Malware

Widely known Web3 podcast Empire has been exploited to compromise cryptocurrency developers and influencers with the Atomic macOS Stealer malware, also known as AMOS, as part of a new phishing campaign, reports HackRead.

Windows systems are being infected with the SilentSync RAT malware through a pair of newly identified nefarious Python Package Index packages from CondeTGAPIS, The Hacker News reports.

HackRead reports that the massive Vane Viper malvertising network has been operating malware-spreading scams worldwide under the guise of a legitimate business for almost 10 years.

Malicious payloads, such as Cobalt Strike, AdaptixC2, and the PureHVNC RAT, have been deployed by Russian ransomware operations through three different versions of the newly emergent CountLoader malware loader, according to The Hacker News.

Attacks with the new Python-based XillenStealer malware have been launched to exfiltrate system information, cryptocurrency wallet details, and browser credentials from Windows systems, reports GBHackers News.

Hackread reports that web browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, could have their stored personal information stealthily pilfered by the newly emergent Raven Stealer malware.

Attacks involving artificial intelligence-based loader scripts and JavaScript and PowerShell downloaders have been launched by the RevengeHotels hacking operation, also known as TA558, to compromise Windows systems with the VenomRAT malware, according to GBHackers News.