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  1. Rokarolla Android malware can take over your phone and steal banking logins

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    Researchers have analyzed a new Android banking Trojan called Rokarolla. It can effectively take over a device, steal banking and crypto login details from more than 200 apps, and quietly monitor much of what you do on your phone. On an...

  2. Malwarebytes earns AV-TEST Top Product award, aces other third-party tests

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    Our job is to protect people from online threats, and independent testing is one of the best ways to measure how well we’re doing. Malwarebytes nabbed AV-TEST’s Top Product award after scoring 17.5 points out of a possible 18 in the...

  3. GhostTree Attack Abused Recursive Windows Junctions to Hide Malware

    BleepingComputer · · Medium severity

    GhostTree uses recursive NTFS junctions to generate vast numbers of valid Windows file paths. Varonis explains how the technique could cause Microsoft Defender folder scans to never complete, leaving malware undetected.

  4. Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

    The Hacker News · · Medium severity

    The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver malware called NarwhalRAT. "The attack email...

  5. Arch Linux Malware Incident: Malicious Commits Found in 1,579 Packages

    Slashdot · · Medium severity

    More than 1,500 user-contributed packages in the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" were infected with malware, reports Phoronix: The last message in the thread over this security incident is noting that Arch Linux developers have deleted...

  6. Pirated PC games are delivering password-stealing malware

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    A new Windows malware campaign hides inside pirated PC games and modified installers for franchises like Far Cry, Need for Speed, FIFA, and Assassin’s Creed. Researchers estimate that more than 400,000 devices worldwide have been...

  7. Free Spotify Premium hacks on social media are spreading infostealers

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    Short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels have become the latest way cybercriminals spread malware. We’ve already seen attackers move away from traditional phishing emails and toward tactics that trick people into...

  8. China-linked recon botnet outpaces enterprise defenses

    CSO Online Security · · Medium severity

    A botnet made up of compromised small office and Internet of Things devices has grown into a larger reconnaissance network capable of rapidly identifying vulnerable internet-facing systems after public vulnerability disclosures,...

  9. China-Linked JDY Botnet Expands to 1,500+ Devices for Cyber Reconnaissance

    The Hacker News · · Medium severity

    Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "resurgence and expansion" of JDY, a covert network associated with China-nexus state-sponsored threat actors. "The JDY botnet comprises over 1,500 SOHO [small office and home office] and IoT...

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