Demodex: The New Rootkit Used by Chinese Hackers to Spy on Targeted Windows 10 Users

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An operation aimed at South East Asian targets back in July 2020 to deploy a kernel-mode rootkit on compromised Windows systems has been linked to a Chinese-speaking threat actor. The hacking group nicknamed GhostEmperor by Kaspersky has been known to use “sophisticated multi-stage malware framework” allowing a persistent and remote control over the targeted hosts. […]

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A Current Flaw in Apple Pay is Enabling Attackers Perform Unauthorized Contactless Payments

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An unpatched flaw in Apple Pay has been disclosed by Cybersecurity researchers giving attackers the ability to make an unauthorized Visa payment with a locked iPhone via the Express Travel mode setup in the device’s wallet. All that is needed is the mobile phone to be on and also transactions could be relayed from an

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Hotels and Governments Worldwide New Targets of Hacker Group

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FamousSparrow as nicknamed by the cybersecurity firm ESET has been attributed as being responsible for strings of attacks against hotels across the world, government international organizations and law firms worldwide. This has been said to be active since August 2019 with victims spreading across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with countries such as

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Feds Sanction SUEX for Aiding Ransomware Gangs

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The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants as part of the government’s efforts to crack down on a surge in ransomware incidents and make it difficult for bad actors to profit from such attacks using digital currencies.

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Sidewalk Malware Attacks Linked to Grayfly Chinese Hacker Group

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A previously undocumented backdoor that was recently found targeting an unnamed computer retail company based in the U.S. has been linked to a longstanding Chinese espionage operation dubbed Grayfly. In late August, Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET disclosed details of an implant called SideWalk, which is designed to load arbitrary plugins sent from an attacker-controlled server,

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WIndows Users are Currently Targets of New 0-Day Attack Exploiting Microsoft Office Documents

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An actively exploited zero-day flaw Tracked as CVE-2021-40444 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been discovered to be impacting Internet Explorer. The remote code execution flaw is rooted in MSHTML (aka Trident), a proprietary browser engine for the now-discontinued Internet Explorer and which is used in Office to render web content inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.

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Hackers Take To Distribution of Jupyter Malware Version via MSI Installer

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The evolution of Jupyter, a .NET infostealer has been reported by Cybersecurity researchers. This is known for going at healthcare and education sectors, making it exceptional at defeating most endpoint security scanning solutions. Morphisec underscores that the malware has not just continued to remain active but also showcases “how threat actors continue to develop their

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Hackers Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack Linked to New Tomiris Backdoor Found

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Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday disclosed a previously undocumented backdoor likely designed and developed by the Nobelium advanced persistent threat (APT) behind last year’s SolarWinds supply chain attack, joining the threat actor’s ever-expanding arsenal of hacking tools. A previously undocumented backdoor likely designed and developed by Nobelium advanced persistent threat(APT) has been disclosed by Cybersecurity researchers

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British Payroll Firm suffers Cyber-Attack

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Contractors have been left unpaid after a “sophisticated” cyber-attack forced British payroll company shut down. This was confirmed on September 24 by Giant Group that it had taken its network and its fully integrated IT infrastructure, phone and email systems offline last Wednesday after detecting suspicious activity In a statement published on its website September

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