Information-stealing malware CryptBot had its infrastructure dismantled by Google after the tech giant secured a temporary court order enabling the takedown of current and future domains associated with the malware's distribution, TechCrunch reports.
Numerous organizations in the U.S., Europe, India, and the Middle East have been subjected to attacks by the Iranian state-sponsored threat operation Charming Kitten, also known as APT35, Mint Sandstorm, Educated Manticore, TA453, Yellow Garuda, and ITG18, with the new BellaCiao dropper malware, reports The Hacker News.
Unlike vulnerabilities, which can and do often exist for months or years in application code without being exploited, a malicious package represents an immediate threat to an organization, intentionally designed to do harm. In the war for cybersecurity, attackers are innovating faster than companies can keep up with the threats coming their way. A ...
Iranian state-sponsored threat operation Educated Manticore which has been strongly linked with APT35, also known as Mint Sandstorm, Phosphorus, Charming Kitten, Yellow Garuda, Cobalt Illusion, and ITG18 has been targeting Israel with sophisticated phishing attacks distributing the updated PowerLess backdoor, The Hacker News reports.
Vulnerable TP-Link Archer AX21 routers have been targeted by the Mirai botnet malware to expand its network using the CVE-2023-1389 flaw, which was first identified in December, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
A new Linux variant of the PingPull malware used by Chinese APT Alloy Taurus has been reported as an active threat to industries across Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa.
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SecurityWeek reports that North Korean advanced persistent threat group BlueNoroff believed to be a Lazarus hacking operation subgroup has been launching attacks leveraging the new macOS malware dubbed "RustBucket."
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