Ring doorbell owners warned of bank raiding attack as thieves target Brits

Home security gadgets like Ring doorbells are increasingly being targeted by cyber crooks and their nasty phishing campaigns. Cybersecurity experts at Trustwave have warned Ring customers – and owners of similar gadgets from other brands – that home security tech is Read More …

Microsoft Threat Intelligence unveils targets and innovative tactics amidst tax season

Cybercriminals use social engineering during holidays and important events like tax season to steal user information. Microsoft Threat Intelligence tax season report outlines some of the various techniques that threat actors use to craft their campaigns and mislead taxpayers into Read More …

Fluffy Wolf sends out reconciliation reports to sneak into corporate infrastructures

The group has adopted a simple yet effective approach to gain initial access: phishing emails with an executable attachment. This way, Fluffy Wolf establishes remote access, steals credentials, or exploits the compromised infrastructure for mining The BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence team Read More …

CVE-2024-21412: DarkGate Operators Exploit Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Bypass in Zero-Day Campaign

The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited CVE-2024-21412 through the use of fake software installers. During this campaign, users were lured using PDFs that contained Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) open redirects Read More …

Mysterious Werewolf hits defense industry with new RingSpy backdoor

The criminal group gains initial access through phishing emails with a compressed executable that unleashes RingSpy, an original remote access backdoor The BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence team has detected a new campaign by Mysterious Werewolf, a cluster that has been active Read More …

VCURMS: A Simple and Functional Weapon

Recently, FortiGuard Labs uncovered a phishing campaign that entices users to download a malicious Java downloader with the intention of spreading new VCURMS and STRRAT remote access trojans (RAT). The attackers stored malware on public services like Amazon Web Services Read More …

New Banking Trojan “CHAVECLOAK” Targets Brazil

FortiGuard Labs recently uncovered a threat actor employing a malicious PDF file to propagate the banking Trojan CHAVECLOAK. This intricate attack involves the PDF downloading a ZIP file and subsequently utilizing DLL side-loading techniques to execute the final malware. Notably, Read More …

FCC and crypto firms are being hit in advanced phishing attacks using fake Okta logins

Security researchers have observed a highly sophisticated phishing campaign targeting employees of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as popular crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini. First, they would create landing pages for logging into places like Read More …

Malicious meeting invite fix targets Mac users

Cybercriminals are targeting Mac users interested in cryptocurrency opportunities with fake calendar invites. During the attacks the criminals will send a link supposedly to add a meeting to the target’s calendar. In reality the link runs a script to install Mac Read More …

European diplomats targeted by SPIKEDWINE with WINELOADER

Zscaler’s ThreatLabz discovered a suspicious PDF file uploaded to VirusTotal from Latvia on January 30th, 2024. This PDF file is masqueraded as an invitation letter from the Ambassador of India, inviting diplomats to a wine-tasting event in February 2024. The Read More …