Malware

Cryptominers, RedLine info-stealer spread through fraudulent MSI Afterburner BleepingComputer reports that more than 50 websites masquerading as the MSI Afterburner GPU utility have been targeting power users and gamers using Windows devices with cryptocurrency miners and the RedLine information-stealing malware.

More than 50 million passwords have been exfiltrated by 34 Russian hacking groups through information-stealing malware, including Racoon and RedLine, during the first seven months of 2022, The Hacker News reports.

TechCrunch reports that the Mars Stealer malware could be remotely disrupted by leveraging a coding vulnerabiility discovered in the malware-as-a-service's leaked cracked version.

Updated Ducktail info-stealer leveraged in operation's expansion Suspected Vietnamese-speaking threat actors have been expanding operations involving the Ducktail information stealer with added capabilities, SecurityWeek reports.

Cybereason researchers said they observed customer environments being infected by a particularly aggressive ransomware campaign using QakBot to gain initial entry.

Novel Go-based information stealer Aurora has been increasingly added by threat actors in their arsenal, with at least seven active cybercrime groups either leveraging the malware exclusively or alongside other info-stealers Raccoon and Redline, BleepingComputer reports.

Government, research, and education sectors worldwide, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, have been targeted by spear-phishing attacks by Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Mustang Panda, also known as Earth Preta, Bronze President, Red Lich, and HoneyMyte, The Hacker News reports.