Alleged SmokeLoader botnet operator Nicholas Moses, also known as "scrublord", has been charged by federal prosecutors with a count of conspiracy to commit fraud and other computer-related activity over the compromise of more than 65,000 individuals' personal data and credentials with the malware, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Android devices have been targeted with the new SuperCard X malware-as-a-service platform to pilfer funds from payment cards as part of a new scam that also involves social engineering and NFC exploitation, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Distributed denial-of-service malware XorDDoS has been enhanced with a more advanced controller as it continued to proliferate around the world from November 2023 to February 2025, according to Cyber Security News.
Malicious payloads have been distributed as part of a new covert multi-stage intrusion while Chinese advanced persistent threat operation IronHusky has been targeting Russian and Mongolian government entities with an upgraded MysterySnail RAT variant, reports The Hacker News.
Chinese advanced persistent threat operation Mustang Panda, also known as Bronze President, Earth Preta, Basin, and Red Delta, has leveraged new ToneShell backdoor variants, the novel StarProxy tool, the Paklog and Corklog keyloggers, and SplatCloak EDR bypass driver in a new attack against a Myanmar-based organization, according to SecurityWeek.
