Malware

The 44-year-old was found guilty of complicity in computer hacking, specifically targeting port systems in Rotterdam, Barendrecht, and Antwerp to enable undetected drug imports

Multiple fake adult games have been leveraged to target Windows users across South Korea with the QuasarRAT malware, also known as xRAT, as part of a social engineering campaign, Cyber Security News reports.

GBHackers News reports that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's recent arrest has been exploited to deliver backdoor malware as part of an advanced social engineering campaign.

The campaign leverages icon spoofing and malicious Microsoft Word documents to deploy the RustyWater implant.

Threat actors have targeted cryptocurrency developers with three Bitcoin library-spoofing npm packages to deploy the NodeCordRAT malware, which pilfers Google Chrome-stored credentials, MetaMask seed phrases, digital keys, and API secrets, according to HackRead.

Attackers have exploited WhatsApp to compromise Brazilian users with the Astaroth banking trojan as part of the new Boto-Cor-de-Rosa campaign, SiliconANGLE reports.

Chinese threat operations TX-NFC and NFU Pay have been leveraging APKs masquerading as banking and financial apps to spread the NFC-enabled Ghost Tap Android malware that pilfers credit card details in social engineering campaigns that were mostly aimed at Brazil, Italy, Malaysia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Greece, and Indonesia. , according to GBHackers News.