More than 400 custom web injects for mobile malware are being offered for sale by the InTheBox darknet marketplace, which is thought to emerge in January 2020, reports The Hacker News.
CBS News reports that the Vice Society ransomware gang has compromised over 40 educational institutions with double-extortion attacks since its emergence in the summer of 2021.
Microsoft is warning that a recent ransomware-style attack on Poland and the amplification of Russian propaganda may be a preview for countries aiding Ukraine.
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Several adware, malware, and phishing apps masquerading as system optimizers and utilities have been downloaded more than two million times cumulatively from the Google Play Store, reports BleepingComputer.
Malicious Android apps have been signed by threat actors through the exploitation of platform certificates used by device vendors Samsung, LG, and MediaTek, The Hacker News reports.
Russia targeted by novel CryWiper malware Cyberattacks leveraging the novel CryWiper data wiper malware that poses as ransomware were reported by Kaspersky and Russian news service Izvestia to have been targeted at Russian mayors' offices and courts, according to Ars Technica.
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