Malware

The Atomic Stealer malware packs a punch delivering information-stealing malware, cryptomining payloads, and keylogger capabilities.

Malicious updates have been recently issued to the Python Package Index package "django-log-tracker," which was last modified in April 2022, to facilitate the distribution of the Nova Sentinel information-stealing malware, The Hacker News reports.

Ukrainian Vyacheslav Penchukov faces a lengthy U.S. prison sentence for his part in running the JabberZeus and IcedID malware groups.

Windows systems have been subjected to attacks involving a new group of malware droppers collectively called TicTacToe that enabled the distribution of various final-stage payloads, including AgentTesla, Remcos, LokiBot, and SnakeLogger, during the past year, reports Hackread.

Eight spyware firms in Spain, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates including Variston IT, Mollitiam Industries, TrueL IT, Cy4Gate, RCS Labs, Negg Group, IPS Intelligence, and Protect Electronic Systems had their networks of fraudulent accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp dismantled by Meta during the last three months of 2023 as part of its efforts to crack down on spyware, reports CyberScoop.

Widespread attacks spreading the Glupteba malware in November involved the integration of a newly discovered EfiGuard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface bootkit that has provided the botnet with self-concealment and increased stealth through the deactivation of Driver Signature Enforcement and PatchGuard, The Hacker News reports.