Tag Archives: malware

Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine

Miragec/Getty Images reader comments 16 with Google has been caught hosting a malicious ad so convincing that there’s a decent chance it has managed to trick some of the more security-savvy users who encountered it. Enlarge / Screenshot of the malicious ad hosted on Google. Malwarebytes Looking at the ad, which masquerades as a pitch… Read More »

Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

reader comments 7 with Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen backdoor for Linux that’s being used by a threat actor linked to the Chinese government. The new backdoor originates from a Windows backdoor named Trochilus, which was first seen in 2015 by researchers from Arbor Networks, now known as Netscout. They said that Trochilus executed and… Read More »

Password-stealing Linux malware served for 3 years and no one noticed

Enlarge / A digital Trojan horse. Getty Images | posteriori reader comments 51 with A download site surreptitiously served Linux users malware that stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years until it finally went quiet, researchers said on Tuesday. The site, freedownloadmanager[.]org, offered a benign version of a Linux offering known… Read More »

Russia targets Ukraine with new Android backdoor, intel agencies say

Enlarge / Ukrainian soldiers. Getty Images reader comments 10 with Russia’s military intelligence unit has been targeting Ukrainian Android devices with “Infamous Chisel,” the tracking name for new malware that’s designed to backdoor devices and steal critical information, Western intelligence agencies said on Thursday. “Infamous Chisel is a collection of components which enable persistent access… Read More »

Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition

Getty Images reader comments 10 with Security researchers have unearthed a rare malware find: malicious Android apps that use optical character recognition to steal credentials displayed on phone screens. The malware, dubbed CherryBlos by researchers from security firm Trend Micro, has been embedded into at least four Android apps available outside of Google Play, specifically… Read More »

Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access

Getty Images reader comments 31 with Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring. The software comes in the form of two software tools that are available on GitHub. Cheaters use them to… Read More »

Prominent cryptocurrency exchange infected with previously unseen Mac malware

Getty Images reader comments 42 with Researchers have discovered previously unknown Mac malware infecting a cryptocurrency exchange. It contains a full suite of capabilities, including the ability to steal private data and download and execute new malicious files. Dubbed JokerSpy, the malware is written in the Python programming language and makes use of an open… Read More »

Russia-backed hackers unleash new USB-based malware on Ukraine’s military

Getty Images reader comments 43 with Hackers working for Russia’s Federal Security Service have mounted multiple cyberattacks that used USB-based malware to steal large amounts of data from Ukrainian targets for use in its ongoing invasion of its smaller neighbor, researchers said. “The sectors and nature of the organizations and machines targeted may have given… Read More »