Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2021

Using a proven method of text messages about missed deliveries, an old player on the Android malware stage has returned for an encore. This time it seems to be very active, especially in the UK where Android users are being targeted by text messages containing a link to a particularly nasty piece of spyware called Flubot.

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Spyware Banking Malware Passwords 137

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers spotted several spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises to steal credentials and conduct financial fraud. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. ” continues the report.

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Spyware Accountability Social Engineering Phishing 87

SecureList

MARCH 19, 2024

By percentage of ICS computers on which spyware was blocked. Regions ranked by percentage of ICS computers on which spyware was blocked, H2 2023 By percentage of ICS computers on which worms were blocked. One of the two regions where the percentage of ICS computers on which spyware was blocked rose in the six-month period.

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Spyware Phishing Internet Internet 98

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

Hackers are found inducing Zloader Malware into Windows machines since November last year and reports are in that the malicious software tool has already targeted over 2,848 victims from 111 countries so far. Highly placed sources say that the malware has been distributed via phishing campaign by a cyber threat group named MalSmoke.

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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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Spyware Surveillance Government Phishing 88

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

government threat report , released this morning and titled "Rise in Mobile Phishing Credential Theft Targeting Public Sector," includes these key findings: Nearly 50% of state and local government employees are running outdated Android operating systems, exposing them to hundreds of device vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2021

Another reason is that social engineering lures may be expertly crafted by the attacker after they have been monitoring a victim’s activity for some time, resulting in more effective phishing campaigns with serious security implications. Continue reading Trojan Spyware and BEC Attacks at Sucuri Blog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. Thus, a “Malware-as-a-Service” scheme is used. ” continues the report.

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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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Spyware Data breaches Hacking Ransomware 85

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 29, 2021

What is Malware? . Malware is an umbrella term used to describe any malicious software designed to harm, exploit, or extract sensitive data from a system, device, or network. Why do Cybercriminals Use Malware? How does Malware Spread? Types of Malware. Warning Signs Cour computer Is Infected by Malware.

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Malware Adware Spyware Advertising 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The Donot Team threat actor, aka APT-C-35 , has added new capabilities to its Jaca Windows malware framework. In the past, the Donot Team spyware was found in attacks outside of South Asia. To understand which modules are used in the current infection, the malware communicates with another C2 server.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Spyware Phishing Government 94

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. Downloaders , intended for the installation of additional malware,and backdoors , granting cybercriminals remote access to victims’ computers, also made it to top-3.

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Phishing Ransomware Spyware Banking 102

The Hacker News

JULY 31, 2023

Organizations in Italy are the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages a new strain of malware called WikiLoader with an ultimate aim to install a banking trojan, stealer, and spyware called Ursnif (aka Gozi). "It The malware uses multiple mechanisms to evade

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The Earth Empusa threat group is distributing new Android spyware, dubbed ActionSpy, through watering hole attacks to targets Turkic minority group. Attackers injected the malicious code to deploy the spyware in websites, some of them were actually fake. The server, in turn, may send some commands to the compromised device.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 91

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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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Agentb malware family. The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. Trends of the year.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The TA886 hacking group targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new spyware tracked as Screenshotter. A recently discovered threat actor, tracked as TA886 by security firm Proofpoint, is targeting organizations in the United States and Germany with new malware dubbed Screenshotter.

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Malware Phishing Spyware Cybercrime 83

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

Security experts discovered a highly sophisticated Android spyware platform, dubbed Mandrake, that remained undetected for four years. Researchers from Bitdefender discovered a high-sophisticated Android spyware platform dubbed Mandrake, it was involved in highly targeted attacks against specific devices. ” continues the report.

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Spyware Malware Advertising Banking 90

SecureList

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We are often asked how targets are infected with malware. Our answer is nearly always the same: (spear) phishing. Last month, we focused on infection methods used in various malware campaigns: methods that we do not see used very often. It used cracked games and software as bait to trick users into installing malware.

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Malware Architecture Spyware Ransomware 119

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Spyware Hacking Malware Social Engineering 87

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The attack chain starts with spear-phishing messages with a.RAR attachment named “12-1-125_09.01.2023.” lnk” (“Request of the Security Service of Ukraine 12-1-125 dated 09.01.2023.lnk”).

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Malware Spyware DNS Government 89

Threatpost

AUGUST 20, 2019

A phishing campaign targeting utility grid operators uses a PDF attachment to deliver spyware.

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Spyware Phishing Antivirus Malware 77

Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Malware can take over common device functions as well as creates a phishing page to steal Facebook credentials.

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Spyware Phishing Malware Mobile 104

Threatpost

APRIL 21, 2020

Highly targeted spearphishing emails are being sent to oil and gas companies in hopes of infecting them with the Agent Tesla spyware.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Using the information and accesses exposed, they could create effective phishing campaigns, or target companies with various forms of malicious software attacks: malware, spyware, ransomware, and more,” the article continued.

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B2B Spyware VPN Phishing 295

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) -themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. states the analysis published by FireEye.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In June 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts identified malware whose loader has some similarities to the Manuscrypt malware, which is part of the Lazarus APT group’s arsenal. We dubbed the newly-identified malware PseudoManuscrypt. In 2020, the group used Manuscrypt in attacks on defense enterprises in different countries.

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Spyware Energy and Utilities Malware VPN 92

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

As users have increasingly moved from desktop operating systems to mobile devices as their primary form of computing, cyber attackers have taken notice and malware has followed. Mobile malware statistics. More than 3 million of those attacks represented new types of malware. Types of mobile malware. ransomware?

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Zero Day

MARCH 24, 2022

The malware is being spread through an interesting phishing tactic.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

Intezer spotted a new piece of Linux malware dubbed EvilGnome because it disguises as a Gnome extension. The researchers attribute the spyware to the Russia-linked and Gamaredon Group. The attack starts with spear-phishing emails containing weaponized attachments, the malware is distributed via Russian hosting providers.

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Spyware Malware Advertising Cyber Attacks 84

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

A new study from Uptycs has uncovered an increase in the distribution of information stealing malware. Newly discovered stealer families include modules that specifically steal logs from MFA applications, like the Rhadamanthys malware. Examining the dark web reveals that infostealer malware has become increasingly widespread.

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Malware Social Engineering Passwords Spyware 63

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Among global regions, Africa ranked highest based on the percentage of ICS computers on which malware was blocked when removable media was connected. Regions ranked by percentage of ICS computers on which malware was blocked when removable media was connected, H1 2022. Diversity of malware. Industry specifics. of ICS computers.

Spyware 82

Spyware Cryptocurrency Phishing Ransomware 82

SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most common malware family found in attachments were Agensla Trojans. 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. Trends of the year.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Banking 65

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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SecureList

JANUARY 19, 2022

Kaspersky ICS CERT has uncovered a number of spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises. The attackers use off-the-shelf spyware, but limit the scope and lifetime of each sample to the bare minimum. The attackers use off-the-shelf spyware, but limit the scope and lifetime of each sample to the bare minimum.

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Spyware Accountability VPN Malware 76