The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously undiscovered strain of malware used to mine Monero cryptocurrency on compromised systems, according to Cado Security.
On Tuesday, NorthStar Emergency Paramedic Services took to its website to report the problem and mailed physical letters to patients who may have been impacted by the breach. The company said they became aware of the potential intrusion in September.
The Meta approach starts from the assumption that despite the asynchronous nature of attacks, there are still meaningful commonalities, especially where those commonalities can be abstracted from the platform or hardware being attacked.
Threat actors are going after victims’ cryptocurrency funds using trojanized Telegram and WhatsApp applications for Android and Windows. The malware can switch cryptocurrency wallet addresses sent in chat messages with attackers’ wallet addresses.
The number of business email compromise (BEC) incidents doubled last year and replaced ransomware as the most prolific cybercrime category, according to Secureworks. Ransomware detections reportedly declined by 57%.
The most notable shift observed in BianLian attacks recently is its move away from ransoming encrypted files, and towards data-leak extortion as a means to extract payments from victims.
Tabnabbing is a phishing method in which attackers take advantage of victims’ unattended browser tabs. With reverse tabnabbing, on the other hand, attackers can actually rewrite the source page after a victim clicks a malicious link.
The exposed database contained users’ sensitive information, including screenshots of “Chat Messages” showing deposits and withdrawal amounts, KYC compliance records, identification images, transaction hashes, and wallet addresses.
The two hackers, belonging to the “ViLE” crime group, allegedly broke into a federal law enforcement database. They also used a compromised Bangladeshi police officer’s email to fraudulently request user data from a social media company.
A study by Hoxhunt sampling 53,000 email users in more than 100 countries found that professional red teamers generated a click rate of 4.2%, while ChatGPT-generated emails induced just a 2.9% click rate.