The approach makes Mirai executable on a wide variety of disparate IoT devices and platforms from a single server.
Link: https://threatpost.com/mirai-variant-cross-compiles-attack-code-with-aboriginal-linux/136906/
The approach makes Mirai executable on a wide variety of disparate IoT devices and platforms from a single server.
Link: https://threatpost.com/mirai-variant-cross-compiles-attack-code-with-aboriginal-linux/136906/
Reading Time: ~2 min.Dark Tequila Targets Mexican Financial Organizations Over the past 5 years, one malware campaign has been plaguing the financial industries of Mexico: Dark Tequila. While many researchers have been monitoring samples for most of that time, only recently has the entire campaign come into focus, with over 30,000 unique targets in 2018 alone. Using mostly […]
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Link: https://www.webroot.com/blog/2018/08/24/cyber-news-rundown-dark-tequila-malware
Every minute, there are also 5,518 records leaked from publicly disclosed incidents.
Link: https://threatpost.com/threatlist-1-1m-is-lost-to-cybercrime-every-minute-of-every-day/136871/
Restaurants in 23 states were compromised for two months.
Link: https://threatpost.com/cheddars-restaurants-bitten-by-credit-card-breach/136876/
A tricky downloader has hit the scene in a series of campaigns targeting restaurants, hotels and telecommunications companies.
Link: https://threatpost.com/advisorsbot-downloader-emerges-in-raft-of-malware-campaigns/136863/
The spyware’s surveillance capabilities are extensive, logging every call, text, photo, video and more, and sending the data to the attackers.
Link: https://threatpost.com/triout-malware-carries-out-extensive-targeted-android-surveillance/136773/
The highly sophisticated operation shares code with the Hermes malware, and may be linked to the Lazarus Group APT actor.
Link: https://threatpost.com/ryuk-ransomware-emerges-in-highly-targeted-highly-lucrative-campaign/136755/
Dark Tequila, which has been active since 2013, is highly modular and targets victims in Mexico.
Link: https://threatpost.com/dark-tequila-a-distilled-threat-for-mexican-targets/136739/
This could mark yet another reinvention for the VenusLocker group, which has mostly been focused on cryptomining this year.
Link: https://threatpost.com/gandcrabs-rotten-eggs-hatch-ransomware-in-south-korea/136689/
A new email campaign includes a Microsoft Office Publisher file with malicious URLs leading to the FlawedAmmyy RAT.
Link: https://threatpost.com/unique-malspam-campaign-uses-ms-publisher-to-drop-a-rat-on-banks/136656/