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Hackers abuse Google Command and Control red team tool in attacks

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 was found abusing the GC2 (Google Command and Control) red teaming tool in data theft attacks against a Taiwanese media and an Italian job search company. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 18 Apr 2023 518 Views

New QBot Banking Trojan Campaign Hijacks Business Emails to Spread Malware

A new QBot malware campaign is leveraging hijacked business correspondence to trick unsuspecting victims into installing the malware, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. The latest activity, which commenced on April 4, 2023, has primarily targeted users in Germany, Argentina, Italy, Algeria, ...
The Hacker News 18 Apr 2023 689 Views

New sandbox escape PoC exploit available for VM2 library, patch now

Security researchers have released yet another sandbox escape proof of concept (PoC) exploit that makes it possible to execute unsafe code on the host running the VM2 sandbox. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 18 Apr 2023 696 Views

Android malware infiltrates 60 Google Play apps with 100M installs

A new Android malware named 'Goldoson' has infiltrated Google Play through 60 legitimate apps that collectively have 100 million downloads.
Bleepingcomputer 17 Apr 2023 648 Views

Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Friday released out-of-band updates to resolve an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser, making it the first such bug to be addressed since the start of the year.
Bleepingcomputer 17 Apr 2023 715 Views

Windows admins warned to patch critical MSMQ QueueJumper bug

Security researchers and experts warn of a critical vulnerability in the Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) middleware service patched by Microsoft during this month's Patch Tuesday and exposing hundreds of thousands of systems to attacks. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 13 Apr 2023 824 Views

1M+ WordPress Sites Hacked via Zero-Day Plug-in Bugs

A wide-ranging campaign to inject malicious code into WordPress-run websites has been ongoing for at least five years.
Dark Reading 12 Apr 2023 941 Views

Hacked sites caught spreading malware via fake Chrome updates

Hackers are compromising websites to inject scripts that display fake Google Chrome automatic update errors that distribute malware to unaware visitors. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 12 Apr 2023 808 Views

Hyundai data breach exposes owner details in France and Italy

Hyundai has disclosed a data breach impacting Italian and French car owners and those who booked a test drive, warning that hackers gained access to personal data. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 12 Apr 2023 682 Views

Windows zero-day vulnerability exploited in ransomware attacks

Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS), actively exploited by cybercriminals to escalate privileges and deploy Nokoyawa ransomware payloads. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 12 Apr 2023 847 Views