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Romanian police forces have arrested two individuals this week, for allegedly running two malware crypting services like CyberSeal and DataProtector to escape antivirus software detection. These services were purchased by quite 1560 criminals and used for crypting several different types of malware, including Remote Access Trojans, Information stealers, and Ransomware. The pair used the Cyberscan service also which allowed their clients to test their malware against antivirus tools. How do Criminals Bypass Antivirus Software? Generally, hackers bypass antivirus detection through the utilization of crypters that encrypt or hide the primary code in a piece of software, usually malware to pretend to be something harmless until it gets installed on the victim’s device. In this case, the services provided by these two suspects fall into a similar category and are offered for sale in the underground criminal market since 2010. Their clients paid between US$40 to US$300 for these crypting ser...

Recently, the US and UK cybersecurity agencies have issued a joint security alert about an ongoing malware attack. The QSnatch malware is actively targeting QNAP devices and has infected thousands of them already.   Users must ensure updating their devices with security fixes to avoid exploitation. US UK Cybersec Warn Of QSnatch Malware In a joint alert from the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have warned of active QSnatch malware attacks. Briefly, they presented their findings regarding a new strain of QSnatch malware. While the malware vector remains unknown, the firms believe that it attacks a vulnerable device as the malicious code runs with it. The malware affects the device firmware whilst allowing the attacker to connect with the C&C by using a domain generation algorithm (DGA).  It keeps generating different domain names to communicate with the C&C. QSnatch exhi...

The 'Happy Independence Day' message was shown on the channel in Pakistan around 3:30 pm. A leading Pakistan TV news channel, Dawn, has reportedly been hacked, several photos and videos surfacing online showed. While an advertisement was running on the news channel, the Indian flag appeared over it with a message saying 'Happy Independence Day'. This was spotted by many Twitter users. The message was shown on the channel in Pakistan around 3:30 pm. News Jockey @jockey_news Dawn news channels of Pakistan hacked by Hackers https:// twitter.com/doctoralihamid /status/1289884543084834816/video/1 … 6:46 PM · Aug 2, 2020 56 22 people are Tweeting about  Meanwhile, Dawn News put out a tweet in Urdu saying "The Dawn administration has ordered an immediate investigation into the matter." Issuing a statement, Dawn News said that it was broadcasting as usual when the Indian tricolour and the Independence Day wish appeared over the commercial suddenly, remained on the sc...

North Korean hackers return to actively deploying ransomware after the huge WannaCry debacle. Antivirus maker Kaspersky said in a report today that hackers associated with the North Korean regime are behind a new ransomware strain known as VHD. The report details two incidents to which Kaspersky was privy, where intruders gained access to companies' networks and deployed the VHD ransomware. Kaspersky experts say that tools and techniques used during the two intrusions link the attackers to Lazarus Group -- a generic name given to hackers working for the Pyongyang regime. This included: the use of the MATA (Dacls) malware framework to deploy VHD as a final payload the use of techniques to move across a victim's internal network that were previously observed in past Lazarus campaigns "The data we have at our disposal tends to indicate that the VHD ransomware is not a commercial off-the-shelf product; and as far as we know, the Lazarus group is the sole owner of the MATA fram...

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group targets India and Hong Kong with a unique phishing attack designed to convince the target. The campaign uses multiple documents with the filename ‘Mail security check’ and “Boris Johnson Pledges to Admit 3 Million From Hong Kong” in the attack. The document with the name ‘Mail security check’ targets India and the document with “Boris Johnson Pledges to Admit 3 Million From Hong Kong” targeting Hongkong. According to Malwarebytes  analysis , this new campaign is operated by a Chinese state-sponsored actor, who has been active since at least 2014. Spear-Phishing to Install MgBot Malware The campaigns found to be active since July 2, in the first campaign attacker group uses the Cobalt Strike variant delivered through a weaponized word document. A day after the first attack the APT group changed their template to drop, a loader called MgBot that make use of Application Management (AppMgmt) Service on Windows to deliver the final payload. The camp...

New Android malware has been discovered that steals data such as credit card details, password from 337 applications. This included some of the popular apps such as Amazon, Gmail, Uber, Netflix, and more. Highlights The malware was discovered by a mobile security firm Threatfabric. The malware is being distributed as fake Google update packages offered on third party websites. The malware is capable of performing intrusive operations such as Perform SMS floods, start specific apps, show custom push notifications, perform SMS floods, sabotage mobile antivirus apps. About the malware The malware is based on the leaked source code of another malware Xerxes. Again, xerxes is based on the strains of other malwares. Blackrock is completely enhanced with stealing passwords and credit card details. It collects data through overlays. Working of the malware The Malware asks for credit card setails and login credentials before the user enters the app. It asks for phone’s accessibility feature. It...

Something normal happened on Twitter earlier this afternoon. Someone claiming to be Elon Musk started tweeting an obvious scam to entice his loyal bootlickers to send bitcoin to a random cryptocurrency wallet. This happens all the time, but the strange thing about today was that the tweets were coming from Musk’s  verified account . And nearly identical tweets were coming from accounts of people like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Joe Biden, Barack Obama,  Warren Buffett,  every major crypto-exchange , and I’m quickly losing track of all of ‘em. This is obviously the result of a Twitter hack the likes of which we’ve never seen before. A spokesperson for the social network told Gizmodo that they are aware of the situation and will issue a statement shortly, which they did right before publication. The hackers appear to be using a number of different wallets but the address being used on tweets from Musk and Gates has received around $59,000 worth of bitcoin so far. Th...

According to a new report, 127 home routers developed by seven different large vendors affected with multiple critical security flaws. The examination was done by researchers on several aspects such as firmware updates, operating systems, known critical vulnerabilities, and Cryptographic functions. The study says there is no single router without known critical vulnerabilities, the research conducted by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE) and looked at 127 router models from ASUS, AVM, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, and Zyxel. Home Routers Affected More than 90% of the router running Linux OS, one-third of the routers running with an older version of Linux kernel version(2.6.36) updated in 2011. The routers found to be affected with 53 critical-rated vulnerabilities, the worst-case regarding high severity CVEs is the Linksys WRT54GL powered by the oldest kernel. “AVM does a better job than the other vendors regarding most a...

New Variant of Infamous Android Joker Malware Bypasses Google Play Security to Attack Users The Joker malware detected in early June 2019, it employs several tactics to bypass GooglePlay protection and to perform several malicious activities. The malware used to hide inside different apps and once users downloaded to the phone they got infected with the Joker malware. It aims to steal money from the user by signing for paid subscriptions, it interacts with the user’s SMS messages, contact lists, and other data from the device. Earlier it was observed that Joker malware hidden with 24 apps different apps, all the apps have been reported to Google and removed from the store. New Joker variant Check Point researchers discovered a new variant of Joker Dropper and Premium Dialer spyware in Google Play hidden with 11 apps that removed from Google Play on April 30, 2020. The updated version of Joker malware hides behind look like legitimate apps and downloads additional malware on the device....

Zoom 0day Vulnerability Let Remote Attacker to Execute Arbitrary Code on Victim’s Computer A new remote code execution “0day” flaw with Zoom Client for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows computer where the vulnerable version of Zoom client installed. The vulnerability was found by a researcher who wants to keep their identity private, the vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker by making the victim open the malicious document file. Zoom is a popular video conferencing software across the globe that are used by individuals across the globe to work from and to stay in touch with friends and family. Zoom 0day Vulnerability The vulnerability can be exploitable only on Windows 7 and other older versions of the Windows machine. Clients running on Windows 8 or Windows 10 are not affected. ACROS Security has  reported  the issue to Zoom and released a micropatch for its 0patch to prevent the exploitation until the Zoom releases an official fix. ...