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Eight Android apps on the Google Play Store, downloaded by millions, contain the Android.FakeApp trojan, stealing user data…

This article explains the inner workings of the Remcos RAT, a dangerous malware that uses advanced techniques to…

The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. "This botnet utilizes remote code execution and credential-stealing methods to maintain persistent access, leveraging unpatched vulnerabilities to infiltrate critical infrastructures," CloudSEK said in a

CloudSEK reports that the Androxgh0st botnet has integrated with the Mozi botnet and exploits a wide range of…

Chinese-speaking adversaries are using a fresh Android banking Trojan to take over devices and initiate fraudulent money transfers from financial institutions across Latin America, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake. On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka's alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday. At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations.

German law enforcement authorities have announced the disruption of a criminal service called dstat[.]cc that made it possible for other threat actors to easily mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. "The platform made such DDoS attacks accessible to a wide range of users, even those without any in-depth technical skills of their own," the Federal Criminal Police Office (aka

This week was a total digital dumpster fire! Hackers were like, "Let's cause some chaos!" and went after everything from our browsers to those fancy cameras that zoom and spin. (You know, the ones they use in spy movies? 🕵️‍♀️) We're talking password-stealing bots, sneaky extensions that spy on you, and even cloud-hacking ninjas! 🥷 It's enough to make you want to chuck your phone in the ocean.

Mindgard researchers uncovered critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure AI Content Safety service, allowing attackers to bypass its safeguards…

The sophisticated Chinese cyberattacks of today rest on important groundwork laid during the pandemic and before.