fraudulent scheme. The researchers […]

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Roaming Mantis uses new DNS changer in its Wroba mobile malware

Roaming Mantis threat actors were observed using a new variant of their mobile malware Wroba to hijack DNS settings of Wi-Fi routers. Researchers from Kaspersky observed Roaming Mantis threat actors using an updated variant of their mobile malware Wroba to compromise Wi-Fi routers and hijack DNS settings. Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan to […]

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 403 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR Around 19,500 end-of-life Cisco routers are exposed […]

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Backdoor into FortiOS: Chinese Threat Actors Utilize 0-Day

By Deeba Ahmed
Chinese hackers are exploiting a previously patched vulnerability found in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN by using new malware called BOLDMOVE.
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Hackers Utilizing Microsoft OneNote Attachments In Latest Trend

It seems the latest innovation of threat actors is to utilize attachments on Microsoft OneNote. These attachments are used in the standard phishing email, allowing malicious actors to inject systems with remote access malware. From there, it’s a simple…

Database Malware Strikes Hundreds of Vulnerable WordPress Sites

By Deeba Ahmed
The database injection against WordPress websites features two different malware embedded together to achieve two entirely different goals.
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