Tag: malware
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Schneier on Security: The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/the-signal-chat-leak-and-the-nsa.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA Feedly Summary: US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilities. “I didn’t…
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The Register: Ransomware crews add ‘EDR killers’ to their arsenal – and some aren’t even malware
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/ransomware_crews_edr_killers/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware crews add ‘EDR killers’ to their arsenal – and some aren’t even malware Feedly Summary: Crims are disabling security tools early in attacks, Talos says interview Antivirus and endpoint security tools are falling short as ransomware crews increasingly deploy “EDR killers" to disable defenses early in the…
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The Register: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arkana_wow_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it Feedly Summary: WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based…
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The Register: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/china_famoussparrow_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar Feedly Summary: Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a…
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Hacker News: Malware found on NPM infecting local package with reverse shell
Source URL: https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malicious-npm-patch-delivers-reverse-shell Source: Hacker News Title: Malware found on NPM infecting local package with reverse shell Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emergence of sophisticated malware on the npm package repository, specifically through malicious packages like ethers-provider2 and ethers-providerz, which exhibit advanced evasive techniques to compromise legitimate…