Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department Attack happened in 2023 using a bespoke backdoor, confirming year-old suspicions CSO06 Feb 2024 | 13
Cybercrooks amp up attacks via macro-enabled XLL files Neither Excel nor PowerPoint safe as baddies continue to find ways around protections Research01 Nov 2023 | 6
This legit Android app turned into mic-snooping malware – and Google missed it File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1 Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 19
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
Alert: Crims hijack these DrayTek routers to attack biz Workaround: Throw away kit? Hope there's a patch? Security08 Mar 2023 | 4
PlugX RAT masquerades as legit Windows debugger to slip past security DLL side-loading does the trick, again Security01 Mar 2023 | 3
Cry Havoc and let slip dogs of war ... there's an upgraded malware server in town ThreatLabz finds free alternative to Cobalt Strike and other tools used in the wild Security17 Feb 2023 | 2
NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again In brief Also: That Pokemon is actually a RAT, Uncle Sam fails a password audit Security14 Jan 2023 | 24
Want to sneak a RAT into Windows? Buy Quantum Builder on the dark web Beware what could be hiding in those LNK shortcuts Research28 Sep 2022 | 4
After 7 years, long-term threat DarkTortilla crypter is still evolving .NET-based malware can push wide range of malicious payloads, and evades detection, Secureworks says CSO17 Aug 2022 | 2
Chinese-sponsored gang Gallium upgrades to sneaky PingPull RAT Broadens targets from telecoms to finance and government orgs Research14 Jun 2022 | 2
Watch out for phishing emails that inject spyware trio You wait for one infection and then three come along at once Research01 Jun 2022 | 13
Iran-linked Cobalt Mirage extracts money, info from US orgs – report Khamenei, can you just not? Not right now, fam Research13 May 2022 | 3
To predict the targets of Chinese malware, look at the target of Chinese laws Black Hat Asia Around the time Beijing banned online gambling, RATs started targeting operators, say Taiwanese researchers Security13 May 2022 | 3
China turns cyber-espionage eyes to Russia as Ukraine invasion grinds on State-sponsored Bronze President group launches cyber-espionage malware campaign against notional ally Security27 Apr 2022 | 18
Bank had no firewall license, intrusion or phishing protection – guess the rest Crooks used RAT to hijack superusers at India's Mahesh Bank, stole millions Security05 Apr 2022 | 96