Cybercriminals target graphic designers with GPU miners

Cybercriminals are abusing Advanced Installer, a legitimate Windows tool used for creating software packages, to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware on infected machines. This activity has been ongoing since at least November 2021. The attacker uses Advanced Installer to package other legitimate Read More …

Analyzing a Facebook Profile Stealer Written in Node.js

During previous analysis of a campaign involving a Facebook stealer, Trend Micro researchers discovered another interesting stealer. It was written in Node.js, packaged into an executable, exfiltrated stolen data via both Telegram bot API and a command-and-control (C&C) server, and Read More …

New Agent Tesla Variant Being Spread by Crafted Excel Document

FortiGuard Labs captured a phishing campaign that spreads a new Agent Tesla variant. This well-known malware family uses a .Net-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and data stealer to gain initial access. It is often used for Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). FortiGuard Labs Read More …

German Banking Regulator BaFin’s Website Hit by Cyber Attack

German banking regulator BaFin said its website has only been partially accessible since Friday after a so-called distributed denial of service attack. BaFin took security and defensive measures after the attack which also restrict access to the website, according to Read More …

Anonymous Sudan hacks X to put pressure on Elon Musk over Starlink

A hacking group called Anonymous Sudan took X, formerly known as Twitter, offline in more than a dozen countries on Tuesday morning in an attempt to pressurise Elon Musk into launching his Starlink service in their country. X was down Read More …

CISA and International Partners Release Malware Analysis Report on Infamous Chisel Mobile Malware

Today, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), the United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), the Canadian Centre for Cyber Read More …

SapphireStealer: Open-source information stealer enables credential and data theft

SapphireStealer, an open-source information stealer, has been observed across public malware repositories with increasing frequency since its initial public release in December 2022. Information-stealing malware like SapphireStealer can be used to obtain sensitive information, including corporate credentials, which are often Read More …

New hierarchy, heightened threat: Classiscam’s sustained global campaign

Classiscam was initially launched as a relatively straightforward scam operation. Cybercriminals created fake ads on marketplaces and classified sites, and leveraged social engineering techniques to trick users into “buying” the falsely-advertised goods or services, whether by transferring money directly to Read More …

CISA and FBI Publish Joint Advisory on QakBot Infrastructure

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Identification and Disruption of QakBot Infrastructure, to help organizations detect and protect against newly identified QakBot-related activity and malware. QakBot—also Read More …

Earth Estries Targets Government, Tech for Cyberespionage

Earlier this year, Trend Micro researchers discovered a new cyberespionage campaign by a hacker group we named Earth Estries. Based on their observations, Earth Estries has been active since at least 2020. The researchers also found some overlaps between the Read More …