Cyberattackers Cook Up Employee Personal Data Heist for Meyer
The Conti gang breached the cookware giant’s network, prepping thousands of employees’ personal data for consumption by cybercrooks.
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Malware
Xenomorph Malware Burrows into Google Play Users, No Facehugger Required
Researchers discovered a new, modular banking trojan with ties to Cerberus and Alien that has the capability to become a much larger threat than it is now.
Read MoreIranian State Broadcaster Clobbered by ‘Clumsy, Buggy’ Code
Researchers said a Jan. 27 attack that aired footage of opposition leaders calling for assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader was a clumsy and unsophisticated wiper attack.
Read MoreBaby Golang-Based Botnet Already Pulling in $3K/Month for Operators
Kraken has already spread like wildfire, but in the past few months, the malware’s author has been tinkering away, adding more infostealers and backdoors.
Read MoreUkrainian DDoS Attacks Should Put US on Notice–Researchers
On Tuesday, institutions central to Ukraine’s military and economy were hit with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Impact was limited, but the ramifications are not.
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams Targeted With Takeover Trojans
Threat actors are infiltrating the increasingly popular collaboration app to attach malicious files to chat threads that drop system-hijacking malware.
Read MoreTrickBot Ravages Customers of Amazon, PayPal and Other Top Brands
The resurgent trojan has targeted 60 top companies to harvest credentials for a wide range of applications, with an eye to virulent follow-on attacks.
Read MoreMassive LinkedIn Phishing, Bot Attacks Feed on the Job-Hungry
The phishing attacks are spoofing LinkedIn to target ‘Great Resignation’ job hunters, who are also being preyed on by huge data-scraping bot attacks.
Read MoreEmotet Now Spreading Through Malicious Excel Files
An ongoing malicious email campaign that includes macro-laden files and multiple layers of obfuscation has been active since late December.
Read MoreSquirrelWaffle Adds a Twist of Fraud to Exchange Server Malspamming
Researchers have never before seen SquirrelWaffle attackers use typosquatting to keep sending spam once a targeted Exchange server has been patched for ProxyLogon/ProxyShell.
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