A new email campaign from the threat group uses the attack-simulation framework in a likely leadup to ransomware deployment. The criminal threat group known as TA551 has added the Sliver…
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TA505 Gang Is Back With Newly Polished FlawedGrace RAT
TA505 – cybercrime trailblazers with ever-evolving TTPs – have returned to mass-volume email attacks, flashing retooled malware and exotic scripting languages. The TA505 cybercrime group is whirring its financial rip-off…
In 2021, Google Issued Over 50,000 Warnings About State-sponsored Hacking Attacks.
In a blog post published yesterday, Google said that in 2021, it sent approximately 50.000 alerts to users whose accounts had been compromised by government-backed hacker gangs conducting phishing and…
TangleBot Android malware hijacks phone to steal login credentials
TangleBot Android malware is delivered through smishing and is currently targeting users in Canada and the US disguised as information about COVID-19 vaccination. It is a fact that SMS messages…
TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan
The IT security researchers at Proofpoint have discovered a new malware campaign in which threat actors from a group called TA544 are targeting organizations in Italy with Ursnif banking trojan.…
Phone scammers use COVID-19 vaccine appointments to try tricking victims into downloading malware
Hackers are targeting American and Canadian victims with a malware strain that used coronavirus-themed messages to dupe users into downloading software that collects their personal information, according to findings published…
How criminals leverage a Firefox fake extension to target Gmail accounts
Recently, malicious campaigns have been using fake web-browsers extensions commonly disseminated via Google Ads and other channels. This article will Proofpoint researchers found a new Firefox fake extension active since…