Hello again, FakeBat: popular loader returns after months-long hiatus

The web browser, and search engines in particular, continue to be a popular entry point to deliver malware to users. While Malwarebytes Labs noted a decrease in loaders distributed via malvertising for the past 3 months, today’s example is a Read More …

Critical CyberPanel Vulnerability (CVE-2024-51378): How to Stay Protected

The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of CVE-2024-51378, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures for the vulnerability. CVE-2024-51378 is a critical vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 in CyberPanel versions 2.3.6 and 2.3.7 that allows Read More …

Bengal cat lovers in Australia get psspsspss’d in Google-driven Gootloader campaign

Once used exclusively by the cybercriminals behind REVil ransomware and the Gootkit banking trojan, GootLoader and its primary payload have evolved into an initial access as a service platform—with Gootkit providing information stealing capabilities as well as the capability to Read More …

New SteelFox Trojan mimics software activators, stealing sensitive data and mining cryptocurrency

In August 2024, Kaspersky team identified a new crimeware bundle, which we named “SteelFox”. Delivered via sophisticated execution chains including shellcoding, this threat abuses Windows services and drivers. It spreads via forums posts, torrent trackers and blogs, imitating popular software Read More …

Gartner Survey Shows AI Enhanced Malicious Attacks as Top Emerging Risk

Survey of 286 Senior Enterprise Risk Executives Reveals Top Five Emerging Risks in the Third Quarter of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced malicious attacks are the top emerging risk for enterprises in the third quarter of 2024, according to Gartner, Inc. Read More …

Hackers could take over your email account by stealing cookies, even if you have MFA

Most of us don’t think twice about checking the “Remember me” box when we log in. When you log in and the server has verified your authentication—straight away or after using MFA–the server creates a session and generates a unique Read More …

FBI: Easy Access to Information for Conducting Fraudulent Emergency Data Requests Impacts US-Based Companies and Law Enforcement Agencies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight a trend of compromised US and foreign government email addresses used to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US-based companies, exposing personally identifying information (PII). While Read More …

Crooks bank on Microsoft’s search engine to phish customers

Malwarebytes Labs researchers identified a new wave of phishing for banking credentials that targets consumers via Microsoft’s search engine. A Bing search query for ‘Keybank login’ currently returns malicious links on the first page, and sometimes as the top search Read More …

New Trend in MSI File Abuse: New OceanLotus Group First to Use MST Files to Deliver Tromas

During recent daily operations, the QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center discovered that the new OceanLotus group, which we have been continuously tracking since mid-2022, has begun to re-activate and is using a new tactic of MSI file misuse. Even though the Read More …