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A new malware discovered on Apple’s macOS — tied to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus — has reportedly targeted blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform.The macOS malware “KandyKorn” is a stealthy backdoor capable of data retrieval, directory listing, file upload/download, secure deletion, process termination, and command execution, according
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Lazarus Group used a new form of malware in an attempt to compromise a crypto exchange, according to an October 31 report from Elastic Security Labs. Elastic has named the new malware “KANDYKORN” and the loader program that loads it into memory “SUGARLOAD,” as the loader file has a novel
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Kaspersky unveils StripedFly, a stealthy malware posing as a crypto miner, compromising over a million Windows and Linux systems globally since 2016. For over half a decade, a dangerous malware dubbed “StripedFly” has been lurking in the shadows, posing as a crypto mining software. Leading antivirus developers, Kaspersky reported that this
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Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, has discovered a malware designed to steal funds from financial organizations and crypto wallets in Vietnam. In a blog post on Oct. 4, Group-IB said Android devices are the primary targets of the GoldDigger trojan. It is distributed through false versions of the Vietnamese government application on the Google
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North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group has been using a new type of “sophisticated” malware as part of its fake employment scams — which researchers warn is far more challenging to detect than its predecessor.According to a Sept. 29 post from ESET’s senior malware researcher Peter Kálnai, while analyzing a
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Hackers have been using a Windows tool to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware since November 2021, according to an analysis from Cisco's Talos Intelligence. The attacker exploits Windows Advanced Installer — an application that helps developers package other software installers, such as Adobe Illustrator — to execute malicious scripts on infected machines. According to
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An advisory report issued by government agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom warns users to beware of new malware being used to target crypto wallets and exchanges. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.K.’s National
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In the process of stopping over 1.5 million cyberattacks between March to May, the cybersecurity arm of the defunct smartphone goliath BlackBerry identified malware families that actively try to hijack computers to mine or steal cryptocurrencies.The three industries most affected by cyberattacks are finance, healthcare and government, according to the
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Artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have become the latest way for “bad actors” to distribute malware, scams and spam — research from Meta’s security team warns.A May 1 research report from Facebook parent Meta’s security team found 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools in
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According to researchers at Trustwave Spiderlabs, a strain of malware known as Rilide is believed to be helping cybercriminals steal funds from cryptocurrency exchanges. Although the steps being taken to tackle this malware are likely to make life more difficult for cybercriminals, two researchers — Pawel Knapczyk and Wojciech Cieslak
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