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Oct 5, 2024

INTERPOL Arrests 8 in Major Phishing and Romance Fraud Crackdown in West Africa

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INTERPOL arrests 8 cybercriminals in West Africa linked to phishing scams and romance fraud, defrauding victims globally.

Oct 5, 2024

LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Members Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort

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Europol and allies dismantle LockBit ransomware’s infrastructure, arresting key figures and sending a strong message to cybercriminals.

Oct 5, 2024

New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, internet

“When a new user logs into the server, it immediately stops all ‘noisy’ activities, lying dormant until the server is idle again. After execution, it deletes its binary and continues to run quietly in the background as a service.”

It’s worth noting that some aspects of the campaign were disclosed last month by Cado Security, which detailed an activity cluster that targets internet-exposed Selenium Grid instances with both cryptocurrency mining and proxyjacking software.

Specifically, the fileless perfctl malware has been found to exploit a security flaw in Polkit (CVE-2021–4043, aka PwnKit) to escalate privileges to root and drop a miner called perfcc.

Oct 5, 2024

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors

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Cloudflare mitigates a record-breaking 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack, marking a surge in global cyber threats.

Oct 3, 2024

Terrifying Smart Glasses Hack Can Pull Up Personal Info of Nearby Strangers in Seconds

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI

A pair of Harvard students successfully rigged Meta-formerly-Facebook and Ray Ban’s smart glasses with facial recognition software.

Sep 30, 2024

UK data watchdog confirms it’s investigating MoneyGram data breach

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The world’s second-largest money transfer provider, which filed a data breach notice with U.K. authorities, serves over 50 million people.

Sep 25, 2024

Necro Android Malware Found in Popular Camera and Browser Apps on Play Store

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

Necro malware infects 11 million Android devices via apps on Google Play, using steganography to evade detection.

Sep 25, 2024

Cybersecurity Researchers Warn of New Rust-Based Splinter Post-Exploitation Tool

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Unit 42 reveals the discovery of Splinter, a new Rust-based post-exploitation tool posing cybersecurity risks.

Sep 23, 2024

Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance

Twelve hacktivist group targets Russian entities with destructive cyber attacks, using public tools for maximum damage without financial gain.

Sep 23, 2024

New PondRAT Malware Hidden in Python Packages Targets Software Developers

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North Korean hackers use poisoned Python packages from PyPI to spread PondRAT malware, targeting developers in a supply chain attack.

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