eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP. Here's some evidence for those who consider the risk far-fetched.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

A year later, in March 2022, we discovered that the same security program had been exploited to propagate similar downloader malware to several victims in South Korea. In July 2022, Lazarus successfully breached a defense contractor in Africa. Using a number of vulnerabilities in iOS, the attachment is executed and installs spyware.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Common TTPs in attacks on industrial organizations In 2022, we investigated a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe. However, they included an additional module that constantly monitored the messenger and sent data to the spyware creator’s C2 server. org domain. Inject.aokvy.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

Sample artifacts suggest that this version (V10, according to the attackers’ versioning system) may have started operating in 2022, although the first known Linux variant (V7), which has still not been publicly described, dates back to 2021. DinodasRAT is a multi-platform backdoor written in C++ that offers a range of capabilities.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

NullMixer is a dropper that includes more than just specific malware families; it drops a wide variety of malicious binaries to infect the machine with, such as backdoors, bankers, downloaders, spyware and many others. ColdStealer is a relatively new malicious program that was discovered in 2022. Satacom DNS request and response.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.) For example, malware, spyware, adware, computer worms, botnets, trojan horses and similar malware do not normally impact network equipment (routers, firewalls, etc.) or network traffic.

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