IT Sec News updates – Malware Attacks

The Hacker News

SpyAgent malware targets Android users, steals crypto wallet keys using OCR. Spreads via fake apps, evolves to use WebSockets.

Trend Micro

Another campaign involved spear-phishing emails with multi-stage downloaders like DOWNBAIT and PULLBAIT, leading to further malware deployments.

Forbes

Targeting a 12-word phrase, the SpyAgent malware disguises itself as one of 280 apps so far and uses optical character recognition technology during …

SC Media UK

North Korean threat actors are utilising fake job lures to facilitate malware distribution. According to The Hacker News, malware developers are …

Security Affairs

Multiple threat actors actively exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401 in malware-based campaigns.

The Hacker News

“Using software-generated radio signals, malware can encode sensitive information such as files, images, keylogging, biometric information, and …

TechRadar

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Bleeping Computer

The Quad7 botnet is evolving its operation by targeting additional SOHO devices with new custom malware for Zyxel VPN appliances, Ruckus wireless …

CyberWire

… malware uses OCR to steal cryptocurrency. A Seattle area school district suffers a cybercrime snow day. Our guest is Amer Deeba, CEO of Normalyze …

SecurityWeek

According to Mordechai Guri from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, malware can be used to encode sensitive data that can be captured …