Leveraging AI to Steal Browser Data and Evade Detection
EvilAI, a new malware family tracked by Trend Research, has emerged in recent weeks disguised as legitimate AI-driven utilities. These trojans sport professional user interfaces,…
Category: GBHackers
HybridPetya Exploits UEFI Vulnerability to Bypass Secure Boot on Legacy Systems
ESET Research has uncovered a sophisticated new ransomware variant called HybridPetya, discovered on the VirusTotal sample sharing platform. This malware represents a dangerous evolution of…
Microsoft Windows Defender Firewall Vulnerabilities Allow Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has released security advisories for four newly discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows Defender Firewall Service that could enable attackers to elevate privileges on affected…
New Malware Abuses Azure Functions to Host Command and Control Infrastructure
A malicious ISO image named Servicenow-BNM-Verify.iso was uploaded to VirusTotal from Malaysia with almost no detections. The image contains four files—two openly visible and two…
New Malvertising Campaign Exploits GitHub Repositories to Distribute Malware
A sophisticated malvertising campaign has been uncovered targeting unsuspecting users through “dangling commits” in a legitimate GitHub repository. Attackers are injecting promotional content for a…
Axios Vulnerability Enables Attackers to Crash Node.js Applications via Data Handle Abuse
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the popular Axios HTTP client library that allows attackers to crash Node.js applications through malicious data URL…
Buterat Backdoor Campaigns Targeting Enterprise Endpoint Control
Backdoor malware is a covert type of malicious software designed to bypass standard authentication mechanisms and provide persistent, unauthorized access to compromised systems. Unlike conventional…
Malware Campaign Uses SVG Email Attachments to Deploy XWorm and Remcos RAT
Recent threat campaigns have revealed an evolving use of BAT-based loaders to deliver Remote Access Trojans (RATs), including XWorm and Remcos. These campaigns typically begin…
Sidewinder Hackers Exploit LNK Files to Deploy Malicious Scripts
In a striking evolution of its tactics, the Sidewinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group—also known as APT-C-24 or “Rattlesnake”—has adopted a novel delivery mechanism leveraging…
Microsoft to Deprecate VBScript in Windows, Urges Developers to Update Projects
Microsoft announced the phased deprecation of VBScript in Windows, significantly impacting VBA developers who rely on VBScript libraries for regular expressions and external script execution.…
LAPSUS$ Hunters 4.0 Announce Permanent Shutdown
In a startling development on September 8, the Telegram channel “scattered LAPSUS$ hunters 4.0” declared its intention to “go dark” after taunting law enforcement for…
New K2 Think AI Model Falls to Jailbreak in Record Time
A groundbreaking vulnerability has emerged in the newly released K2 Think AI model from UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in collaboration…