Sly Uduosa

Sylvester Uduosa who goes by the nickname 'Sly' is a Legal Practitioner, Certified Ethical Hacker and Python Programmer.

Hackers Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Malware Cocktail

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A “multi-faceted campaign” has been observed that uses reputable services such as GitHub and FileZilla to propagate a variety of banking trojans and stealer malware, including Vidar, Atomic (also known as AMOS), Lumma (also known as LummaC2), and Octo, by posing as reliable programmes such as 1Password, Bartender 5, and Pixelmator Pro. “The presence of […]

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Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator

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Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, is the administrator and creator of the LockBit ransomware campaign, according to the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA). The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD) of the United Kingdom

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Malicious Android Apps Pose as Google, Instagram, WhatsApp to Steal Credentials

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It has been noted that malicious Android apps that pose as Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and X (previously Twitter) can steal user credentials from devices that have been hijacked. In a recent analysis, the threat research team at SonicWall Capture Labs stated that “this malware uses famous Android app icons to mislead users and trick

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Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

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A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee in the United States was given a sentence of nearly 22 years (262 months) in jail for trying to send confidential documents to Russia. “This sentence should serve as a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information that there are consequences to betraying that

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Android Virus Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

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Researchers studying cybersecurity have uncovered a yet unreported malware that targets Android smartphones and evades detection by using hacked WordPress websites as relays for its real command-and-control (C2) servers. Code-named Wpeeper, the malware is an ELF binary that uses HTTPS to encrypt its C2 communications. “Wpeeper is a typical backdoor Trojan for Android systems, supporting

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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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U.S. Charges Iranian Hacker, Offers $10 Million Reward for Capture

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An Iranian person was the target of an alleged multi-year cyber-enabled campaign by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday, when the DoJ unsealed an indictment against him. The campaign was intended to breach both private and governmental entities in the United States. According to reports, over a dozen organisations have been targeted, including

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