Tag: tactics
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Remus Infostealer Debuts With Stealthy New Credential-Theft Tactics
Hackers are rolling out a new 64″‘bit infostealer dubbed Remus. The code strongly suggests it is a direct successor to the notorious Lumma Stealer, arriving just months after law”‘enforcement disruption and public doxxing of Lumma’s core operators in 2025. Remus is a 64″‘bit information stealer that mirrors Lumma’s core playbook: harvesting browser passwords, cookies, autofill data,…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Zoom, Teams Calls to Deliver Malware
Tags: crypto, cyber, cybercrime, hacker, malicious, malware, microsoft, open-source, phishing, tacticsHackers are increasingly using fake Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings to trick victims into infecting their own systems with malware. SEAL says it has blocked 164 malicious domains tied to this operation using MetaMask’s eth-phishing-detect system. The campaign primarily targets cryptocurrency professionals, Web3 developers, and investors, but its tactics are now expanding toward open-source communities.…
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Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn
A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have ‘escalated’ their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/iranian-hackers-are-targeting-american-critical-infrastructure-u-s-agencies-warn/
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Hackers Pose as Non-Profit Developers to Deploy Monero Mining Malware
REF1695 hackers spread Monero mining malware via fake non-profit installers, using stealth tactics to evade detection and hijack systems for profit. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-non-profit-developers-monero-mining-malware/
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BPFDoor Variants Hide with Stateless C2 and ICMP Relay Tactics
Seven new BPFDoor variants that push Linux backdoor tradecraft deep into the kernel, making them harder to spot in large telecom networks. These implants use Berkeley Packet Filters (BPF) to quietly inspect traffic inside the operating system kernel, waiting for a “magic packet” that activates a hidden shell. Once triggered, the backdoor blends into normal…
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Censys Raises $70M to Advance AI-Driven Threat Intelligence
Internet Intelligence Platform Targets Real-Time Cybethreat Defense. Censys raised $70 million to expand its AI-driven cybersecurity platform, focusing on real-time visibility into internet infrastructure. Co-founder and CEO Zakir Durumeric said faster attacks and evolving tactics require automated defenses powered by high-quality data and global intelligence. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/censys-raises-70m-to-advance-ai-driven-threat-intelligence-a-31349
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MITRE ATTCK v19 Drops April 28: How to Prepare Your SOC for the Defense Evasion Split
MITRE ATT&CK v19: What the Defense Evasion Split Means for Your SOC What’s Changing in ATT&CK v19 MITRE ATT&CK v19 drops April 28, 2026. The biggest change: Defense Evasion (TA0005), the framework’s most bloated tactic, is being split into two new tactics with distinct operational meanings. We covered the rationale and early previews back in……
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Akira-Style Ransomware Campaign Hits Windows Users Across South America
A newly identified ransomware campaign is targeting Windows users across South America, leveraging tactics that closely mimic the notorious Akira ransomware group. According to ESET’s findings, the threat actors behind this campaign are attempting to exploit Akira’s reputation by replicating its branding, ransom notes, and dark web infrastructure references. This includes the use of Tor-based…
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LeakNet Changes Tactics, But Consistency Gives Defenders an Advantage
LeakNet may be expanding its reach and scaling up, changing techniques and running campaigns directly, but the ransomware operator’s use of a repeatable post-exploitation sequence gives defenders a leg up. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/leaknet-changes-tactics-but-consistency-gives-defenders-an-advantage/
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Iran actors’ claims raise questions about larger cyber threat to US, allies
Questions are being raised about the veracity and tactics of Iran-linked actors, amid claims that a large trove of Lockheed Martin data is on the market. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/iran-actors-claims-cyber-threat-us-allies/816228/
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Ransomware in 2025: Blending in is the strategy
A summary of the top ransomware trends from the Talos 2025 Year in Review, with a focus on identity, attacker tactics, and practical defenses. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware-in-2025-blending-in-is-the-strategy/
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Global Cybercrime Investigations Gain Ground
Stan Duijf of Dutch National Police on Collaborative Law Enforcement. Global law enforcement agencies are shifting tactics to disrupt ransomware earlier in the attack chain. Stan Duijf of the Dutch National Police describes how collaboration, threat intelligence and cryptocurrency seizures are making cybercrime more costly and less effective for criminals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Tax Season With New Phishing Tactics
Tax-season phishing floods deliver RMM malware, credential theft, BEC and tax-form scams First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tax-season-new-phishing-tactics/
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New AITM phishing wave hijacks TikTok Business accounts
A new AITM phishing campaign targets TikTok Business accounts to hijack them for malvertising, continuing tactics seen in earlier Google-themed scams. Push Security researchers uncovered a new wave of AITM phishing pages targeting TikTok for Business accounts, aiming to hijack them for malvertising. The campaign includes TikTok and Google-themed fake pages, showing links to previous…
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Skyhawk Security Adds Threat Actor Context to Cloud Attack Scenarios, Mapping Simulations to Known Adversaries
Skyhawk Security has added Threat Actor Context to its cloud security platform, giving security teams a way to understand simulated attack scenarios through the lens of known adversary behavior. The enhancement connects Skyhawk’s AI Red Team attack simulations to real-world threat actors, their campaigns, and affiliated CVEs. The capability goes beyond mapping to tactics, techniques,..…
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Phishers Pose as Palo Alto Networks’ Recruiters for Months in Job Scam
A series of campaigns that began in August aim to defraud job candidates, using psychological tactics and data scraped from LinkedIn profiles. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/phishers-pose-palo-alto-networks-recruiters-job-scam
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PyPI warns developers after LiteLLM malware found stealing cloud and CI/CD credentials
Tags: access, advisory, api, attack, cloud, container, credentials, data, exploit, extortion, github, group, infrastructure, malicious, malware, open-source, pypi, supply-chain, tactics, tool, vulnerabilityAn expanding supply-chain campaign: The LiteLLM incident has been confirmed to be a part of the rapidly unfolding TeamPCP supply chain campaign that first compromised Trivy.Trivy, developed by Aqua Security, is a widely used open-source vulnerability scanner designed to identify security issues in container images, file systems, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) configurations. The ongoing attack, attributed…
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Cybercriminals are Winning with AI
AI has become the most powerful tool for financial fraud since the dawn of the Internet. As predicted, criminals are exploiting it faster, more effectively, and at scale. According to the latest Interpol Global Financial Fraud Report, AI-enhanced fraud is now 4.5 times more profitable than traditional schemes. That’s a significant shift and we’re still…
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Ransomware Affiliate Exposes Details of ‘The Gentlemen’ Operation
Hastalamuerte leaks The Gentlemen RaaS ops: FortiGate exploits, BYOVD evasion, Qilin split tactics First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-affiliate-gentlemen/
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Poland Suspects Iranian Actors are Behind Attack on Its Nuclear Power Center
Poland officials say the cyberattack late last week appears to have been launched by an Iranian threat group, though they noted that bad actors not associated with any country in the war could have been behind it and used tactics associated with Iranian threat groups to cover their own tracks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Storm-2561 targets enterprise VPN users with SEO poisoning, fake clients
vpn-fortinet[.]com and ivanti-vpn[.]org, hosting malicious ZIP files on GitHub, the advisory said.The malware itself arrives as a ZIP file containing a Windows Installer package. When a user launches the downloaded installer, it drops a fake Pulse Secure application into a directory that closely mimics a legitimate Pulse Secure installation path, Microsoft said.”This installation path blends…
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Storm-2561 targets enterprise VPN users with SEO poisoning, fake clients
vpn-fortinet[.]com and ivanti-vpn[.]org, hosting malicious ZIP files on GitHub, the advisory said.The malware itself arrives as a ZIP file containing a Windows Installer package. When a user launches the downloaded installer, it drops a fake Pulse Secure application into a directory that closely mimics a legitimate Pulse Secure installation path, Microsoft said.”This installation path blends…