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Phishing PyPI users: Attackers compromise legitimate projects to push malware

25

Aug

2022

PyPI, the official third-party software repository for Python packages, is warning about a phishing campaign targeting its users. “We have additionally determined that some maintainers of legitimate projects have been compromised, and malware published as the latest release for those projects. These releases have been removed from PyPI and the maintainer accounts have been temporarily […]

Category Cyber-crime Phishing Written by Helpnetsecurity 0 Comments

Hackers Using Fake DDoS Protection Pages to Distribute Malware

24

Aug

2022

WordPress sites are being hacked to display fraudulent Cloudflare DDoS protection pages that lead to the delivery of malware such as NetSupport RAT and Raccoon Stealer. “A recent surge in JavaScript injections targeting WordPress sites has resulted in fake DDoS prevent prompts which lead victims to download remote access trojan malware,” Sucuri’s Ben Martin said […]

Category Cyber-crime Malware Written by Thehackernews 0 Comments

New ransomware HavanaCrypt poses as Google software update

24

Aug

2022

A new strain of ransomware has been making victims for the past two months, masquerading as a Google software update application and reusing an open-source password management library for encryption. Dubbed HavanaCrypt by researchers from Cybereason, the new ransomware program features anti-analysis, data exfiltration and privilege escalation mechanisms, but doesn’t seem to be dropping a […]

Category Threats & Malware Virus & Malware Written by Csoonline 0 Comments

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