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Socks5Systemz Botnet Powers Illegal Proxy Service with 85,000+ Hacked Devices

Socks5Systemz Botnet Powers Illegal Proxy Service with 85,000+ Hacked Devices

A malicious botnet called Socks5Systemz is powering a proxy service called PROXY.AM, according to new findings from Bitsight. “Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity adding uncontrolled layers of anonymity to the… 

Learn How Experts Secure Privileged Accounts—Proven PAS Strategies Webinar

Learn How Experts Secure Privileged Accounts—Proven PAS Strategies Webinar

Dec 07, 2024The Hacker NewsEnterprise Security / Threat Prevention Cybercriminals know that privileged accounts are the keys to your kingdom. One compromised account can lead to stolen data, disrupted operations, and massive business losses. Even… 

Hackers Using Fake Video Conferencing Apps to Steal Web3 Professionals’ Data

Hackers Using Fake Video Conferencing Apps to Steal Web3 Professionals’ Data

Dec 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web3 Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new scam campaign that leverages fake video conferencing apps to deliver an information stealer called Realst targeting people working in Web3 under… 

Romania Cancels Presidential Election Results After Alleged Russian Meddling on TikTok

Romania Cancels Presidential Election Results After Alleged Russian Meddling on TikTok

Dec 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Election Fraud In a historic decision, Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference. As a… 

FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine

FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine

Dec 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Mobile Security A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he was detained earlier… 

Researchers Uncover Flaws in Popular Open-Source Machine Learning Frameworks

Researchers Uncover Flaws in Popular Open-Source Machine Learning Frameworks

Dec 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws impacting open-source machine learning (ML) tools and frameworks such as MLflow, H2O, PyTorch, and MLeap that could pave the way for… 

More_eggs MaaS Expands Operations with RevC2 Backdoor and Venom Loader

More_eggs MaaS Expands Operations with RevC2 Backdoor and Venom Loader

Dec 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime The threat actors behind the More_eggs malware have been linked to two new malware families, indicating an expansion of its malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation. This includes a novel information-stealing backdoor… 

Hackers Leveraging Cloudflare Tunnels, DNS Fast-Flux to Hide GammaDrop Malware

Hackers Leveraging Cloudflare Tunnels, DNS Fast-Flux to Hide GammaDrop Malware

Dec 06, 2024The Hacker NewsMalware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Gamaredon has been observed leveraging Cloudflare Tunnels as a tactic to conceal its staging infrastructure hosting a malware called GammaDrop. The activity…