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Month: February 2025

Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions

Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. “Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots, and displaying phishing overlays to steal sensitive credentials,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in an analysis published last week. The […]

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What Is Attack Surface Management?

Attack surfaces are growing faster than security teams can keep up – to stay ahead, you need to know what’s exposed and where attackers are most likely to strike. With cloud adoption dramatically increasing the ease of exposing new systems and services to the internet, prioritizing threats and managing your attack surface from an attacker’s […]

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Crazy Evil Gang Targets Crypto with StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer Malware

A Russian-speaking cybercrime gang known as Crazy Evil has been linked to over 10 active social media scams that leverage a wide range of tailored lures to deceive victims and trick them into installing malware such as StealC, Atomic macOS Stealer (aka AMOS), and Angel Drainer. “Specializing in identity fraud, cryptocurrency theft, and information-stealing malware, […]

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U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network

U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating from Pakistan. The action, which took place on January 29, 2025, has been codenamed Operation Heart Blocker. The vast array of sites in question peddled […]

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BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposed 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key. The company said the breach involved 17 Remote Support SaaS customers and that the API key was used to enable unauthorized access by resetting local […]

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Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members, involved the use of spyware from an Israeli company known as Paragon Solutions. The attackers were neutralized in December 2024. In a statement to The Guardian, […]

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Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of harvesting their credentials. “These malicious ads, appearing on Google Search, are designed to steal the login information of users trying to access Microsoft’s advertising platform,” Jérôme Segura, senior […]

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