Iranian cyberspies behind major Christmas SMS spear-phishing campaign
Image: Rodion Kutsaev An Iranian cyber-espionage group known as Charming Kitten (APT35 or Phosphorus) has used the recent winter holiday break to attack targets from all...
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6.15 Lakh Facebook Users’ Account Compromised by Facebook Ad Phishing Campaign – E Hacking News
A large scale ad phishing campaign that has compromised more than 6.15 lakh Facebook users’ account was exposed by cybersecurity researchers. This ad...
New marketing campaign against UK subway by using TrickBot malware – E Hacking News
UK subway market has disclosed that its marketing system has been hacked. The malicious actor was sending TrickBot malware-laden phishing emails to the...
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iOS Spyware Emerges in Longstanding Extortion Campaign
An extortion campaign targeting Chinese, Korean, and Japanese speakers recently started using a new piece of spyware, mobile security firm Lookout reported on Wednesday....
Spy Campaign: SideWinder APT Leverages South Asian Border Disputes – E Hacking News
The SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group, which seems to be active since 2012, now has started a new malicious activity, wherein the threat...
FINRA Warns Brokerage Firms of Phishing Campaign
Cybercriminals are using a recently registered lookalike domain in a phishing campaign targeting United States organizations, FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) warns. A...
Mysterious phishing campaign targets organizations in COVID-19 vaccine cold chain
IBM’s cyber-security division says that hackers are targeting companies associated with the storage and transportation of COVID-19 vaccines using temperature-controlled environments — also known...
Cyber espionage campaign opens backdoor to steal documents from infected PCs
A cyber espionage campaign is targeting the foreign ministry of a country in the European Union with the aid of a previously undocumented form...
Experts Discover New macOS Backdoor, Link Attack Campaign to Vietnamese Hackers – E Hacking News
Cybersecurity experts at Trend Micro found a macOS backdoor, which the experts believe is used by Vietnamese criminal actors named “oceanlotus.” Famous as...
Microsoft links Vietnamese state hackers to crypto-mining malware campaign
Vietnamese government-backed hackers have been recently spotted deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside their regular cyber-espionage toolkits, Microsoft said on Monday. The report highlights a growing...