Malware

Iranian hacking group AppMilad has been distributing the Android spyware RatMilad in a new attack campaign targeted at enterprise users, according to SecurityWeek.

Hundreds of Microsoft SQL servers around the world have already been infected by the novel backdoor dubbed "Maggie," with the malware infections being most prevalent in South Korea, India, Vietnam, China, Russia, Germany, Thailand, and the U.S., reports BleepingComputer.

Numerous state-sponsored threat actors were able to compromise and exfiltrate data from a U.S.-based defense industrial base organization between January and November last year, BleepingComputer reports.

Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari has dismissed being impacted by a ransomware attack after the RansomEXX ransomware operation claimed to have stolen 7GB of data from the car maker, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Chinese cyberespionage operation Emperor Dragonfly, also known as Bronze Starlight and DEV-0401, has been behind the new Linux-based ransomware strain Cheerscrypt, reports The Hacker News.

Numerous telecommunications, industrial, healthcare, technology, insurance, and manufacturing organizations in North America and Europe have been targeted in a new supply chain attack leveraging a trojanized version of the Comm100 Live Chat installer by Canadian customer engagement software firm Comm100, according to SecurityWeek.