Malware

Information-stealing malware strains were able to compromise 100,000 computers used by hackers, as well as more than 140,000 cybercrime forum credentials, with most of the infections attributed to the RedLine, Raccoon, and Azorult stealers, BleepingComputer reports.

New QwixxRAT emerges, NetSupport Manager RAT deployed in new campaign Threat actors have been ramping up promotions for the new QwixxRAT information-stealing malware on Discord and Telegram, while the NetSupport Manager RAT has been leveraged in a new ongoing malware campaign, reports The Hacker News.

Banks and other financial institutions across Latin America are having their Microsoft Windows systems compromised with the new JanelaRAT malware to enable the exfiltration of sensitive user data, The Hacker News reports.

BleepingComputer reports that VMware ESXi servers have been targeted with a new Linux locker by the Monti ransomware operation, which has reemerged after a two-month hiatus.

Two Israeli researchers showed the Black Hat security conference how Windows Defender could be subverted to allow malware infection or even remove critical system files.

A Rust-based injector named Freeze[.]rs, originally created by Optive as an open-source red teaming tool, is now being used by threat actors to spread a commodity malware called XWorm, The Hacker News reports.