Category: Malware

India & Pakistan Hit: eXotic Visit Campaign Exposed

ESET reports on a new malicious campaign targeting users in South Asia, initiated in November 2021 and disseminating malware through specialized websites and the Google Play Store. The infected applications, while providing legitimate functionalities,...

Threat Alert: TA547 Targets Germany with Rhadamanthys Stealer

In March 2024, cybercriminals launched an attack on dozens of organizations in Germany using a PowerShell script, presumably developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The campaign involved the distribution of the infostealer Rhadamanthys....

Raspberry Robin Evolves: Malware Now Targets WSF Files

Researchers have uncovered a new large-scale attack utilizing the malicious Raspberry Robin software. Since March 2024, cybercriminals have actively been distributing it through modified Windows Script Files (WSF). As noted by HP Wolf Security...

RUBYCARP: Romanian Hackers Target Businesses

A cybercriminal group from Romania, known under the codename “RUBYCARP,” is exploiting known vulnerabilities and brute force methods to breach corporate networks and servers for financial gain, according to a recent report by Sysdig....

Silent Threat: Malware-Initiated Scans

Silent Threat: Malware-Initiated Scans

Experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered that cybercriminals are increasingly resorting to so-called “scanning attacks,” initiated by malicious software, to detect vulnerabilities within target networks. Intriguingly, a significant majority of such attacks originate...

Windows Users Beware: Phishing Threat Hits Latin America

According to Trustwave SpiderLabs, Latin America has been hit by a new phishing campaign that infects Windows systems through emails. The attack begins with the distribution of emails containing a ZIP file attachment. Upon...

New Adobe Scam Unleashes Byakugan Malware

Cybersecurity experts are alerting to a new wave of attacks targeting Portuguese-speaking countries using fake Adobe Reader installers to disseminate a multifunctional malware known as Byakugan. The attack commences with a PDF file that,...