BleepingComputer reports that hacked WordPress sites have been used as relay command-and-control servers by the novel Wpeeper Android malware, which has been spread via a pair of app stores impersonating the Uptodown App Store and is believed to have already compromised thousands of Android devices.
Threat actors have leveraged Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to facilitate phishing campaigns deploying the Latrodectus malware downloader, also known as IceNova and Unidentified 111, BleepingComputer reports.
Attacks deploying the Agent Tesla and Taskun malware strains have been launched against U.S. government agencies and educational institutions, reports Hackread.
Attacks deploying a malicious Python backdoor via fraudulent NPM packages spoofing as job interviews have been targeted at software developers by suspected North Korea-linked threat actors as part of the ongoing DEV#POPPER social engineering campaign, according to The Hacker News.
BleepingComputer reports that Android devices could have their data compromised and be eventually hijacked in attacks with the novel Brokewell banking trojan.
Attacks leveraging fraudulent job lures to distribute the new Kaolin RAT malware have been launched by North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group against individuals across Asia last summer, reports The Hacker News.
Millions of devices could still be compromised by the abandoned PlugX USB worm with self-replicating functionality, with infections logged from almost 2.5 million IP addresses over a six-month period beginning September 2023, according to Ars Technica.