7 Suspected Members of LAPSUS$ Hacker Gang, Aged 16 to 21, Arrested in U.K.

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The City of London Police has arrested seven teenagers between the ages of 16 and 21 for their alleged connections to the prolific LAPSUS$ extortion gang that’s linked to a recent burst of attacks targeting NVIDIA, Samsung, Ubisoft, LG, Microsoft, and …

Experts Uncover Campaign Stealing Cryptocurrency from Android and iPhone Users

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Researchers have blown the lid off a sophisticated malicious scheme primarily targeting Chinese users via copycat apps on Android and iOS that mimic legitimate digital wallet services to siphon cryptocurrency funds. “These malicious apps were able to steal victims’ secret …

North Korean Hackers Exploited Chrome Zero-Day to Target Fintech, IT, and Media Firms

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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed that it acted to mitigate threats from two distinct government-backed attacker groups based in North Korea that exploited a recently-uncovered remote code execution flaw in the Chrome web browser. The campaigns, once …

23-Year-Old Russian Hacker Wanted by FBI for Running Marketplace of Stolen Logins

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A 23-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. and added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Most Wanted List for his alleged role as the administrator of Marketplace A, a cyber crime forum that sold stolen …

Chinese APT Hackers Targeting Betting Companies in Southeast Asia

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A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) has been linked to a new campaign targeting gambling-related companies in South East Asia, particularly Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Cybersecurity firm Avast dubbed the campaign Operation Dragon Castling, describing its malware arsenal as …

How to Build a Custom Malware Analysis Sandbox

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Before hunting malware, every researcher needs to find a system where to analyze it. There are several ways to do it: build your own environment or use third-party solutions. Today we will walk through all the steps of creating a …

VMware Issues Patches for Critical Flaws Affecting Carbon Black App Control

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VMware on Wednesday released software updates to plug two critical security vulnerabilities affecting its Carbon Black App Control platform that could be abused by a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code on affected installations in Windows systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-22951 and CVE-2022-22952, …

Chinese ‘Mustang Panda’ Hackers Spotted Deploying New ‘Hodur’ Malware

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A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) known as Mustang Panda has been linked to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign using a previously undocumented variant of the PlugX remote access trojan on infected machines. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET dubbed the new version Hodur, …

New Variant of Chinese Gimmick Malware Targeting macOS Users

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Researchers have disclosed details of a newly discovered macOS variant of a malware implant developed by a Chinese espionage threat actor known to strike attack organizations across Asia. Attributing the attacks to a group tracked as Storm Cloud, cybersecurity firm Volexity …

Microsoft and Okta Confirm Breach by LAPSUS$ Extortion Group

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Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that the LAPSUS$ extortion-focused hacking crew had gained “limited access” to its systems, as authentication services provider Okta revealed that nearly 2.5% of its customers have been potentially impacted in the wake of the breach. “No customer code …