Security and spyware news

Stay safe online - 2024-05-05

Eternity Project malware-as-a-service uses Telegram to spread around

Researchers warn about the Eternity malware that is being sold and offers stealer, miner, ransomware tools. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-16

Iranian hackers linked to the file-encrypting malware attacks

Iranian APT Cobalt Mirage launching ransomware attacks and targeting US organizations. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-13

London hacker charged for stealing $5 million from brokerage accounts

Hacker caused financial losses for the cybercrime that took place between 2011 and 2018. More
News Security   2022-05-12

Nerbian RAT targetting entities in Europe leverages COVID-19 messaging

Malware uses sophisticated evasion methods to target entities in the UK, Spain, and Italy. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-11

Hackers took down the RuTube site and hijacked Russian TV broadcast

Russian TV and online platforms were hacked to display an antiwar message on Victory Day. More
News   2022-05-10

Costa Rica had to declare a national emergency due to Conti attack

Cyber attacks by Conti ransomware on multiple government institutions forced the country to declare a national emergency. More
News   2022-05-09

Raspberry Robin worm samples use Windows Installer to drop malware

New Windows malware with worm functions spreads using external USB drives. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-06

Heroku confirms the customer database hack and forced password resets

GitHub OAuth token theft results in Heroku customer database hack. More
News Security   2022-05-05

Multiple ransomware variants now linked to North Korean hackers

Ransomware strains have been now linked to the APT38 hacker group known for financial focus. More
News Security   2022-05-04

AvosLocker ransomware manages to avoid detection and disable AV tools

The version of the ransomware abuses the driver file to evade AV detection and checks for Log4Shell. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-03

New malware samples show possible REvil ransomware gang return

REvil ransomware attacks appear to be happening again, but it is unclear who operates the malware now. More
News Viruses and parasites   2022-05-02

Reports: Russian cyberattacks in Ukraine supporting military strikes

Cyberattacks rage in Ukraine: Hybrid war and attacks on critical infrastructure. More
News   2022-04-29

The logical flaw in the NPM registry enables to add anyone as maintainer

The bug allows attackers to distribute malware as legitimate bundles. More

The US offers a $10 million reward for the intel on Russian hackers

The US offers money to anyone who can identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers from Sandworm hacking group. More
News   2022-04-27

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs worth millions got stolen after the hack

Instagram account hack leads to the loss of 134 NFTs. A phishing link was sent from the official Instagram account for the Bored Ape Yacht Club, and attackers managed to transfer the NFTs to their wallets from unsuspected users' accounts. More
News   2022-04-26