ALPHV BlackCat – This Year’s Most Sophisticated Ransomware The new ALPHV ransomware operation, aka BlackCat, launched last month and could be the most sophisticated ransomware of the year, with a highly-customizable feature set allowing for attacks on a wide range of corporate environments. The ransomware executable is written in Rust, which is not typical for
Malicious Notepad++ Installers Push StrongPity Malware The sophisticated hacking group known as StrongPity is circulating laced Notepad++ installers that infect targets with malware. This hacking group, also known as APT-C-41 and Promethium, was previously seen distributing trojanized WinRAR installers in highly-targeted campaigns between 2016 and 2018, so this technique is not new. The recent lure involves Notepad++,
Dark Mirai Botnet Targeting RCE on Popular TP-Link Router The botnet known as Dark Mirai (aka MANGA) has been observed exploiting a new vulnerability on the TP-Link TL-WR840N EU V5, a popular inexpensive home router released in 2017. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2021-41653 and is caused by a vulnerable ‘host’ variable that an authenticated
Microsoft, Google OAuth Flaws Can be Abused in Phishing Attacks Researchers have discovered a set of previously unknown methods to launch URL redirection attacks against weak OAuth 2.0 implementations. These attacks can lead to the bypassing of phishing detection and email security solutions, and at the same time, gives phishing URLs a false snse of
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