In the digital labyrinth where gamers hunt for quick wins, Cheat Lab emerged, enticing players with false promises while stealthily unleashing RedLine malware onto their systems. Cryptocurrency users are at risk of losing their assets to threat actors as researchers unveil details of a new campaign that impersonates the Whales Market crypto trading platform. Ukraine's governmental networks stand tainted by the shadowy presence of OfflRouter malware, which has gone undetected since 2015. Read on to know more.
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Researchers uncovered a new campaign that tricked gamers with fake cheat lures, called Cheat Lab, to deploy Redline info-stealer malware onto their systems. The malware used Lua bytecode to evade detection.
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Threat actors exploited Google Ads to redirect visitors to fake websites of the Whales Market crypto trading platform in an attempt to drain their crypto assets.
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Several Ukrainian government networks have been found infected with OfflRouter malware since 2015. The finding comes after Cisco Talos discovered over 100 confidential documents uploaded to VirusTotal from Ukraine.
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Akira ransomware made over $42 million in ransom payments from over 250 victims worldwide between March 2023 and January 2024, according to a joint advisory from Europol’s EC3, and the U.S. and Dutch cybersecurity agencies.
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A report from Onapsis and Flashpoint highlighted that ransomware attacks against SAP systems increased 400% over the past three years. A majority of these attacks were launched by exploiting flaws in the application.
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A new banking trojan, called SoumniBot, exploited vulnerabilities in the Android manifest to infect Korean users. Upon execution, it stole user information, including SMS messages, contacts, accounts, photos, videos, and online banking digital certificates.
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The CISA, along with the FBI and the ODNI, issued new guidance to help election infrastructure stakeholders increase their resilience against foreign malign influence operations from state-sponsored threat actors.
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Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance released new guidance for the safe deployment of AI systems in network environments. It also focuses on protecting and maintaining AI operations.
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NATO announced the establishment of a new facility called the NATO Integrated Cyber Center (NICC), where civilian experts would work alongside industry and military experts to address potential threats.
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AI-based multi-data platform SIEM, Anvilogic, raised $45 million in a Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Foundation Capital, Cervin Ventures, and others.
