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Visual Studio Code Malicious Plugins Steal Personal Data
Some plugins for Visual Studio Code, a popular code editing tool developed by Microsoft, appear to have malicious code. In…
Top 3 Stealer Malware to Be Aware Of in 2023
Cybercrime world changes rapidly – both by expanding, collapsing, evolving extensively and intensively. One of the most massive malware types…
Trend Micro: Millions of Android Devices Contain Malware Right in the Firmware
Trend Micro analysts presented an interesting report at the Black Hat Asia conference: according to their information, millions of Android…
RedLine Stealer Issues 100,000 Samples – What is Happening?
Throughout the entire early May 2023, GridinSoft analysts team observes an anomalous activity of RedLine stealer. It is, actually, an…
Grand Explorer Software – Remove Malware & Repair System
Grand Explorer app, or, as it is displayed in the list of installed programs, Grand Explorer 1.0.0.1 (2.4.5.0), is a…
Western Digital Admits that Users’ Personal Data Was Compromised in the Company’s Hack
Western Digital, which was hit by a BlackCat hack in March 2023, has finally admitted that customers’ personal data was compromised during the incident. Users of the company’s online store…
Fake Windows Update in Browser Deliver Aurora Stealer
Fake Windows Update became a malware spreading way once again. Updates are a pretty routine part of the Windows user experience. Over the last 7 years, Windows users mostly used…
The FBI Disrupted the Cyberspyware “Snake” that the Russian FSB Used for 20 Years
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday reported the disruption of a massive spying program by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) using cyberspyware codenamed “Snake”. This is stated…
Fullerton India Hacked, LockBit Leaks 600GB of Data
Fullerton India, a large lending institution from India, appears to be hacked back in early April 2023. It is confirmed by the LockBit ransomware Darknet blog, where hackers listed the…
Ransomware Attacks Increasingly Using AuKill Malware to Disable EDR
A new cybercrime tool called “AuKill” has emerged, which attackers use to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) defenses used by enterprises before deploying ransomware. AuKill malware uses malicious device…
AI Generated Video Based on Mouse Brain Signals
A team of researchers from the EPFL has developed an AI tool that can interpret rodent brain signals in real time and then recreate the video a mouse is watching.…
BlackCat Group Leaks Western Digital Data to the Network
The operators of the ransomware BlackCat (aka ALPHV) have published screenshots of Western Digital’s internal emails and video conferences. The hackers appear to have maintained access to the company’s systems…
LOBSHOT malware steals cryptowallets, exploits Google Ads
LOBSHOT, a recently-detected malware family, appears to be a new strong player in the malware market. Carrying a combination of backdoor and spyware functionality, it uses novice spreading ways that…
Microsoft Edge Exposes Bing API Addresses of Attended Sites
Users have noticed that a bug seems to have crept into Microsoft Edge – the fact is that, starting with build 112.0.1722.34, the browser passes all the URLs that users…
Clop and LockBit Ransomware Exploit Fresh Vulnerabilities in PaperCut
Microsoft has linked recent attacks on PaperCut servers to ransomware operations by Clop and LockBit, which used vulnerabilities to steal corporate data. In March 2023, print management solutions provider PaperCut…
PaperCut Vulnerability Allows RCE, Exploited in the Wild
PaperCut, a software solution used for print management, appears to be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE). Another security violation that popped out along with the former allows extracting user…
New SLP Vulnerability Allows 2200x DDoS Amplification
A recently-discovered vulnerability in SLP, a legacy network protocol, can be used for disastrous increasing in DDoS-attack efficiency. As researchers say, the use of SMP vulnerability can push the amplification…