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Malicious Android ‘Vapor’ apps on Google Play installed 60 million times
Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal credentials and credit card information. The operation was first uncovered by IAS Threat Lab, who categorized the malicious activity under the name “Vapor” and said it has been ongoing since early 2024. IAS identified 180 apps as part of the Vapor campaign,…
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Malicious Adobe, DocuSign OAuth apps target Microsoft 365 accounts
Cybercriminals are promoting malicious Microsoft OAuth apps that masquerade as Adobe and DocuSign apps to deliver malware and steal Microsoft 365 accounts credentials. The campaigns were discovered by Proofpoint researchers, who characterized them as “highly targeted” in a thread on X. The malicious OAuth apps in this campaign are impersonating Adobe Drive, Adobe Drive X, Adobe Acrobat, and DocuSign. Malicious OAuth…
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Cobalt Strike abusers have been dealt a hammer blow: An “aggressive” takedown campaign by Fortra and Microsoft shuttered over 200 malicious domains – and it’s cut the misuse of the tool by 80%
Malicious use of penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike and other legitimate tools has been significantly curtailed after an “aggressive campaign” by its developer Fortra and Microsoft. Fortra teamed up with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to mitigate the use of unauthorized, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike and compromised Microsoft software in…
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Malware-free attacks surged in 2024 as attackers drop malicious software for legitimate tools
Cyber attacks leveraging trusted services to conduct malicious activities are becoming the norm, according to new research, as malware takes a backseat among hackers. CrowdStrike’s 2025 global threat report found a shift towards malware-free attack techniques was one of the defining trends shaping the threat landscape in the past five years. The report stated that 79% of CrowdStrike’s threat detections…
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Apiiro unveils free scanner to detect malicious code merges
Security researchers at Apiiro have released two free, open-source tools designed to detect and block malicious code before they are added to software projects to curb supply chain attacks. The two tools consist of a comprehensive ruleset for Semgrep and Opengrep designed to detect malicious code patterns with minimal false positives and PRevent, a GitHub-integrated scanner, that detects and alerts on…
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Flaws in a popular dev library could let hackers run malicious code in your MongoDB database
A researcher has uncovered two related vulnerabilities in a popular developer library used to connect applications and MongoDB that could allow hackers to sneak into your database. Mongoose is an object data modeling (ODM) library for MongDB that connects it to the Node.js runtime environment, essentially simplifying interactions between applications and MongoDB databases The flaws were discovered by Dat Phung,…
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X now blocks Signal contact links, flags them as malicious
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is now blocking links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the Signal encrypted messaging to share your account info with another person. According to BleepingComputer’s tests and other users’ reports, attempting to post Signal.me links via public posts, direct messages, or profile bios receive error messages citing spam or malware risks. “This request looks…
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Malicious PirateFi game infects Steam users with Vidar malware
A free-to-play game named PirateFi in the Steam store has been distributing the Vidar infostealing malware to unsuspecting users. The title was present in the Steam catalog for almost a week, between February 6th and February 12th, and was downloaded by up to 1,500 users. The distribution service is sending notices to potentially impacted users, advising them to reinstall Windows…
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Russian military hackers deploy malicious Windows activators in Ukraine
The Sandworm Russian military cyber-espionage group is targeting Windows users in Ukraine with trojanized Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS) activators and fake Windows updates. These attacks likely started in late 2023 and have now been linked by EclecticIQ threat analysts with Sandworm hackers based on overlapping infrastructure, consistent Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), and frequently used ProtonMail accounts to register…
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PyPI adds project archiving system to stop malicious updates
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has announced the introduction of ‘Project Archival,’ a new system that allows publishers to archive their projects, indicating to the users that no updates are to be expected. The projects will still be hosted on PyPI, and users will still be able to download them but they will see a warning about the maintenance status, to…
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