Tag: Malware
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New malware found using Google Drive as its command-and-control server
Since most security tools also keep an eye on the network traffic to detect malicious IP addresses, attackers are increasingly adopting infrastructure of legitimate services in their attacks to hide their malicious activities. Cybersecurity researchers have now spotted a new malware attack campaign linked to the notorious DarkHydrus APT group that uses Google Drive as […]
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Malware Gets Commands From Memes Posted On Twitter
Security researchers have discovered yet another example of how cybercriminals disguise their malware activities as regular traffic by using legitimate cloud-based services. Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a new piece of malware that retrieves commands from memes posted on a Twitter account controlled by the attackers. Most malware relies on communication with their command-and-control server […]
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Hacking Team Spyware preloaded with UEFI BIOS Rootkit to Hide Itself
Last Week someone just hacked the infamous Hacking Team, The Italy-based cyber weapons manufacturer and leaked a huge trove of 400GB internal data, including: Emails, Hacking tools, Zero-day exploits, Surveillance tools, Source code for Spyware and A spreadsheet listing every government client with date of purchase and amount paid. Hacking Team is known for its […]
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Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week
A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a backdoored version of popular BitTorrent client called MediaGet.Dubbed Dofoil (also known as Smok…
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Young Hacker, Who Took Over Jail Network to Get Friend Released Early, Faces Prison
Well, “a friend in need is a friend indeed” goes a long way, but in this case, this phrase hardly makes any sense.A 27-year-old Michigan man who hacked into the government computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early…
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CCleaner Malware uses Secondary Backdoor to Infect Tech Companies
A group of unknown hackers, which hijacked CCleaner’s download server to distribute a malicious version of the system optimization software, targeted at least 20 major international technology companies with a secondary payload. Beginning of this week, when the hack was reported, researchers assured users that there’s no second stage malware used in the massive attack […]