Hackers Targeting Companies Involved in Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A global spear-phishing campaign has been targeting organizations associated with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines since September 2020, according to new research.
Attributing the operation to a nation-state...
TrickBot Malware Gets UEFI/BIOS Bootkit Feature to Remain Undetected
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
TrickBot, one of the most notorious and adaptable malware botnets in the world, is expanding its toolset to set its sights on firmware vulnerabilities to potentially deploy...
Experts Uncover ‘Crutch’ Russian Malware Used in APT Attacks for 5 Years
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a previously undocumented backdoor and document stealer that has been deployed against specific targets from 2015 to early 2020.
Codenamed "Crutch"...
Nation-State Hackers Caught Hiding Espionage Activities Behind Crypto Miners
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A nation-state actor known for its cyber espionage campaigns since 2012 is now using coin miner techniques to stay under the radar and establish persistence on victim...
Digitally Signed Bandook Malware Once Again Targets Multiple Sectors
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to the Kazakh and Lebanese governments has unleashed a new wave of attacks against a multitude of industries with a retooled...
Chinese APT Hackers Target Southeast Asian Government Institutions
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers today unveiled a complex and targeted espionage attack on potential government sector victims in South East Asia that they believe was carried out by a...
New ModPipe Point of Sale (POS) Malware Targeting Restaurants, Hotels
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new kind of modular backdoor that targets point-of-sale (POS) restaurant management software from Oracle in an attempt to pilfer sensitive payment information...
New Kimsuky Module Makes North Korean Spyware More Powerful
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A week after the US government issued an advisory about a "global intelligence gathering mission" operated by North Korean state-sponsored hackers, new findings have emerged about the...
FBI, DHS Warn Of Possible Major Ransomware Attacks On Healthcare Systems
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Departments of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint alert Wednesday warning of an "imminent" increase...
TrickBot Linux Variants Active in the Wild Despite Recent Takedown
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Efforts to disrupt TrickBot may have shut down most of its critical infrastructure, but the operators behind the notorious malware aren't sitting idle.
According to new findings shared...
