Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Anatsa banking trojan has been targeting users in Europe by infecting Android devices through malware droppers hosted on Google Play. [.]

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 22, 2024

Threats from malware, cryptographic infections and compromised networks have never been greater. Headlines regularly attest to such widespread problems, from infection-felled organizations to dangerous vulnerabilities in popular tools.

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We Live Security

MAY 16, 2023

Why do people still download files from sketchy places and get compromised as a result? The post You may not care where you download software from, but malware does appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

More than a dozen malicious loan apps, which are generically named SpyLoan, have been downloaded more than 12 million times this year from Google Play but the count is much larger since they are also available on third-party stores and suspicious websites. [.]

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The Hacker News

JUNE 6, 2023

A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue extension for Chromium-based browsers.

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The Hacker News

MAY 5, 2023

A new Android subscription malware named Fleckpe has been unearthed on the Google Play Store, amassing more than 620,000 downloads in total since 2022. Kaspersky, which identified 11 apps on the official app storefront, said the malware masqueraded as legitimate photo editing apps, camera, and smartphone wallpaper packs.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

The post Surge in Malware Downloads Driven by SEO-Based Techniques appeared first on Security Boulevard. The findings indicated that cybercriminals are leveraging various social engineering techniques—including SEO—and different Trojan families, including those delivered via PDF, to target victims more effectively.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A download manager site served Linux users malware that stealthily stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years as part of a supply chain attack. The modus operandi entailed establishing a reverse shell to an actor-controlled server and installing a Bash stealer on the compromised system.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Last month, security specialists found adware and info-stealing malware on the Google Play Store, with at least five threats still obtainable and with more than 2 million downloads. The post Over 2 Million People Have Downloaded Android Malware from the Google Play Store appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The developers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have published a script to check if a Linux device was infected through a recently reported supply chain attack. [.]

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 18, 2024

A new info-stealing malware linked to Redline poses as a game cheat called 'Cheat Lab,' promising downloaders a free copy if they convince their friends to install it too. [.]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The recently discovered Free Download Manager (FDM) supply chain attack, which distributed Linux malware, started back in 2020. The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) confirmed that the recently discovered supply chain attack dates back to 2020. org subdomain. reported Kasperksy. It’s estimated that much less than 0.1%

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have acknowledged a security incident dating back to 2020 that led to its website being used to distribute malicious Linux software. "It

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The Hacker News

APRIL 18, 2023

A new Android malware strain named Goldoson has been detected in the official Google Play Store spanning more than 60 legitimate apps that collectively have over 100 million downloads. An additional eight million installations have been tracked through ONE store, a leading third-party app storefront in South Korea.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It’s pretty nasty : The malware was dubbed “ Shikitega ” for its extensive use of the popular Shikata Ga Nai polymorphic encoder, which allows the malware to “mutate” its code to avoid detection.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2023

Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that was discovered in the Google Play Store, totaling more than 620,000 downloads since 2022. Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that spreads via Google Play, the malware discovered by Kaspersky is hidden in photo editing apps, smartphone wallpaper packs, and other general-purpose apps.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

An unknown threat actor has been observed publishing typosquat packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository for nearly six months with an aim to deliver malware capable of gaining persistence, stealing sensitive data, and accessing cryptocurrency wallets for financial gain.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2024

Researchers warn threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to target developers with persistent malware. Checkmarx researchers reported that t hreat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to deliver persistent malware to developers systems. ” concludes the report.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 29, 2023

Today, the US Justice Department announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 14, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered adware and information-stealing malware on the Google Play Store last month, with at least five still available and having amassed over two million downloads. [.].

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The code starts a PowerShell script that downloads and executes a dropper for Graphite malware. This type of communication allows the malware to avoid detection for longer, because it only connects to legitimate Microsoft domains. This technique is by no means new—it was spotted spreading malware five years ago, in 2017.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2024

Have you ever downloaded a file and wondered if it’s safe? Now, there’s a powerful new weapon in the fight against malware thanks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They’ve released a free tool called Malware Next-Gen that allows anyone to submit suspicious files for analysis.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

We’re going to let you in on a little cybersecurity secret… There’s malware on Mac computers. This mass adoption was good for Microsoft and its revenue, but it also drew and maintained the interests of cybercriminals, who would develop malware that could impact the highest number of victims. There pretty much always has been.

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The Hacker News

MAY 19, 2022

Fraudulent domains masquerading as Microsoft's Windows 11 download portal are attempting to trick users into deploying trojanized installation files to infect systems with the Vidar information stealer malware. These variants of Vidar malware

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Malware 103

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Criminals using Google search ads to deliver malware isn’t new, but Ars Technica declared that the problem has become much worse recently. The surge is coming from numerous malware families, including AuroraStealer, IcedID, Meta Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Vidar, Formbook, and XLoader.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A new malware is bypassing an Android 13 security measure that restricts permissions to apps downloaded out of the legitimate Google Play Store.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As many as 16 malicious apps with over 20 million cumulative downloads have been taken down from the Google Play Store after they were caught committing mobile ad fraud.

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Malware Mobile 93

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Security researchers have discovered banking Trojan apps on the Google Play Store, and say they have been downloaded by more than 300,000 Android users. Bad Guy flicks the switch to have Trojan code downloaded into “Fitness App Alpha” in California. .” There are large numbers of positive reviews for the apps.

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SecureList

MARCH 20, 2024

Introduction Malware for mobile devices is something we come across very often. million malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices. Last month, we wrote a total of four private crimeware reports on Android malware, three of which are summarized below. In 2023 , our technologies blocked 33.8 and sends it to the C2.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 8, 2024

Threat hunters have discovered a new malware called Latrodectus that has been distributed as part of email phishing campaigns since at least late November 2023.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The malicious package downloads an image from the Web, then uses a steganography module to extract and execute the code to download malware.

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Malware 61

Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 18, 2023

The volume of cloud-based malware tripled in 2022 over the prior year, says Netskope, with 30% of the malicious downloads coming from Microsoft OneDrive. The post Rise of cloud-delivered malware poses key security challenges appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It's no surprise then to see criminals continuing to abuse Zoom's popularity, in the hope of netting interested parties and, potentially, luring current users into downloading and installing malware. Malware @Zoom downloads ? Findings reveal six fake Zoom download sites, but they are no longer accessible.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Cybersecurity analyst Oliver Hough recently discovered that hackers have created a fake DirectX 12 download site to distribute malware that steals your cryptocurrency wallets and passwords. The post Fake DirectX12 Download Website Installs Crypto-Stealing Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 5, 2024

Bogus installers for Adobe Acrobat Reader are being used to distribute a new multi-functional malware dubbed Byakugan. The starting point of the attack is a PDF file written in Portuguese that, when opened, shows a blurred image and asks the victim to click on a link to download the Reader application to view the content.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The notorious North Korean state-backed hacking group Lazarus uploaded four packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with the goal of infecting developer systems with malware. They have been collectively downloaded 3,269 times, with pycryptoconf accounting for the most

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 19, 2021

A malicious Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from the Google Play app store has been found hosting malware that stealthily exfiltrates users' contact lists to an attacker-controlled server and signs up users to unwanted paid premium subscriptions without their knowledge.

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