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Fin7 Ramps Up Campaigns With Two Fresh Malware Samples

Despite the 2018 crackdown on Fin7, the cybercrime group has been ramping up its efforts with two new malware samples and an attack panel. Despite the arrest of several Fin7 members in 2018, the ...
WeLiveSecurity

PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI

ESET researchers discover PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI in its execution flow.
Security Boulevard

Hackers Use LLM to Create React2Shell Malware, the Latest Example of AI-Generated Threat

Darktrace researchers say hackers used AI and LLMs to create malware to exploit the React2Shell vulnerability to mine ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Android Malware Hijacks Google Gemini to Stay Hidden

A new Android malware implant using Google Gemini to perform persistence tasks was discovered on VirusTotal and analyzed by ESET ...
PCMag on MSN

This Android malware connects to Google Gemini for tips on hacking targets

'PromptSpy' appears to be the first Android malware that uses generative AI in its execution flow, according to antivirus provider ESET.
HotHardware

Meltdown And Spectre Proof Of Concept Malware Code Hits The Internet

It's been roughly a month since the first reports concerning Spectre and Meltdown began appearing on the web. Since that time, hardware and software companies have been working together to release ...
Threat Post

GandCrab Operators Resurface with REvil Malware

Despite claiming they were retiring, GandCrab’s authors have been linked to the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware via a technical analysis. The malware that hit 22 Texas municipalities and various dentist ...
Bleeping Computer

REvil ransomware returns: New malware sample confirms gang is back

The notorious REvil ransomware operation has returned amidst rising tensions between Russia and the USA, with new infrastructure and a modified encryptor allowing for more targeted attacks. In October ...
Dark Reading

New Mac Malware Samples Underscore Growing Threat

A handful of malware samples that emerged in 2021 demonstrated once again that Apple's technologies, while less prone to attack and compromise than Windows systems, are not invulnerable. For the sixth ...
InfoWorld

F-Secure: Malware samples doubled in one year

Innovation is on the decline and being replaced with volume and mass-produced kit malware, according to F-Secure report Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious software ...
Computer Weekly

Volume of unique malware samples threatens to overwhelm defenders

The cyber criminal underground continues to evolve its tactics in search of the quickest path to a payday, with greater volumes of attacks employing a more diverse range of malware than has ever been ...
CSOonline

US students get cracking on Chinese malware code

Wesley McGrew, a research assistant at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long hacking campaign against dozens of U.S.