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/
Tag: Malware
Cyber News Rundown: Dark Tequila Malware
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
ThreatList: $1.1M is Lost to Cybercrime Every Minute of Every Day
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/
Cheddar’s Restaurants Bitten By Credit-Card Breach
Restaurants in 23 states were compromised for two months.
Link: https://threatpost.com/cheddars-restaurants-bitten-by-credit-card-breach/136876/
AdvisorsBot Downloader Emerges in Raft of Malware Campaigns
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/
Triout Malware Carries Out Extensive, Targeted Android Surveillance
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/
Ryuk Ransomware Emerges in Highly Targeted, Highly Lucrative Campaign
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: A Distilled Threat for Mexican Targets
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/
GandCrab’s Rotten EGGs Hatch Ransomware in South Korea
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/
Unique Malspam Campaign Uses MS Publisher to Drop a RAT on Banks
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/