HBO Targeted by a Cyberattack, Potential “Game of Thrones” Scripts and Episodes Leaked
The night is dark and full of hackers. HBO has been thrown into chaos, as the major television network was hit with a massive cyberattack Sunday morning. Just how massive? Cybercriminals have apparently leaked 1.5 Terabytes of data. The biggest target: the widely popular show “Game of Thrones”, with full length episodes and future scripts […] more…Inside of the WASP’s nest: deep dive into PyPI-hosted malware
Photo by Matheus Queiroz on Unsplash In late 2022 we decided to start monitoring PyPI, arguably the most important Python repository, as there were a number of reports on it hosting malware. PyPI took exceptional relevance amongst all repositories as, historically, it was trusted by default by many software developers. Any security breach or abuse […] more…APT43: An investigation into the North Korean group’s cybercrime operations
Introduction As recently reported by our Mandiant’s colleagues, APT43 is a threat actor believed to be associated with North Korea. APT43’s main targets include governmental institutions, research groups, think tanks, business services, and the manufacturing sector, with most victims located in the United States and South Korea. The group uses a variety of techniques and […] more…Spam and phishing in Q3 2021
Quarterly highlights Scamming championship: sports-related fraud This summer and early fall saw some major international sporting events. The delayed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was held in June and July, followed by the equally delayed Tokyo Olympics in August. Q3 2021 also featured several F1 Grand Prix races. There was no way that cybercriminals and profiteers could […] more…Gambling Apps Sneak into Top 100: How Hundreds of Fake Apps Spread on iOS App Store and Google Play
By Todd Han and Junzhi Lu (Mobile Threats Analysts) Google Play and iOS App store are no strangers to fake apps trying to trick users into downloading ad- or malware-ridden versions. We have previously reported on fake Android voice apps on Google Play, which were observed to be impostor apps for voice messenger platforms. Recently, […] more…Roaming Mantis part III: iOS crypto-mining and spreading via malicious content delivery system
In Q2 2018, Kaspersky Lab published two blogposts about Roaming Mantis sharing details of this new cybercriminal campaign. In the beginning, the criminals used DNS hijacking in vulnerable routers to spread malicious Android applications of Roaming Mantis (aka MoqHao and XLoader), spoofing legitimate applications such as Facebook and Chrome. During our research, it became clear […] more…2018 Resolution: Lose the Weight of Tech Safety Guilt Once and for All
January is here, and we’ve got goals to crush. We want to be more productive. We want to spend more quality time with family. We want to get fit and lose some weight. Then there are those brave enough to tackle what’s going on in their parenting knower. The knower is located in every parent’s […] more…Bots – The internet weapons, Their Types and How to Protect Youself
In today’s world I don’t believe that there would be anyone who is not aware about the internet may be some extreme out of the world tribes like of the Pygmy might be not aware of it. We surf internet almost daily, may be to carry out some important work or sometimes just to relax […] more…More information
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