Tag: Linux
Skype, Google Meet, and Zoom were used in the New Trojan Campaign – March 7th
Zscaler discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) campaign that lures victims through fake online meeting links. Once the victims are lured into downloading the RAT through the meeting links impersonating Skype, Google Meet, and Zoom, the RAT payload may enable threat actors to steal sensitive information.
BlackCat gang wields new weapon to target cloud storage – September 18th
The BlackCat ransomware gang is now using the Sphynx encryptor to target Azure cloud storage. The Spynx variant was discovered in March this year in an investigation of a data breach that shared similarities with another attack described in an IBM-Xforce report. BlackCat continues to be one of the most high-profile, sophisticated threat actor groups, owing to the gang's ability to continuously refine and adapt its tactics.
Barracuda again the target of malware attack – August 14th
Barracuda Email Security Gateway devices have again been violated, this time through a novel backdoor malware named 'Whirlpool.' The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified the breach to be the work of a pro-China group of hackers. The threat actors have targeted a zero-day remote command injection vulnerability through the malware. Reports say this vulnerability was used to plant malware payloads of Seapsy and Whirlpool backdoors on compromised devices.