Smoke Loader Botnet Drops Location Tracker Whiffy Recon Malware
KEY FINDINGS A new custom, Wi-Fi scanning payload called Whiffy Recon has been detected. Whiffy Recon is used by the Smoke Loader botnet to infect…
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Chinese-backed APT ‘Flax Typhoon’ Hacks Taiwan with Minimal Malware Footprint
Threat hunters at Microsoft have caught a Chinese government-backed APT actor hacking into organizations in Taiwan with minimal use of malware and maintaining stealthy persistence…
FBI warns of patched Barracuda ESG appliances still being hacked
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that patches for a critical Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) remote command injection flaw are “ineffective,” and patched appliances…
Lazarus APT exploits Zoho ManageEngine flaw to target an Internet backbone infrastructure providerSecurity Affairs
The North Korea-linked Lazarus group exploits a critical flaw in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to deliver the QuiteRAT malware. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus…
Ransomware hackers dwell time drops to 5 days, RDP still widely used
Ransomware threat actors are spending less time on compromised networks before security solutions sound the alarm. In the first half of the year the hackers’ median…
Russian Hackers Employ Telekopye Toolkit in Broad Phishing Attacks
RELATED NEWS Telekopye Toolkit Unveiled: ESET research exposes a potent phishing toolkit named Telekopye, designed by Russian hackers, enabling even inexperienced scammers to carry out…
University of Minnesota Confirms Data Breach, Says Ransomware Not Involved
The University of Minnesota has confirmed that a threat actor has exfiltrated data from its systems, but says no malware infection was identified. The confirmation…
Jupiter X Core WordPress plugin could let hackers hijack sites
Two vulnerabilities affecting some version of Jupiter X Core, a premium plugin for setting up WordPress and WooCommerce websites, allow hijacking accounts and uploading files…
Publisher’s Spotlight: Oligo: Protect Your Open Source Libraries
Oligo Security is one of the leading open source cybersecurity platforms, pioneering the next wave of application security with a runtime solution that is proactive,…
Last call for mWISE, the security conference for frontline practitioners.
We’re down to the final weeks of registration for mWISE, the highly targeted, community-focused cybersecurity conference from Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud. It takes…
The Last Hour Before Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Plane Crash
At around 5:30 pm Moscow time on August 23, the Embraer Legacy 600 private business jet took to the skies. Launching from an airport near…
New Whiffy Recon malware uses WiFi to triangulate your location
Cybercriminals behind the Smoke Loader botnet are using a new piece of malware called Whiffy Recon to triangulate the location of infected devices through WiFi…