Tag: rat malware
HTX falls victim to crypto thieves – September 27th
Cryptocurrency is being increasingly targeted by hackers, with $7.9 million recently stolen in a hack targeting cryptocurrency exchange HTX. The hack attack was identified as soon as it occurred, with HTX authorities stepping up promptly in an innovative way to recover losses. Following the attack, HTX offered a ‘white hat’ ethical hacker a 5% bonus to return the stolen cryptocurrency, amounting to a total bonus of $400,000.
Lazarus equips two new remote access trojan weapons – September 22nd
The Lazarus group is using two new remote access trojans to target health systems' ManageEngine vulnerabilities. The group recently made headlines after targeting healthcare entities in Europe and the US and has since evolved its malware to exploit the CVE-2022047966 vulnerability in the ManageEngine setup, allowing for remote code execution. Its new RAT variants, QuiteRAT and CollectionRAT, allow for the attacker to run arbitrary commands, among other capabilities.