The PATCHCORD backdoor employs a stealthy persistence mechanism by hijacking browser shortcuts for Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, ensuring the malware runs before the intended application launches.
Apple's threat notifications are triggered by the detection of mercenary spyware, which is described as sophisticated, expensive, and aimed at a small number of individuals, often journalists, activists, politicians, and diplomats.
In the security news this week: • North Carolina ports and contingency plans • Back to paper and pencils • Midnight Blizzard compromises hotel Wi-Fi • DNS strikes again • Captive portals, stolen credentials, and nation-state scale • Phishing-resistant MFA • Goodbye SMS and voice authentication • Cornflake RAT and Chaco Shell • The NPM worm • Hundre...
Bitdefender has identified that fake downloads of "The Odyssey," presented as scene releases with .exe files disguised by VLC icons, are actively spreading Lumma Stealer.
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