April 2024

New Android Trojan ‘SoumniBot’ Evades Detection with Clever Tricks

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SoumniBot is a new Android malware that targets South Korean users by taking advantage of flaws in the manifest extraction and parsing process. It has been discovered in the wild. Researchers at Kaspersky have identified the virus as “notable for an unconventional approach to evading analysis and detection, namely obfuscation of the Android manifest,” according […]

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Hive RAT Creators and $3.5M Cryptojacking Mastermind Arrested in Global Crackdown

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Two people have been detained in Australia and the United States in relation to a purported plan to create and disseminate the remote access trojan known as Hive RAT (formerly Firebird). According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), the virus “gave the malware purchasers control over victim computers and enabled them to access victims’

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The Mispadu Trojan Attacks Europe, Compromising Thousands of Credentials

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The banking trojan known as Mispadu now targets users in Italy, Poland, and Sweden in addition to Latin America (LATAM) and Spanish-speaking people. According to Morphisec, the campaign’s targets include businesses in the banking, services, automotive manufacturing, legal, and commercial sectors. According to a report released last week by security expert Arnold Osipov, “Mexico remains

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U.S. Cyber Safety Board Denounces Microsoft for Security Vulnerability Caused by Chinese Hackers

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Microsoft has come under fire from the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) for a string of security failings that allowed a nation-state group named Storm-0558, based in China, to compromise almost two dozen businesses in Europe and the United States last year. According to the results, which were made public by the Department of

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