Vulnerable Apache NiFi implementations are being targeted in new attacks deploying the Kinsing cryptomining malware, as indicated by the significant increase in HTTP requests for "/nifi" on May 19, according to The Hacker News.
Numerous fraudulent websites masquerading as legitimate software, including ChatGPT, Gimp, AstraChat, and Go To Meeting, have been used in a new RomCom malware campaign by Cuba ransomware affiliate Void Rabisu, also known as Tropical Scorpius, from December 2022 to April 2023, which was mostly targeted at Eastern Europe, according to BleepingComputer.
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Numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets on Windows systems are being targeted by the new Bandit Stealer information-stealing malware, which could also evade Windows Defender, and be used to facilitate data breaches, account takeovers, identity theft, and credential stuffing attacks, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
More threat actors have been leveraging the AceCryptor malware to facilitate malware distribution, recording more than 240,000 detections from 2021 to 2022, The Hacker News reports.
BleepingComputer reports that recent phishing attacks by the QBot malware operation, also known as Qakbot, have involved the exploitation of a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad executable "write.exe."
