Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“CyberAv3nger accounts also asked our models high-level questions about how to obfuscate malicious code, how to use various security tools often associated with post-compromise activity, and for information on both recently disclosed and older vulnerabilities from a range of products.” ” reads the OpenAI’s report.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

A recent report from Tenable highlights how DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model, can generate rudimentary malware, including keyloggers and ransomware. While the AI-generated malware required manual debugging to function properly, its mere existence signals an urgent need for security teams to adapt their defenses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2025

Once these permissions are granted, the malware gains extensive capabilities that allow its operators to steal the user’s banking data and credentials, as well as perform remote actions and control the device without the user’s knowledge. Join us in this blogpost as we take a closer look at the malware’s evolution over time.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime – malware that can read your credit or debit card and hand its data over to an attacker. The malware, which cybersecurity company Cleafy calls SuperCard X, uses a feature now found in most Android phones: near-field communication (NFC).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. Image: Abnormal Security. For example, the Lockbit 2.0 “Would you like to earn millions of dollars?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Kaspersky researchers discovered a mass malware campaign spreading SilentCryptoMiner by disguising it as a tool to bypass internet restrictions. While investigating the increased use of Windows Packet Divert ( WPD ) tools by crooks to distribute malware under this pretense, the researchers spotted the campaign.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2025

A recent phishing campaign has raised alarms among cybersecurity professionals after it impersonated Booking.com to deliver a suite of credential-stealing malware. Heres what comes next: These emails lure victims with urgent requests, from resolving guest review issues to verifying account information.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 16, 2025

Water Curse is using GitHub to distribute malicious open-source projects, weaponizing 76 accounts with multi-stage malware targeting developers, red teamers, and gamers.

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The Hacker News

MAY 16, 2024

The North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group has been attributed to a new social engineering attack that employs fictitious Facebook accounts to targets via Messenger and ultimately delivers malware.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 9, 2025

Beware 'imad213,' a fake Instagram booster stealing credentials via social engineering and bot services. Learn how to protect your account.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Researchers at ESET say this job offer from a phony HSBC recruiter on LinkedIn was North Korean malware masquerading as a PDF file. Mandiant found the compromised 3CX software would download malware that sought out new instructions by consulting encrypted icon files hosted on GitHub. Image: Mandiant.

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SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction Since mid-2024, we’ve observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which we have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples. Contact me at ‘[link].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as EDR-as-a-Service, is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2025

Once control is granted, the attacker can secretly install malware, including infostealers and remote access trojans (RATs), onto the victim's machine. The malware then exfiltrates sensitive data, including cryptocurrency wallet credentials, personal information, and private keys.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Other Ways Threat Actors Exploit Human Behaviour In addition to fatigue attacks, malefactors weaponise social engineering. MFA fatigue is often coupled with social engineeringan attacker might contact the victim, masquerading as IT support, and advise them to approve the prompt to “resolve an issue.”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Using a very clever social engineering attack that exploits trusted domains, the adversary can then further escalate the profile hijacking attack to steal passwords from the victims browser. This allows the extension to directly interact with local apps without further authentication.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And yet, if artificial intelligence achieves what is called an agentic model in 2025, novel and boundless attacks could be within reach, as AI tools take on the roles of agents that independently discover vulnerabilities, steal logins, and pry into accounts. You can find the full 2025 State of Malware report here.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Common attacks to consumer protection Identity theft and fraud Some common types of identity theft and fraud include account takeover fraud , when criminals use stolen personal information such as account numbers, usernames, or passwords to hijack bank accounts, credit cards, and even email and social media accounts.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. Most targeted employees are working from home or can be reached on a mobile device.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

Iran-linked group APT33 used new Tickler malware in attacks against organizations in the government, defense, satellite, oil and gas sectors. The group also relied on social engineering efforts in attacks against organizations in the higher education, satellite, and defense sectors through LinkedIn. dll to execute its functions.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

One of the report's most pressing concerns is the role of Generative AI in social engineering attacks. Deepfake phishing, AI-generated malware, and automated spear-phishing campaigns are already on the rise. The report emphasizes the importance of transparency, explainability, and accountability in AI-driven security decisions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Russia-linked threat actors exploit Signal ‘s “linked devices” feature to hijack accounts, per Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers warn of multiple Russia-linked threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russian intelligence.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

STAC5777 was spotted using Microsoft Quick Assist and manual configuration changes to deploy malware. Common tactics include email bombing with spam (in some cases the volume reached as 3,000 in less than an hour), posing as tech support via Teams messages and calls, and using Microsoft remote tools to install malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap , that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 16, 2025

Fraudsters use AI, social engineering, and emotional manipulation to steal not just money, but also trust, time, and peace of mind. From AI-generated voices to realistic websites and stolen accounts, scams today are slick, fast, and global. Shopping Scams Fake online shops, social media ads, or marketplace listings.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Fowler's analysis suggests that the data was harvested using InfoStealer malware, a malicious software designed to extract sensitive information from infected systems. This malware can siphon off credentials, autofill data, cookies, and even crypto wallet details, often without the user's knowledge.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Note that for mobile banking malware, we retrospectively revised the 2023 numbers to provide more accurate statistics. We also changed the methodology for PC banking malware by removing obsolete families that no longer use Trojan banker functionality, hence the sharp drop in numbers against 2023. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Develop and test ransomware response plans.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Since 2021, the Crazy Evil gang has become a major cybercriminal group, using phishing, identity fraud, and malware to steal cryptocurrency.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Socially engineered SMS messages are being used to install malware on Android devices as part of a widespread phishing campaign that impersonates the Iranian government and social security services to make away with credit card details and steal funds from victims' bank accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. Some 74 percent of cyber breaches are caused by human factors, including errors, stolen credentials, misuse of access privileges, or social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 2, 2021

23, 2021 Twitter booted a gaggle of accounts from its platform, including those determined to be associated with the Russian government and the well-known disinformation machine Internet Research Agency (IRA). The post Twitter Removes Russian Disinformation Accounts appeared first on Security Boulevard. president, are banned.

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