Infostealer logs, or data exfiltrated by information-stealing malware, could be leveraged to reveal the identities of thousands of individuals using websites sharing child sexual abuse material over the darknet, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Attackers have leveraged trojanized versions of Indian software provider Conceptworld's installers for its Copywhiz, Notezilla, and RecentX programs to facilitate the delivery of information-stealing malware, The Hacker News reports.
Defense and manufacturing organizations across South Korea have been subjected to attacks deploying the new Xctdoor malware through a hacked South Korean enterprise resource planning software update server, echoing a technique previously leveraged by North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat operation and Lazarus Group sub-cluster Andariel to facilitate the delivery of the HotCroissant and Riffdoor backdoors, according to The Register.
Operations of the Intellexa Alliance behind the Predator spyware were noted by cybersecurity experts to have significantly dwindled in the months following sanctions imposed by the Biden administration and other crackdown efforts exposing its infrastructure, reports CyberScoop.
Malicious Android apps have been leveraged by Pakistan-linked hacking operation Transparent Tribe to facilitate the deployment of the CapraRAT spyware as part of a new surveillance campaign against gamers and weapons enthusiasts, reports The Hacker News.
