SharpRhino malware targets IT admins


Fake Angry IP Scanner will make you furious – or maybe remind you of how the Hive gang went about its banal business

The latest malware from upstart criminal gang Hunters International appears to be targeting network admins, using malicious code disguised as the popular networking tool Angry IP Scanner.… The software nasty, dubbed SharpRhino on account of its use of C#, is hidden in a fake version of the scanning tool posted to typo-squatted websites – which to the casual eye look legit but have slightly misspelled URLs to trick victims into running the code.

Read more…
Source: MSN News


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • Santesoft Releases Security Update for Sante DICOM Viewer Pro

    May 30, 2025

    The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Medical Advisory for a vulnerability in Santesoft Sante DICOM Viewer Pro. Sante DICOM Viewer Pro is an application for viewing, processing, and editing DICOM-format medical images. CVE-2025-5307 has a CVSSv4 score of 8.4 and is an ‘out-of-bounds read’ vulnerability, which means ...

  • Deep Dive into a Dumped Malware without a PE Header

    May 29, 2025

    This analysis is part of an incident investigation led by the FortiGuard Incident Response Team. Fortiguard Incident Response Team discovered malware that had been running on a compromised machine for several weeks. The threat actor had executed a batch of scripts and PowerShell to run the malware in a Windows process. Although obtaining the original malware ...

  • FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles

    May 29, 2025

    One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday. Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, sources said, ...

  • A third of UK fintechs put customers data at risk of cyber attack

    May 29, 2025

    UK fintechs are putting thousands of customers in jeopardy by leaving themselves vulnerable to a cyber attack, shocking new research reveals. Nearly 800 firms’ digital presence was analysed by the ethical hacking platform Ethiack as it scrutinised their cybersecurity. Four in ten fintechs were found to be giving hackers a “powerful headstart” by revealing software details ...

  • Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis

    May 29, 2025

    Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023 (98 vulnerabilities), but still an increase from 2022 (63 vulnerabilities). GTIG researchers divided the reviewed vulnerabilities into two main categories: end-user platforms and products (e.g., mobile devices, operating systems, and browsers) and ...

  • UK: NHS patient data at risk in major cyber attack

    May 28, 2025

    A newly uncovered cyber attack has exposed sensitive information at two major NHS trusts, raising fears that patient records could be at risk. University College London hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and University Hospital Southampton, NHS Foundation Trust were among the victims identified in a widespread cyber breach.  analysed by cybersecurity firm EclecticIQ. The company have said ...