Multiple threat actors, including cyber espionage groups, are employing an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to meet their operational objectives by masquerading it as Instagram, WhatsApp, and… Read More »Multiple Threat Actors Deploying Open-Source Rafel RAT to Target Android Devices
A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. “The adware is capable of exfiltrating… Read More »Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers
Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. “ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes several members active… Read More »ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against a dozen individuals serving executive and senior leadership roles at Kaspersky Lab, a day after… Read More »U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives Amid Software Ban
A previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed SneakyChef has been linked to an espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) with SugarGh0st… Read More »Chinese Hackers Deploy SpiceRAT and SugarGh0st in Global Espionage Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing campaign that has been identified as targeting people in Pakistan using a custom backdoor. Dubbed PHANTOM#SPIKE by Securonix, the unknown threat… Read More »Military-themed Email Scam Spreads Malware to Infect Pakistani Users
A recently patched high-severity flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U file transfer software is being actively exploited by malicious actors in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995 (CVSS score: 8.6), concerns… Read More »SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Under Active Attack – Patch Immediately
A malvertising campaign is leveraging trojanized installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams to drop a backdoor called Oyster (aka Broomstick and CleanUpLoader). That’s according to… Read More »Oyster Backdoor Spreading via Trojanized Popular Software Downloads
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Thursday announced a “first of its kind” ban that prohibits Kaspersky Lab’s U.S. subsidiary from directly or indirectly… Read More »U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software, Citing National Security Risks
State-sponsored actors with ties to Russia have been linked to targeted cyber attacks aimed at French diplomatic entities, the country’s information security agency ANSSI said in an advisory. The attacks… Read More »French Diplomatic Entities Targeted in Russian-Linked Cyber Attacks