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Malicious PyPI Packages Slip WhiteSnake InfoStealer Malware onto Windows Machines

Malicious PyPI Packages Slip WhiteSnake InfoStealer Malware onto Windows Machines

?Jan 29, 2024?NewsroomPyPI Repository / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have identified malicious packages on the open-source Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that deliver an information stealing malware called WhiteSnake Stealer on Windows systems. The malware-laced packages… 

AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks

AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks

?Jan 27, 2024?NewsroomMalware / Software Update Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers a modified version of an open-source remote access trojan called AllaKore RAT. The BlackBerry Research… 

Malicious Ads on Google Target Chinese Users with Fake Messaging Apps

Malicious Ads on Google Target Chinese Users with Fake Messaging Apps

?Jan 26, 2024?NewsroomMalvertising / Phishing-as-a-service Chinese-speaking users have been targeted by malicious Google ads for restricted messaging apps like Telegram as part of an ongoing malvertising campaign. “The threat actor is abusing Google advertiser accounts… 

Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs

Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs

?Jan 26, 2024?NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November 2023 have been targeting other organizations and that… 

Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree

Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree

?Jan 26, 2024?NewsroomCyber Crime / Malware 40-year-old Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his role in creating and distributing the TrickBot malware, the U.S. Department… 

Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems

Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems

?Jan 26, 2024?NewsroomNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code… 

SystemBC Malware’s C2 Server Analysis Exposes Payload Delivery Tricks

SystemBC Malware’s C2 Server Analysis Exposes Payload Delivery Tricks

?Jan 25, 2024?NewsroomRemote Access Trojan Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the command-and-control (C2) server of a known malware family called SystemBC. “SystemBC can be purchased on underground marketplaces and is supplied in an archive…