Tag: Malware
Apple MacOS malware targets crypto community and engineers
A new malware discovered on Apple’s macOS — tied to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus — has reportedly targeted blockchain engineers of a cryptoc [...]
Lazarus used ‘KANDYKORN’ malware in attempt to compromise exchange —Elastic
Lazarus Group used a new form of malware in an attempt to compromise a crypto exchange, according to an October 31 report from Elastic Security Labs. [...]
Lazarus’ new malware can now bypass detection
North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group has been using a new type of “sophisticated” malware as part of its fake employment scams — which resear [...]
Windows tool targeted by hackers deploys crypto mining malware
Hackers have been using a Windows tool to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware since November 2021, according to an analysis from Cisco's Talos Intellig [...]
US, UK intel agencies warn against new crypto malware: Report
An advisory report issued by government agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom warns users to beware of new malware being used to target [...]
BlackBerry reveals top crypto-focused malware amid rising cyberthreats
In the process of stopping over 1.5 million cyberattacks between March to May, the cybersecurity arm of the defunct smartphone goliath BlackBerry iden [...]
U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
The Biden administration is hunting for malicious computer code it believes China has hidden deep inside the networks controlling power grids, communi [...]
Malware Discovered in Guam Raises a Question: Is China Prepping the Battlefield?
Around the time that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was examining the equipment recovered from the wreckage of the Chinese spy balloon shot down [...]
U.S. Says It Dismantled Russia’s ‘Most Sophisticated’ Malware Network
WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies have dismantled a major cyberespionage system that it said Russia’s intelligence service had used for ye [...]
ChatGPT and AI the newest vector for malware: Meta security team
Artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have become the latest way for “bad actors” to distribute malware, scams and spam — research from Meta [...]
Crypto investors under attack by two new malware, reveals Cisco Talos
Anti-malware software Malwarebytes highlighted two new forms of malicious computer programs propagated by unknown sources that are actively targeting [...]
Google Ads-delivered malware drains NFT influencer’s entire crypto wallet
An NFT influencer claims to have lost “a life-changing amount” of their net worth in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto after accidentally downloadi [...]
German regulator warns of new banking and crypto malware ‘Godfather’
Financial authorities in Germany are raising the alarm amid the rapid spread of a new financial malware affecting banking and cryptocurrency applicati [...]
Fake Pokémon NFT game spreads malware, ‘Jai Ho’ singer to launch metaverse and more
Hackers hide malware in fake NFT gameA phishing website purporting to offer a Pokémon-branded nonfungible token (NFT) card game has been spreading mal [...]
Crypto app targeting SharkBot malware resurfaces on Google app store
A newly upgraded version of a banking and crypto app targeting malware has recently resurfaced on the Google Play store, now with the capability to st [...]