The GuptiMiner malware campaign, discovered by Avast, involved hijacking an eScan antivirus update mechanism to distribute backdoors and coinminers. The campaign was orchestrated by a threat actor with possible ties to Kimsuky.

Downloading pirated movies from dubious sources can expose users to malware, putting personal and financial data at risk. Even visiting piracy websites or clicking on pop-ups and redirect links can lead to malware infections.

This social media scam begins with a comment from a random account on a user’s post, which congratulates the victim saying they’re one of the 2023 lucky ones selected to receive a SHEIN gift card.

Adobe Acrobat Sign allows registered users to send a document signature request to anyone. When doing so, an email will be generated and sent to the intended recipients from a legitimate email address.

The top countries affected by tech support scams are the United States, Brazil, Japan, Canada, and France. These scams typically start with a pop-up window claiming a malware infection and urging the person to call a helpline for resolution.

The phishing attempt starts out via a fraudulent SMS that notifies victims of a supposed reimbursement that they qualify for. According to the SMS, all they need to do to receive the reimbursement is to fill out a form on the agency's website.

Ransomware cybercriminal gangs and markets have made adjustments to their original ransom demands and found a near limitless demand for targeted ransomware, enabling them to up their extortion demands.

The best way to avoid falling for a rental scam is to use the smell test: If it smells fishy, it’s probably fishy. Clues like weird grammar, refusing to talk on the phone, and unnecessary demand for money should be seen as suspicious attempts.

First, the ransomware attempts to read a file to memory using File.ReadAllBytes(). This function has an internal limit – of a maximum of 2 GB. In case the file is larger, the function throws an exception, which is then handled by the try-catch block.

SMSFactory sneakily siphons money from victims around the world, including Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Ukraine, US, France, and Spain, among others, by sending premium SMS and making calls to premium-rate phone numbers.