Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers RAT
As the price of Bitcoin keeps hitting surprising heights, more and more cyber crooks are turning their sights on anything and anyone who trades or uses the popular …
Spoofed IRS notice delivers RAT through link updating trick
The malware delivery trick involving updating links in Word documents is apparently gaining some traction: the latest campaign to use it likely takes the form of fake emails …
NanoCore RAT creator pleads guilty
26-year-old Taylor Huddleston, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. According to the statement of facts filed …
Two Mac malware-as-a-Service offerings uncovered
Two pieces of Mac malware – MacRansom and MacSpy – that seem to be created by the same developer are being offered for sale through two separate dark web portals. …
HandBrake malware attack led to theft of Panic apps’ source code
Oregon-based software company Panic Inc. has announced that some of the source code for their offerings has been stolen, and they are being blackmailed by the attackers. Panic …
Bondnet botnet goes after vulnerable Windows servers
A botnet consisting of some 2,000 compromised servers has been mining cryptocurrency for its master for several months now, “earning” him around $1,000 per day. …
Ransomware/RAT combo searches for solvent businesses
The latest version of the Shade ransomware comes with a stealthy remote access Trojan, likely used to better gauge the amount of money the criminals can demand from the …
Kazakhstan govt targeted journalists, political activists with spyware
Journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, along with their family members, lawyers, and associates, have been targets of an online …
SpyNote Android RAT builder has been leaked
A builder for the capable SpyNote Android RAT is being freely distributed on several underground hacker forums. SpyNote is capable of viewing messages on the infected device, …
US-bound travelers looking for a visa might get a RAT instead
F-Secure researchers have discovered that travelers who applied for a US Visa in Switzerland have recently been targeted by cyber-criminals wielding the latest version of the …