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'Prometei' Botnet Spreads Its Cryptojacker Worldwide

The Russian-language malware primarily enlists computers to mine Monero, but theoretically it can do worse.

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New Grandoreiro Banking Malware Variants Emerge with Advanced Tactics to Evade Detection

New variants of a banking malware called Grandoreiro have been found to adopt new tactics in an effort to bypass anti-fraud measures, indicating that the malicious software is continuing to be actively developed despite law enforcement efforts to crack down on the operation. "Only part of this gang was arrested: the remaining operators behind Grandoreiro continue attacking users all over the

Threat Spotlight: WarmCookie/BadSpace

WarmCookie is a malware family that emerged in April 2024 and has been distributed via regularly conducted malspam and malvertising campaigns.

Highlighting TA866/Asylum Ambuscade Activity Since 2021

TA866 (also known as Asylum Ambuscade) is a threat actor that has been conducting intrusion operations since at least 2020.

Ransomware Gangs Use LockBit's Fame to Intimidate Victims in Latest Attacks

Threat actors have been observed abusing Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Transfer Acceleration feature as part of ransomware attacks designed to exfiltrate victim data and upload them to S3 buckets under their control. "Attempts were made to disguise the Golang ransomware as the notorious LockBit ransomware," Trend Micro researchers Jaromir Horejsi and Nitesh Surana said. "However, such is

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2024 Q3 Security Researchers!

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2024 Q3 Security Researcher Leaderboard are wkai, VictorV, and Zhihua Wen! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.

OPA for Windows Vulnerability Exposes NTLM Hashes

The vulnerability affects all versions prior to v0.68.0 and highlights the risks organizations assume when consuming open source software and code.

The severity of the Elevation of Privilege – Windows Kernel-Mode Driver (CVE-2024-35250) vulnerability has increased

The severity of the Elevation of Privilege – Windows Kernel-Mode Driver (CVE-2024-35250) vulnerability has increased. This vulnerability was fixed as part of the June Microsoft Patch Tuesday. As in the case of the CVE-2024-30090 vulnerability, it was discovered by a researcher with the nickname Angelboy from DEVCORE. And it also affects the Kernel Streaming framework, […]

Fake CAPTCHA Pages Used by Lumma Stealer to Spread Fileless Malware

Lumma Stealer malware uses fake CAPTCHA to deceive victims. This information-stealing malware targets sensitive data like passwords and…

Gophish Framework Used in Phishing Campaigns to Deploy Remote Access Trojans

Russian-speaking users have become the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages an open-source phishing toolkit called Gophish to deliver DarkCrystal RAT (aka DCRat) and a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed PowerRAT. "The campaign involves modular infection chains that are either Maldoc or HTML-based infections and require the victim's intervention to trigger the