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How long have you been unable to find a job? This is the fault of cybercriminals! Cybersecurity researchers from Elastic Security Labs revealed details of an active phishing campaign that uses employment topics to distribute malware called WARMCOOKIE. "Each WARMCOOKIE sample is compiled with a...

Guys, I couldn't stand it. We will now talk about the ATM virus discovered more than a year ago in Diebold ATMs, and the basic principle of its operation. This topic is ancient, the peak of hysteria has long passed, but the public never found out what really happened, which is why even IT people...

In Kyiv, a criminal group that specialized in secretly infiltrating the service parts of ATMs and further infecting the operating system of ATMs with malicious software code, which led to the unauthorized withdrawal of funds, was neutralized. Ukrainian banks suffered damage in the amount of more...

Europol detained criminals who emptied ATMs without using a plastic card - using the Tyupkin virus pre-loaded into the ATM. First, using a bootable CD, criminals gained access to computers installed inside ATMs running one of the older versions of Windows and infected them with malware. This...

Users donate their data using other people's advice. Attackers have found a new way to distribute malware through Stack Overflow – When answering user questions, hackers recommend installing a malicious PyPI package that infects computers and steals confidential information. Sonatype has...

In May of this year, the publishing house Individuum published a book by journalist Daniil Turovsky “Invasion. A Brief History of Russian Hackers." It contains stories from the dark side of the Russian IT industry - about guys who, having fallen in love with computers, learned not just to...

Dangerous malware called Erbium has appeared on the Internet. This is an identity theft tool that targets your passwords, bank card details, cookies, cryptocurrency wallets, and possibly more. Due to its rapid spread and widespread availability in the future, it could be adapted to infect...

Hackers compromised the supply chain of the world-famous program. The Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) trial video recording program was hacked by injecting malware into the installation file that can take control of infected systems. JAVS is widely used in courts, law firms, correctional...

The popular "requests" package has been maliciously modified. Security researchers from Phylum discovered a malicious package in the popular PyPI repository that disguises itself as the popular "requests" library, but in reality poses a significant threat to the entire developer community. The...

The modern world of digital technologies is an endless amount of content for every taste. But when searching for free platforms where you can download videos, games, books, programs, or apps without SMS or registration, users often face a potential threat in the form of viruses. In modern...

The malware ably cleanses systems, laughing in the face of antivirus programs. Bitdefender specialists have discovered a new version of the AMOS Stealer (or Atomic Stealer) malware, one of the most common cyber threats to macOS users over the past year. According to Bitdefender experts, the new...

The Netwalker group disappeared from the radar back in 2021, but researchers noticed suspicious similarities while studying other software. Experts have found disturbing links between the recent Alpha ransomware virus and the Netwalker criminal group, which was eliminated several years ago...

The developers have chosen the direction of their efforts to support PikaBot. Zscaler ThreatLabZ specialists found significant changes in the PikaBot malware, which they described as a "transfer of authority" in the development of the virus. The new version, designated as 1.18.32, is undergoing...

In the Fergana region, the actions of a person who distributed malicious virus applications in the Telegram messenger were stopped. He turned out to be a 16-year-old resident of the Rishtan district, N.I. This became known during events carried out by employees of the Cyber Security Center of...

The complexity and uniqueness of the malware requires new approaches to data protection. Cybersecurity experts from SecurityScorecard have identified a new variation of a computer virus called Menorah that targets organizations in the Middle East. It was first discovered and analyzed by Trend...

In addition to huge percentages, apps have another interesting feature. ESET warns about the danger of fraudulent applications on Android for lending, which began to spread actively from the beginning of 2023. The apps pretend to be legitimate loan services, promising quick and easy access to...

By downloading pirated software, you can become a curtain for cybercrime behind the scenes. Kaspersky Lab reports that cybercriminals have launched a new campaign against Mac users, using a proxy Trojan that spreads through copyrighted popular macOS programs available on malicious sites. The...

Unknown assailants attacked the country's largest electricity supplier. Last week, the IT systems of the energy company HSE, the largest electricity supplier in Slovenia, were hacked. According to official data, the cause of the incident was an encryption virus that encoded files on the...

Israel's education sector and IT companies may lose their confidential data forever. Israel's higher education and technology sector has seen a series of devastating cyberattacks since January 2023, using previously unknown malware to delete data. According to a report by Palo Alto Networks...

The company F. A. C. C. T., a Russian developer of technologies to combat cybercrime, has discovered a new version of the popular fraudulent scheme Fake Date (from English — "fake date"). Now criminals are trying to steal money from the victim even before buying movie or theater tickets under...