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Agent Tesla includes new password-stealing capabilities from browsers and VPNs

Security Affairs

Agent Tesla is a spyware that is used to spy on the victims by collecting keystrokes, system clipboard, screenshots, and credentials from the infected system. To do this, the spyware creates different threads and timer functions in the main function. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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New Coronavirus-themed malspam campaign delivers FormBook Malware

Security Affairs

FormBook data-stealing malware was used with cyber espionage purposes, like other spyware it is capable of extracting data from HTTP sessions, keystroke logging, stealing clipboard contents. See Using Caution with Email Attachments and Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Scams for more information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IDF soldiers tricked into installing malicious apps by Hamas operatives posing as attractive women

Security Affairs

This kind of social engineering attacks was already used by Hamas hackers in the past, in July 2018 Israeli military intelligence accused Hamas operatives of creating tainted apps to lure soldiers into downloading spyware onto their phones. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.

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Neo_Net runs eCrime campaign targeting clients of banks globally

Security Affairs

The threat actor advertises the Smishing-as-a-Service platform on Telegram. The threat actor employed various techniques to circumvent the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), including social engineering to trick victims into installing a purported security application for their bank account on their Android devices.

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Malvertising campaign on PornHub and other top adult brands exposes users to tech support scams

Malwarebytes

We discovered a number of decoy dating sites used by fraudulent advertisers on TrafficJunky, the advertising company for brands such as PornHub, RedTube and YouPorn owned by MindGeek. We know from our telemetry that the malicious advertiser is targeting victims from the U.S. Redirection chain. and the U.K. Fake dating sites.

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Information Stealing Malware on the Rise, Uptycs Study Shows

SecureWorld News

Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber, said: "There's no doubt we're seeing more information stealing malware, but there's been an uptick in cybercriminal activity overall. They are often spread by malicious advertising, spam, and compromised accounts.

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