Two different Android banking Trojans, FluBot and Medusa, are relying on the same delivery vehicle as part of a simultaneous attack campaign, according to new research published by ThreatFabric. The …
‘Roaming Mantis’ Android Malware Targeting Europeans via Smishing Campaigns
A financially motivated campaign that targets Android devices and spreads mobile malware via SMS phishing techniques since at least 2018 has spread its tentacles to strike victims located in France …
Microsoft Temporarily Disables MSIX App Installers to Prevent Malware Abuse
Microsoft last week announced that it’s temporarily disabling the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler in Windows following evidence that a security vulnerability in the installer component was exploited by threat actors …
Microsoft Disables Internet Macros in Office Apps by Default to Block Malware Attacks
Microsoft on Monday said it’s taking steps to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default across its products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio, for documents downloaded …
IoT/connected Device Discovery and Security Auditing in Corporate Networks
Today’s enterprise networks are complex environments with different types of wired and wireless devices being connected and disconnected. The current device discovery solutions have been mainly focused on identifying and …
Hackers Backdoored Systems at China’s National Games Just Before Competition
Systems hosting content pertaining to the National Games of China were successfully breached last year by an unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group. Cybersecurity firm Avast, which dissected the intrusion, said that the attackers …
New CapraRAT Android Malware Targets Indian Government and Military Personnel
A politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) group has expanded its malware arsenal to include a new remote access trojan (RAT) in its espionage attacks aimed at Indian military and …
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwanese Financial Institutions with a new Stealthy Backdoor
A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been targeting Taiwanese financial institutions as part of a “persistent campaign” that lasted for at least 18 months. The intrusions, whose primary …
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging federal agencies to secure their systems against an actively exploited security vulnerability in Windows that could be abused to gain …
Microsoft Uncovers New Details of Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Ukraine
Microsoft on Friday shared more of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by the Russia-based Gamaredon hacking group to facilitate a barrage of cyber espionage attacks aimed at several …