Emotet Now Using Unconventional IP Address Formats to Evade Detection

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Social engineering campaigns involving the deployment of the Emotet malware botnet have been observed using “unconventional” IP address formats for the first time in a bid to sidestep detection by …

Hackers Creating Fraudulent Crypto Tokens as Part of ‘Rug Pull’ Scams

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Misconfigurations in smart contracts are being exploited by scammers to create malicious cryptocurrency tokens with the goal of stealing funds from unsuspecting users. The instances of token fraud in the …

Molerats Hackers Hiding New Espionage Attacks Behind Public Cloud Infrastructure

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An active espionage campaign has been attributed to the threat actor known as Molerats that abuses legitimate cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox to host malware payloads and for …

Experts Find Strategic Similarities b/w NotPetya and WhisperGate Attacks on Ukraine

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Latest analysis into the wiper malware that targeted dozens of Ukrainian agencies earlier this month has revealed “strategic similarities” to NotPetya malware that was unleashed against the country’s infrastructure and elsewhere in …

U.S. Sanctions 4 Ukrainians for Working with Russia to Destabilize Ukraine

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The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against four current and former Ukrainian government officials for engaging in “Russian government-directed influence activities” in the country, including gathering sensitive information …

Chinese Hackers Spotted Using New UEFI Firmware Implant in Targeted Attacks

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A previously undocumented firmware implant deployed to maintain stealthy persistence as part of a targeted espionage campaign has been linked to the Chinese-speaking Winnti advanced persistent threat group (APT41). Kaspersky, …

Critical Bugs in Control Web Panel Expose Linux Servers to RCE Attacks

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Researchers have disclosed details of two critical security vulnerabilities in Control Web Panel that could be abused as part of an exploit chain to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution on …