Malware

Sentinel Labs researchers discovered that threat actors affiliated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware operation have installed Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems through the exploitation of the Windows Defender command line tool "MpCmdRun.exe", BleepingComputer reports.

BleepingComputer reports that while ransomware payments averaged $228,125 in the second quarter, an 8% increase from the previous quarter, median ransomware payments sharply declined by 51% to $36,360 during the same period.

Discord users are having their payment card information stolen in the ongoing LofyLife malware campaign distributing the Volt Stealer token logger and Lofy Stealer malware, reports BleepingComputer.

Security researchers are especially concerned about this latest EvilCorp news because the group has been sanctioned by the federal government.

Even though ransomware attacks declined during the first six months of 2022, malware attacks have been on the rise over the same period, according to The Register.

The U.S. has been advised to bolster its fight against spyware technology, which has presented a risk to national security and individual privacy, with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep.

The Hacker News reports that nearly 30 apps in the Google Play Store downloaded almost 10 million times have been laced with adware.