Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

North Korea-linked group APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in a supply chain attack. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to first prepare the target so that it uses Edge in Internet Explorer Mode.” dll), allowing type confusion to occur.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

In the United States, when federal, state or local law enforcement agencies wish to obtain information about an account at a technology provider — such as the account’s email address, or what Internet addresses a specific cell phone account has used in the past — they must submit an official court-ordered warrant or subpoena.

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2025

We immediately took action by communicating meaningful information to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KrCERT/CC) for rapid action upon detection, and we have now confirmed that the software exploited in this campaign has all been updated to patched versions.

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Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

Here's why A new Trojan malware is targeting sensitive information, including crypto wallet seed phrases. Also: How Avast's free AI-powered Scam Guardian protects you from online con artists According to Kaspersky, the malware targets iOS and Android devices. Here's how the malware works.  What is SparkKitty?

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Volt Typhoon made headlines earlier this year when the FBI removed their malware from hundreds of routers across the US. During transit the message remains encrypted the entire time it is moving across the internet. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2025

Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or malcontents could exploit them with little to no interaction from Windows users. For more granular details on today’s Patch Tuesday, check out the SANS Internet Storm Center’s roundup.

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Zero Day

JUNE 18, 2025

Also: How new Facebook policies incentivize spreading misinformation For the first time this year (the RISJ has released a media report every year since 2012), the No. 1 spot, or the largest proportion of respondents who used a particular source in the past week, went to social media, with 54%.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. But Reuters found that while Pushwoosh’s social media and U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Zero Day

JUNE 23, 2025

Here's an easy solution that may help In addition to asking your provider directly, using tools like VPNs can help reveal if your internet connection is being deliberately throttled. PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro ZDNET There are myriad reasons your internet connection might be slow. Also: Sick of weak Wi-Fi?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2023

Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting , a dark web offering that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The German authorities did not name the suspects or the Internet service in question. A seizure notice left on the FlyHosting domains.

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SecureList

MAY 15, 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which denylisted internet resources were blocked continues to decrease. In Q1 2025, the percentage of ICS computers on which various types of malware spread via the internet and email were blocked increased for the first time since the beginning of 2023. times more) were blocked.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Changes in the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in selected industries Diversity of detected malicious objects In the third quarter of 2024, Kaspersky’s protection solutions blocked malware from 11,882 different malware families in various categories on industrial automation systems.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Kaspersky solutions worldwide detected this type of malware on 297,485 unique user devices. This malware also possessed the capability to install a backdoor on compromised systems. User-generated content platforms, such as forums, and compromised legitimate websites are both susceptible to malware infection. 2 Tajikistan 1.63

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2025

Kaspersky notified Korea Internet & Security Agency (KrCERT/CC), the researchers discovered that threat actor exploited a one-day vulnerability in Innorix Agent for lateral movement. The attackers used multiple hacking tools and malware, including ThreatNeedle , Agamemnon downloader, wAgent , SIGNBT, and COPPERHEDGE.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The latest, major threats to Mac computers can steal passwords and credit card details with delicate precision, targeting victims across the internet based on their device, location, and operating system. These findings come from the 2025 State of Malware report. By 2018, TrickBot was the largest threat to businesses.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Only three of April’s vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be abused by malware or malcontents to take remote control over unpatched systems with no help from users. Tempering the sheer volume of this month’s patches is the middling severity of many of the bugs.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Media sources reported that explosives had been concealed within the devices. was used by tens of millions of websites approximately 4% of all sites on the internet which highlights the severity of the incident, whose full impact is yet to be determined. Why does it matter? Why does it matter? According to Cloudflare, Polyfill.io

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Whereas early phishing scams arrived almost entirely through emails, modern phishing scams can reach victims through malicious websites, text messages, social media, and even mobile app downloads. Social media account hacks are not only a risk to content creatorstheyre a risk to any business with a legitimate online audience.

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Zero Day

JUNE 30, 2025

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Zero Day

JUNE 12, 2025

These companies manage nearly 90% of all internet activities and applications."  Here's what we know so far. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor June 12, 2025 at 1:42 p.m.   As one software engineer put it, " How can Google Cloud, AWS, and Cloudflare all be down at the same time? At 3:30 p.m.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Nearly every aspect of life is connected to the internet, so protecting your devices, identity, and privacy has never been more critical. It combines multiple security capabilities into one easy-to-use package that includes: Antivirus protection Detects and neutralizes viruses, malware , spyware , and ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2021

.” Part of the difficulty in patching against the Log4Shell attack is identifying all of the vulnerable web applications, said Johannes Ullrich , an incident handler and blogger for the SANS Internet Storm Center. “Log4Shell will continue to haunt us for years to come. “Treat it as such.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

NetWalker is a ransomware-as-a-service crimeware product in which affiliates rent access to the continuously updated malware code in exchange for a percentage of any funds extorted from victims. Each build is unique, in that the malware is inside the script – it is not downloaded from the internet. million from the scheme.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. 6 in Miami, Fla.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. PPI programs) to generate new installations of their malware.” But on Dec. AWM Proxy, as it exists today.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

“CVE-2024-30051 is used to gain initial access into a target environment and requires the use of social engineering tactics via email, social media or instant messaging to convince a target to open a specially crafted document file,” Narang said. Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2021

Thirteen of the security bugs quashed in this month’s release earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be exploited by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over a vulnerable system without any help from users. This vulnerability could be particularly dangerous if not patched promptly.”

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 14, 2025

They amass data from websites, social media networks, news sources, public databases, and domain registries. For example, a non-profit project URLhaus uses a sophisticated system of rotating residential IP addresses to deploy automated website checkers, looking for malware and sharing the results with its community of security researchers.

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Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 15, 2021

While I agree that, in theory, MAC address filtering does provide some benefits – for example, it might stop your child from connecting to your home network a malware-infected device that his or her friend brought over to your house – for multiple reasons, the cons of using MAC filtering usually far outweigh the pros of doing so.

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Zero Day

JUNE 17, 2025

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba , one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. ” A report from the Polish computer emergency response team (CERT Orange Polksa) found Glupteba was the biggest malware threat in 2021.

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Zero Day

JULY 3, 2025

Also:  Patch your Windows PC now before bootkit malware takes it over - here's how Yes, the same password that's set in the factory and that many of us never change. But the "good" news is you can still protect yourself by changing that default password today.

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Zero Day

JUNE 13, 2025

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