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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based technology companies.

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New SteelFox Malware Posing as Popular Software to Steal Browser Data

SteelFox malware targets software pirates through fake activation tools, stealing credit card data and deploying crypto miners. Learn…

'SteelFox' Malware Blitz Infects 11K Victims With Bundle of Pain

The malware combines a miner and data stealer, and it packs functions that make detection and mitigation a challenge.

GHSA-vjmm-r9gg-425m: Moodle has arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX

A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.

North Korean Hackers Use Fake News to Spread ‘Hidden Risk’ Malware

North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency businesses with a sophisticated new malware campaign, dubbed “Hidden Risk.” Learn how…

North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Firms with Hidden Risk Malware on macOS

A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been observed targeting cryptocurrency-related businesses with a multi-stage malware capable of infecting Apple macOS devices. Cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which dubbed the campaign Hidden Risk, attributed it with high confidence to BlueNoroff, which has been previously linked to malware families such as

SteelFox and Rhadamanthys Malware Use Copyright Scams, Driver Exploits to Target Victims

An ongoing phishing campaign is employing copyright infringement-related themes to trick victims into downloading a newer version of the Rhadamanthys information stealer since July 2024. Cybersecurity firm Check Point is tracking the large-scale campaign under the name CopyRh(ight)adamantys. Targeted regions include the United States, Europe, East Asia, and South America. "The campaign

Fake Copyright Infringement Emails Spread Rhadamanthys

Attackers are triggering victims' deep-seated fear of getting in trouble in order to spread the sophisticated stealer across continents.

New Winos4.0 Malware Targeting Windows via Fake Gaming Apps

A sophisticated malware called Winos4.0 is being disguised as harmless gaming applications to infiltrate Windows-based systems. Learn about…

Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions

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.