#backdoor

Too many organizations are STILL getting breached. Every day across large and small organizations, intrusions and breaches happen.

An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking users into downloading SmokeLoader that masquerades as software cracks, paving the way for the deployment of Amadey, researchers from the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. Amadey, a

An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a new kind of sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit called CosmicStrand. "The rootkit is located in the firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards, and we noticed that all these images are related to designs using the H81 chipset," Kaspersky researchers said in a new report published today. "This suggests that a common

Attackers are willing to replicate entire networks, purchase domains, and persist for months, not to mention spend significantly to make these campaigns successful.

Researchers at Intezer have published an analysis of a modular and versatile malware targeting Linux systems called Lightning Framework The post Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

The mobile threat campaign tracked as Roaming Mantis has been linked to a new wave of compromises directed against French mobile phone users, months after it expanded its targeting to include European countries. No fewer than 70,000 Android devices are said to have been infected as part of the active malware operation, Sekoia said in a report published last week. Attack chains involving Roaming

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Backdoor.Win32.Eclipse.h malware suffers from a hardcoded credential vulnerability.

Open source security expert warns there is still a ‘long road’ ahead to prepare for the next attack wave

The bin-collect package in PyPI before v0.1 included a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.