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A nascent Go-based malware known as Aurora Stealer is being increasingly deployed as part of campaigns designed to steal sensitive information from compromised hosts. "These infection chains leveraged phishing pages impersonating download pages of legitimate software, including cryptocurrency wallets or remote access tools, and the 911 method making use of YouTube videos and SEO-poised fake

The notorious Emotet malware has returned with renewed vigor as part of a high-volume malspam campaign designed to drop payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee. "Hundreds of thousands of emails per day" have been sent since early November 2022, enterprise security company Proofpoint said last week, adding, "the new activity suggests Emotet is returning to its full functionality acting as a delivery

Google has won a lawsuit filed against two Russian nationals in connection with the operation of a botnet called Glupteba, the company said last week. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed monetary sanctions against the defendants and their U.S.-based legal counsel. The defendants have also been asked to pay Google's attorney fees. The defendants' move to press

How far can its government — or any government or private company — go to proactively disrupt cyber threats without causing collateral damage?

By Waqas The suspect, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, was wanted by the FBI since August 2012. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukrainian behind global Zeus malware operation finally caught

A Ukrainian national who has been wanted by the U.S for over a decade has been arrested by Swiss authorities for his role in a notorious cybercriminal ring that stole millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts using malware called Zeus. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, who went by online pseu­do­nyms "tank" and "father," is said to have been involved in the day-to-day operations of the group

By Deeba Ahmed RapperBot malware is known for brute-forcing SSH servers that can accept password authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new samples of malware called RapperBot that are being used to build a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against game servers. "In fact, it turns out that this campaign is less like RapperBot than an older campaign that appeared in February and then mysteriously disappeared in the middle of April," Fortinet

Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources.

By Waqas The planned smart device security labeling program spearheaded by the US government will be introduced next year, although… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Will a Labeling System Solve IoT Security Challenges?