![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Korean telco allegedly infected its P2P users with malware 2024-06-27 [theregister.co.uk] KT may have had an entire team dedicated to infecting its own customers
A South Korean media outlet has alleged that local telco KT deliberately infected some customers with malware due to their excessive use of peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading tools. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Google takes aim at Android malware with an AI-powered live threat detection service 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Jöhet a malware-cunami az iPhone-okra? 2024-04-01 [hwsw.hu] Nyílik az iOS, de tényleg annyira veszélyes ez? Annyira azért nem kell félni, elég sok kontroll van még az Apple-nél. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill 2024-03-18 [theregister.co.uk] Sneaky software slips past shields, spurring scramble
Fujitsu has confirmed that miscreants have compromised some of its internal computers, deployed malware, and may have stolen some customer information. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Reminder: Infostealer malware is coming for your ChatGPT credentials 2024-03-07 [theregister.co.uk] Singaporean researchers note rising presence of OpenAI logins in infostealer malware logs
Stolen ChatGPT credentials are a hot commodity on the dark web, according to Singapore-based threat intelligence firm Group-IB, which claims to have found some 225,000 log files Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer 2024-02-16 [theregister.co.uk] Nearly a decade on the FBI Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | North Korea now running malware-laden gambling websites as-a-service 2024-02-15 [theregister.co.uk] $5k a month for the site. $3k for tech support. Infection with malware and funding a despot? Priceless
North Korea Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Meet VexTrio, a network of 70K hijacked websites crooks use to sling malware, fraud 2024-02-10 [theregister.co.uk] Some useful indicators of compromise right here
More than 70,000 presumably legit websites have been hijacked and drafted into a network that crooks use to distribute malware, serve phishing pages, and share other dodgy stuff, according to researchers. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department 2024-02-06 [theregister.co.uk] Attack happened in 2023 using a bespoke backdoor, confirming year-old suspicions
Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused intrusion. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Trickbot malware scumbag gets five years for infecting hospitals, businesses 2024-01-26 [theregister.co.uk] Rest of the crew still at large
A former Trickbot developer has been sent down for five years and four months for his role in infecting American hospitals and businesses with ransomware and other malware, costing victims tens of millions of dollars in losses. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Why we update... Data-thief malware exploits SmartScreen on unpatched Windows PCs 2024-01-13 [theregister.co.uk] Phemedrone Stealer loots drives for passwords, cookies, login tokens, etc
Criminals are exploiting a Windows Defender SmartScreen bypass vulnerability to infect PCs with Phemedrone Stealer, a malware strain that scans machines for sensitive information Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Ukrainian soldiers are sent malware disguised as information on recruitment to 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and IDF 2024-01-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | North Korean hackers target macOS with blended malware 2023-11-28 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Apple drops urgent patch against obtuse TriangleDB iPhone malware 2023-10-27 [theregister.co.uk] Kaspersky first found this software nasty on its own phones
Apple pushed several security fixes on Wednesday, including one for all iPhone and iPads used before September last year that has already been exploited by cyber snoops. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Cisco fixes critical IOS XE bug but malware crew way ahead of them 2023-10-24 [theregister.co.uk] Initial fall in infected devices indicates evolution, not extinction, of attack code
After a six-day wait, Cisco started rolling out a patch for a critical bug that miscreants had exploited to install implants in thousands of devices. Alas, it seems to have been largely useless. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Microsoft Bing Chat pushes malware via bad ads 2023-09-29 [theregister.co.uk] From AI to just plain aaaiiiee!
Microsoft introduced its Bing Chat AI search assistant in February and a month later began serving ads alongside it to help cover costs. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | FBI Dismantles a Malware System That Took Millions in Ransom 2023-08-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Malware loader lowdown: The big 3 responsible for 80% of attacks so far this year 2023-08-28 [theregister.co.uk] Top of the list to trip sensors
Three malware loaders Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Super Mario Game Is Loaded With Crypto Malware That Can Steal Your Coins 2023-06-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Chinese malware intended to infect USB drives accidentally infects networked storage too 2023-06-23 [theregister.co.uk] Hides itself from popular Asian AV, also uses games to do its dirty work
Malware intended to spread on USB drives is unintentionally infecting networked storage devices, according to infosec vendor Checkpoint. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Last of the Gozi 3 sentenced over Windows info-stealing malware ops 2023-06-13 [theregister.co.uk] Banking trojan still going strong as feds put bulletproof hosting point man behind bars
The last of the three men said to be responsible for infecting Windows computers with the banking trojan Gozi has been sentenced to three years. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Qbot malware adapts to live another day 2023-06-05 [theregister.co.uk] Operators stay ahead of defenders with new access methods and C2 infrastructure
The Qbot malware operation Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | This legit Android app turned into mic-snooping malware 2023-05-25 [theregister.co.uk] File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1
Google Play has been caught with its cybersecurity pants down yet again after a once-legit Android screen-and-audio recorder app was updated to include malicious code that listened in on device microphones. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | This legit Android app turned into audio-snooping malware 2023-05-25 [theregister.co.uk] File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1
Google Play has been caught with its cybersecurity pants down yet again after a once-legit Android screen-and-audio recorder app was updated to include malicious mic-snooping code. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers 2023-05-12 [theregister.co.uk] The threat is coming from inside the supply chain
Black Hat Asia Miscreants have infected millions of Androids worldwide with malicious firmware before the devices even shipped from their factories, according to Trend Micro researchers at Black Hat Asia. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Meta Wants You to Be on the Lookout for Malware Posing as AI Chatbots - CNET 2023-05-04 [news.cnet.com] New technology can bring new problems to social media. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Pinduoduo App Malware Detailed by Cybersecurity Researchers 2023-03-28 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Frankenstein malware stitched together from code of others disguised as PyPI package 2023-03-04 [theregister.co.uk] Crime-as-a-service vendors mix and match components as needed by client
A malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) is the latest example of what threat hunters from Kroll called the continued "democratization of cybercrime," with the bad guys creating malware variants from the code of others. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | US, UK slap sanctions on Russians linked to Conti, Ryuk, Trickbot malware 2023-02-11 [theregister.co.uk] Any act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden
The US and UK have sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged roles in disseminating Conti and Ryuk ransomware and the Trickbot banking trojan. Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments 2023-02-06 [theregister.co.uk] ... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems
The reasons businesses and consumers like contactless payment transactions Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Gootloader malware updated with PowerShell, sneaky JavaScript 2023-01-31 [theregister.co.uk] Perhaps a good time to check for unwelcome visitors
The operators of the Windows Gootloader malware Details >
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![The original news](pic/home.gif) | Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Upgraded threat, time to patch
The Zerobot botnet, first detected earlier this month, is expanding the types of Internet of Things (IoT) devices it can compromise by going after Apache systems. Details >
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