New Android malware can hijack bank calls and reroute you to hackers
Your bank is one of the last places left where you can call up the company and expect to get a human being on the other end, even if you have to wait on hold…
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How a series of opsec failures led US authorities to the alleged developer of the Redline password-stealing malware
U.S. prosecutors have charged Russian national Maxim Rudometov over his alleged involvement in developing and distributing the notorious Redline password-stealing malware. The charges were announced as part of “Operation Magnus,” first unveiled by the Dutch…
Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foes
Google researchers said they uncovered a Kremlin-backed operation targeting recruits for the Ukrainian military with information-stealing malware for Windows and Android devices. The malware, spread primarily through posts on Telegram, came from a persona on…
Police operation claims takedown of prolific Redline and Meta password stealers
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies say they have disrupted the operations of two prolific infostealers that stole the sensitive data of millions of people. The Dutch National Police, who led the so-called “Operation…
Hackers infect thousands of WordPress sites with malware plugins
Ostensibly a blogging platform, WordPress has quietly become one of the foundational pillars of the modern web, used as the basic format for millions of websites run by single users to massive corporations. But that…
North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs
The malware resides in the userspace portion of the interbank switch connecting the issuing domain and the acquiring domain. When a compromised card is used to make a fraudulent translation, FASTCash tampers with the messages…
Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021
This Reddit comment posted to the CentOS subreddit is typical. An admin noticed that two servers were infected with a cryptocurrency hijacker with the names perfcc and perfctl. The admin wanted help investigating the cause.…
Hackers are now using AI-generated code for malware attacks
Software developers have embraced “artificial intelligence” language models for code generation in a big way, with huge gains in productivity but also some predictably dubious developments. It’s no surprise that hackers and malware writers are…
11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play
Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app…
US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine
Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of the Ukrainian government and its allies and steal or destroy sensitive data on…