Malware, Vulnerability Management

$9 million counterfeit check scheme uncovered: Details revealed at Black Hat 2010

Ben Feinstein, director of research at SecureWorks, reveals the inner workings of Russian cybercrime gang that leveraged botnets, VPN tunnels, social engineering and money mules to create a $9 million check counterfeiting scheme. Details of the racket were announced last week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

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New BrowserVenom malware spread via DeepSeek spoofing

New BrowserVenom malware spread via DeepSeek spoofing Numerous computers across Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, India, Nepal, Egypt, and South Africa have been compromised with the novel BrowserVenom malware in a phishing campaign involving the impersonation of Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek-R1, reports The Register.

Massive infostealer infrastructure clampdown led by Interpol

More than 20,000 information-stealing malware-linked IP addresses and domains were disrupted, while 41 servers underpinning infostealer operations were sequestered between January and April as part of the Interpol-led global law enforcement effort Operation Secure, according to BleepingComputer.

Vulnerability exposes Danabot malware operators

Malware-as-a-service platform Danabot had operational information over the past three years exposed by a command-and-control infrastructure vulnerability, potentially aiding in its disruption as part of the ongoing international law enforcement effort Operation Endgame, according to Cyber Security News.

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