Popular pay-per-install malware service PrivateLoader was discovered by SEKOIA researchers to be associated with a separate PPI service by threat actor ruzki, also known as les0k and zhigalsz, The Hacker News reports.
This week, Dr. Doug talks: Hot, lonely planets, Chromeloader, MFA Fatigue, Lapsus$, Lastpass, LockerGoga, and Lincolnshire, all this and Jason Wood on the Security Weekly News.
Security researchers observed that the ChromeLoader browser hijacker increases the attack surface and can lead to more devastating attacks, such as ransomware.
Russia-linked hacking group Gamaredon has been targeting Ukrainian defense, government, and law enforcement agency employees in a new ongoing cyberespionage campaign leveraging an information stealing malware, reports The Hacker News.
BleepingComputer reports that old remote access trojans are being modified by Chinese hacking group Webworm in new cyberattacks against Asian IT service providers.
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