Hamster Kombat Players Threatened by Spyware & Infostealers

July 24, 2024 at 01:04PM Hamster Kombat, a popular mobile currency game with over 250 million users, is being targeted by malicious actors. Fake Android and Windows software are used to install spyware and other malware. Users searching for the game’s Telegram channel may come across channels distributing Android malware and spyware, posing a risk … Read more

Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware

June 14, 2024 at 09:28AM The Security Service of Ukraine dismantled infrastructure enabling pro-Russia residents to deploy spyware on soldiers’ devices and operate bot farms. A woman in Zhytomyr supported mobile numbers used for attacks, while a man in Dnipro ran a larger operation selling access to social media accounts to Russian intelligence. Investigations are … Read more

Attackers Exploit 6-Year-Old Microsoft Office Bug to Spread Spyware

December 20, 2023 at 11:08AM Attackers exploit a 6-year-old Microsoft Office flaw, CVE-2017-11882, in an email campaign delivering spyware via malicious Excel attachments. Zscaler revealed that the end goal is to load Agent Tesla, a remote access Trojan, in a unique attack vector that pairs a longstanding vulnerability with new complexity and evasion tactics. Organizations … Read more