Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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Firmware 43

Firmware DNS Advertising Surveillance 43

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The malware tries to spread to other hosts on the network by infecting USB drives. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

Malware 86

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 86

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In late January 2024, the ThreatDown Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team found and stopped a three-month long malware campaign against a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Europe. Almost immediately after onboarding the MSP in mid-January, the ThreatDown MDR team found extensive evidence of an ongoing malware campaign.

Malware 81

Malware DNS Surveillance Backups 81

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Disclaimer: when referring to APT groups as Russian-speaking, Chinese-speaking or other-“speaking” languages, we refer to various artefacts used by the groups (such as malware debugging strings, comments found in scripts, etc.) On February 23, ESET published a tweet announcing new wiper malware targeting Ukraine.

Malware 130

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force has identified a new hacking group dubbed MuddyWater and tracked its operations to an Iranian intelligence funded company.

Hacking 110

Hacking Spyware DNS Surveillance 110

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018 – In 2018 cyber-security experts observed an increased number of cyber attacks, malware endure to be the most aggressive and pervasive threat. Section 1 describes the evolution of the malware in the threat landscape in the past twelve months. Download the Yoroi Cyber Security Report 2018.

Malware 79

Malware Advertising DNS Surveillance 79

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Out of the 18,000 Orion IT customers affected by the malware, it seems that only a handful were of interest to the attackers. For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes.

Malware 94

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 94

Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2021

Source: BleepingComputer) Threat analysts have been tracking activity where contact forms published on websites are abused to deliver malicious links to IcedID malware. Source: TechRadar) Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Source: BBC).

Artificial Intelligence 57

Artificial Intelligence Scams DDOS DNS 57

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

China installs a surveillance app on tourists phones while crossing in the Xinjiang. Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. Bangladesh Cyber Heist 2.0:

Scams 48

Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 48

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. If they manage to compromise a telecommunications company, they can then also compromise its customers for surveillance or sabotage purposes.

Banking 86

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 86

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks. Scraping the TOR for rare contents.

Small Business 56

Small Business Media Spyware DNS 56

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

Finally, we will reveal unknown scripts and malware run by the group in this report. Attackers made a great and long surveillance of this victim, which extended until Jan 2023. While that was happening, Red Stinger targeted and made surveillance to officers and individuals involved in those elections. лидерывозрождения[.]рф)

Surveillance 69

Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 69

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 140

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. Our technique identified a total of 45 countries where Pegasus operators may be conducting surveillance operations.

Spyware 81

Spyware Mobile Surveillance DNS 81

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

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DNS 79

DNS Advertising Surveillance Malware 79