Malware

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."

Global industrial automation company ABB says the incident has been contained, but it hasn’t disclosed whether it paid a ransom.

BleepingComputer reports that Windows and Linux systems are being targeted by Blacktail's Buhti ransomware operation using leaked LockBit and Babuk ransomware source code.

Researchers say the newly discovered malware targeting electric utilities is becoming easier for threat groups to leverage against OT and ICS systems.

SiliconAngle reports that cyber resilience-focused companies CISO Global and Halcyon Technologies have collaborated to provide integrated security offerings featuring their respective cyber solutions in a bid to combat ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats.