eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

From zombie botnets to phishing phantoms, these threats might sound like campfire tales, but they're some of the most sinister forces in cybersecurity today. Phishing phantoms: masters of disguise Phishing scams have become more sophisticated. Like a phantom in disguise, a phishing attack can appear harmless—until it's too late.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Percentage of ICS computers on which the activity of malicious objects in various categories was prevented The most notable proportional growth during this period was in the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious scripts and phishing pages were blocked, representing an increase of 1.1 pp) and 1.97% (by 0.01 pp), respectively.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It warns you about phishing attempts. It tries to provide features like anti-ransomware, anti-spyware, and parental controls, but that still keeps it behind. McAfee also doesnt offer spyware detection, but Defender does. Despite Defenders excellent documentation and training videos, it still falls short.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2025

infrastructure International Press Newsletter Cybercrime Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks Threat actors misuse Node.js infrastructure International Press Newsletter Cybercrime Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks Threat actors misuse Node.js

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2025

North Korea-linked threat actors spread macOS NimDoor malware via fake Zoom updates Critical Sudo bugs expose major Linux distros to local Root exploits Google fined $314M for misusing idle Android users’ data A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of +62,000 users China-linked group Houken hit French organizations using zero-days Data (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

A cyberattack on gambling giant IGT disrupted portions of its IT systems China-linked APT Gelsemium uses a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane Microsoft seized 240 sites used by the ONNX phishing service U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2025

The execution of this phishing and impersonation campaign — whatever its goals may have been — suggested the attackers were financially motivated, and not particularly sophisticated. These include Apple’s Lockdown Mode , which is designed for users who are worried they may be subject to targeted attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2025

million patients Crooks exploit the death of Pope Francis WhatsApp introduces Advanced Chat Privacy to protect sensitive communications Android spyware hidden in mapping software targets Russian soldiers Crypto mining campaign targets Docker environments with new evasion technique The popular xrpl.js

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2025

CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT Internet tracking: How and why were followed online Google to pay Texas $1.4 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT Internet tracking: How and why were followed online Google to pay Texas $1.4

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Trend Micro

AUGUST 16, 2021

While investigating the Confucius threat actor, we found a recent spear phishing campaign that utilizes Pegasus spyware-related lures to entice victims into opening a malicious document downloading a file stealer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The threat actors used by spyware to take over the target systems, spy on the victims, and exfiltrate data. ” The attack chain begins with spear-phishing messages that include a link to an alleged important document to download. The link points to files containing spyware that could infect both Mac OS or Windows systems.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. Another 17 percent contained downloaders, while backdoors and banking Trojans came third with a 16- and 15-percent shares, respectively.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Threat actors are exploiting an old Microsoft Office vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-11882 (CVSS score: 7.8), as part of phishing campaigns to spread the Agent Tesla malware. 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.

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SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. The links in their messages took the victim to a well-designed phishing pages with official emblems, business language and references to relevant laws. Quarterly highlights. Vaccine with cyberthreat.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

FormBook is a data-stealing malware that is used in cyber espionage campaigns, like other spyware it is capable of extracting data from HTTP sessions, keystroke logging, stealing clipboard contents. The post XLoader, a $49 spyware that could target both Windows and macOS devices appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Southern Europe leads the ranking of regions by percentage of ICS computers on which malicious email attachments and phishing links were blocked. Regions ranked by percentage of ICS computers on which malicious email attachments and phishing links were blocked, H1 2022. Malicious documents. Industry specifics. of ICS computers.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. Hurry up and lose your account: phishing in the corporate sector. That’s why these e-mails would contain a link to a document, file, payment request, etc.,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2024

Malicious activity in numbers Malicious objects used for initial infection Malicious objects that are used for initial infection of computers include dangerous internet resources that are added to denylists, malicious scripts and phishing pages, and malicious documents. This is also reflected in our statistics.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Typically, they construct emails that masquerade as communications from legitimate venture companies, but with an attached, macro-enabled document. When opened, this document eventually downloads a backdoor. One of the things you can do to protect yourself from advanced mobile spyware is to reboot your device on a daily basis.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Malicious object categories in numbers Malicious objects used for initial infection This category includes dangerous web resources, malicious scripts and malicious documents. pp compared to the first quarter of 2024); Malicious scripts and phishing pages (JS and HTML) – 5.69% (-0.15 Denylisted internet resources – 6.63% (-0.21

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

The archive contains LNK (shortcut) files that extract and execute JavaScript code while displaying a decoy document (usually a photo of an ID, credit card, or a bill to prove the physical address).

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Hot for Security

JUNE 18, 2021

A recent phishing campaign targeting Windows machines is attempting to infect users with one of the most recent versions of the Agent Tesla remote access Trojan (RAT). Active for over seven years, Agent Tesla has been used frequently in phishing campaigns seeking to steal user credentials, passwords and sensitive information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

CISA adds Adobe Commerce and Magento, SolarWinds Serv-U, and VMware vCenter Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog International Press – Newsletter Cybercrime Walsall teenager arrested in joint West Midlands Police and FBI operation Treasury Sanctions Leader and Primary Member of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn Three arrested for (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

In the past, the Donot Team spyware was found in attacks outside of South Asia. The investigation also discovered links between the spyware and infrastructure used in these attacks, and Innefu Labs, a cybersecurity company based in India. ” reads the report published by Morphisec. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. Automotive Industry Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Many experts linked the Regin malware to the Five Eyes alliance , they found alleged references to the super spyware in a number of presentations leaked by Edward Snowden and according to malware researchers, it has been used in targeted attacks against government agencies in the EU and the Belgian telecoms company Belgacom.

Hacking 110

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Ticketmaster confirms data breach impacting 560 million customers Critical Apache Log4j2 flaw still threatens global finance Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin ShinyHunters is selling data of 30 million Santander customers Over 600,000 SOHO routers were destroyed by Chalubo malware in 72 hours LilacSquid APT (..)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Attackers SMB attackers have long focused on breaching company websites to pilfer business documents and customer information. In 2018, attackers shifted their focus to refining and deploying banking trojans, which essentially act as spyware. But once digital assets are stolen, they remain in control of the thieves forever.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (..)

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

The impact is expected to grow for several reasons: AI already helps cybercriminals to compose more effective phishing emails. Currently only state sponsored groups, professional spyware vendors, and the large criminal operations have access to, and know how to use advanced AI tools to increase the effectivity of their attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The percentage of ICS computers on which threats in this category are blocked has grown for the second half-year in a row.

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Spyware Manufacturing Internet Internet 134

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The latest version of the Azorult was delivered through the RIG exploit kit as well as other sources, previous variants were mainly distributed via weaponized Office documents as attachment of phishing messages. Later it was involved in many malspam attacks, but only in July 2018, the authors released a substantially updated variant.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

In an extraordinary and revealing Twitter thread, one NFT owner documented the experience of having his tokens stolen from a marketplace for digital art. It seems phishing for users’ passwords to the sites used to buy and sell NFTs is the main method of compromise. He’s apparently not alone in this experience.

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