On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Los Angeles announced that they and other international partners disrupted the Qakbot malware infrastructure in a successful takedown.
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Active since 2007, this prolific malware (also known as QBot or Pinkslipbot) evolved over time using different techniques to infect users and compromise systems. Qakbot infiltrated victims’ computers through spam emails containing malicious attachments or hyperlinks. Once installed on the targeted computer, the malware allowed for infections with next-stage payloads such as ransomware. Additionally, the infected computer became part of...
ESET researchers uncover a toolkit that operates as a Telegram bot and helps scammers target victims on online marketplaces, mainly in Russia.
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.
Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date, was taken down following a multinational law enforcement operation spearheaded by the FBI and known as Operation 'Duck Hunt.'
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The Rust Security Response WG and the crates.io team were notified on 2022-05-02 of the existence of the malicious crate rustdecimal, which contained malware. The crate name was intentionally similar to the name of the popular rust_decimal crate, hoping that potential victims would misspell its name (an attack called "typosquattin
olish intelligence services are investigating a hacking attack on the country's railways, Polish media say.
Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt traffic in the north-west of the country overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Saturday.
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Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injection Issues & Security Filter Bypass – CVE-2023-34133 Title: Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injection Issues & Security Filter Bypass Risk: 9.8 (Critic…
This is the third documented campaign attributed to this actor in less than a year, with the actor reusing the same infrastructure throughout these operations.
