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FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

Jan 09, 2026Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Email Security The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting… 

WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

Jan 08, 2026Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Crime Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called Astaroth in attacks targeting Brazil. The… 

China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes

China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes

Jan 08, 2026Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active…