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Twenty different spam campaigns were discovered that relied on the Mispadu banking Trojan, targeting victims in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Portugal. The findings, showing 90,518 credentials stolen from a total of 17,595 unique websites, come from the Ocelot team at…

March 20, 2023Rabbi LakshmananCyber ​​Threat/Malware Banking Trojan called Mispadu It has been linked to multiple spam campaigns targeting countries such as Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Portugal with the goal of stealing credentials and delivering other payloads. The operation, which…

March 20, 2023Rabbi LakshmananCyber ​​Threat/Malware A new malware called dotRunpeX has been used to distribute a number of known malware families, including Agent Tesla, Ave Maria, BitRAT, FormBook, LokiBot, NetWire, Raccoon Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Vidar. “DotRunpeX is…

Researchers have discovered a new DDoS botnet capable of launching attacks with data volumes reaching several Tbps. Akamai says the malware itself was named “Hinata” by its creator after a character from the Naruto anime series. The security vendor found…

March 20, 2023Rabbi LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware The actors behind CatB ransomware operations have been observed using a technique called DLL search order hijacking to evade detection and launch payloads. CatB, also known as CatB99 and Baxtoy, emerged late last…

According to Jumpsec, attacker-reported ransomware incidents increased 17% annually in the UK last year, despite a global decline in overall volume. The London-based security vendor has compiled an annual trend report from manual research techniques and automated bots designed to…

March 20, 2023hacker newsData Breach / Dark Web This article was not created by ChatGPT. 2022 was the year inflation took its toll on the global economy, except for a corner of the global market: data theft. Ransomware payments have…

According to a new Juniper Research report, the cost to victims of fraudulent robocalls will increase 9% from 2022, reaching $58 billion globally this year. Market analysts revealed the news in a new report released today. Robocall Mitigation: Strategies, Business…

March 20, 2023Rabbi LakshmananEndpoint Security / Email Security The infamous Emotet malware is back after a short hiatus and is being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to bypass macro-based security restrictions and compromise systems. Associated with…

March 18, 2023Rabbi LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber ​​Espionage A zero-day exploit for a medium-severity security flaw currently being patched into the Fortinet FortiOS operating system has been linked to a suspected Chinese hacking group. Mandiant, a threat intelligence firm citing…