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Who’s to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts, Spoofed Online Meeting Requests and Malware
Tom Eston | | account hacking, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, google, hacked, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Malware, Meeting Invite, Meta, Microsoft Teams, online, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, rat, RATs, remote-access Trojan, security, social media, Spoofed Online Meetings, spoofing, Teams, technology, Weekly Edition, Zoom
In episode 320, Tom and Scott discuss the contentious issue of who is accountable when Facebook or Instagram accounts are hacked, discussing potential failings on both the user’s and Meta’s part. They ...
By Following the Crypto, Cyfirma Identifies Developer Behind CraxsRAT
The person responsible for developing the dangerous CraxsRAT malware that targets Android devices has been operating in Syria for more than eight years and has accumulated at least $75,000 over the last ...
Security Boulevard
Borat RAT: Funny Name, Serious Threat
It may be named after a popular, irreverent mockumentary, but the new Borat remote access trojan (RAT), a malware strain recently spotted in the wild, is a serious threat to organizations. The ...
Security Boulevard
Corelight Sensors detect the ChaChi RAT
Corelight Labs Team | | blackberry, C2, ChaChi, Command And Control, Corelight Labs, dns, pcap, rat, remote-access Trojan, SERVFAIL, Vern Paxson, Wireshark
By Paul Dokas, Keith Jones, Anthony Kasza, Yacin Nadji, & Vern Paxson – Corelight Labs Team Recently Blackberry analyzed a new GoLang Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named “ChaChi.” This sample was interesting ...
New COVID-19-themed Malware Campaign Spreading through Emails
Microsoft warns of a new COVID 19-related malware campaign spreading by email and using Excel 4.0 macros and NetSupport Manager to compromise systems. The email is a favorite method for attackers to ...
Attack Campaign Leveraged Coronavirus Theme to Deliver Remcos RAT
Security researchers discovered an attack campaign that abused fears surrounding the global coronavirus outbreak to deliver the Remcos RAT. Yoroi Security detected the attack campaign when its threat intelligence activities uncovered a ...
Man jailed for using webcam RAT to spy on women in their bedrooms
A British man has been jailed for two years after police caught him using a notorious Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to hijack the webcams of young women, and spy upon them. The ...
Hiding in Plain Sight: New Adwind jRAT Variant Uses Normal Java Commands to Mask its Behavior
Street magicians have a secret: If you want to hide something, hide it in plain sight. It’s how hidden card tricks, sleight of hand and most illusions work. Unfortunately, malicious actors are ...
Attackers Targeting U.S. Petroleum Companies with Adwind RAT
Digital criminals have launched a new attack campaign that they’re using to target U.S. petroleum companies with the Adwind RAT. Netskope discovered the operation in the beginning of September and found that ...
An Analysis of L0rdix RAT, Panel and Builder
Alex Holland | | builder, cybercrime, l0rdix, panel, rat, remote access tool, Threat Research, trojan
L0rdix is a multipurpose remote access tool (RAT) that was first discovered being sold on underground criminal forums in November 2018. Shortly after its discovery, Ben Hunter of enSilo analysed the RAT’s ...