Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play

A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme

China-Linked CeranaKeeper Targeting Southeast Asia with Data Exfiltration

A previously undocumented threat actor called CeranaKeeper has been linked to a string of data exfiltration attacks targeting Southeast Asia. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which observed campaigns targeting governmental institutions in Thailand starting in 2023, attributed the activity cluster as

Fake Job Applications Deliver Dangerous More_eggs Malware to HR Professionals

A spear-phishing email campaign has been observed targeting recruiters with a JavaScript backdoor called More_eggs, indicating persistent efforts to single out the sector under the guise of fake job applicant lures. “A sophisticated spear-phishing lure tricked a recruitment officer into

Alert: Over 700,000 DrayTek Routers Exposed to Hacking via 14 New Vulnerabilities

A little over a dozen new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in residential and enterprise routers manufactured by DrayTek that could be exploited to take over susceptible devices. “These vulnerabilities could enable attackers to take control of a router by

Alert: Adobe Commerce and Magento Stores Under Attack from CosmicSting Exploit

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that 5% of all Adobe Commerce and Magento stores have been hacked by malicious actors by exploiting a security vulnerability dubbed CosmicSting. Tracked as CVE-2024-34102 (CVSS score: 9.8), the critical flaw relates to an improper restriction

5 Must-Have Tools for Effective Dynamic Malware Analysis

Dynamic malware analysis is a key part of any threat investigation. It involves executing a sample of a malicious program in the isolated environment of a malware sandbox to monitor its behavior and gather actionable indicators. Effective analysis must be

Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations

Three different organizations in the U.S. were targeted in August 2024 by a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor called Andariel as part of a likely financially motivated attack. “While the attackers didn’t succeed in deploying ransomware on the networks of

Researchers Sound Alarm on Active Attacks Exploiting Critical Zimbra Postjournal Flaw

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about active exploitation attempts targeting a newly disclosed security flaw in Synacor’s Zimbra Collaboration. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said it began observing the activity starting September 28, 2024. The attacks seek to exploit CVE-2024-45519, a severe

PyPI Repository Found Hosting Fake Crypto Wallet Recovery Tools That Steal User Data

A new set of malicious packages has been unearthed in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masqueraded as cryptocurrency wallet recovery and management services, only to siphon sensitive data and facilitate the theft of valuable digital assets. “The attack