Emerging Threats

New GodLoader malware infects Macs via legitimate games:
A new threat targeting game developers and the gaming community is once again leveraging GitHub to infect devices.  This new threat, capable of breaching Windows, Mac, and Linux, gains access through malicious downloads...
Dec 6, 2024
5 min read
Russia-linked threat group targets Europe and Asia with spyware (Header image)
Amidst its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Russia continues to flex its digital and military muscles to gain leverage in potential negotiations. In this threat landscape, new malware attacks by a Russia-linked threat group...
Nov 28, 2024
6 min read
Fake AI video generators infect Macs with infostealers: Header image
A threat actor is using X (formerly Twitter) to distribute links to a fake AI video generator website that hosts malware. The malware in this campaign are infostealers, and they can breach Windows...
Nov 22, 2024
4 min read
New Mac malware from North Korea targets crypto businesses (Header image)
A new attack that carries all the trademarks of a wider, evolving crypto-targeting North Korean campaign has been recently uncovered.  SentinelOne, the first to report this new threat, said they have “high confidence”...
Nov 15, 2024
5 min read
New version of LightSpy is even better at spying on iPhones: Header image
LightSpy, a piece of spyware malware that gained its reputation in 2020 for breaking into iPhones, is back. Researchers who have been following the C2 servers of LightSpy’s alleged developers have found that...
Nov 7, 2024
6 min read
Meta ads posing as Adobe and Canva are spreading SYS01 stealer (Header image)
BitDefender has uncovered a threat group using malvertising to distribute an information stealer known as SYS01. This development follows a trend that is becoming more popular every day among cybercriminals. BitDefender uncovers a new...
Oct 31, 2024
7 min read
New macOS vulnerability could let hackers access your browser data and camera (Header image)
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability and exploitation in macOS, Safari, and Apple’s TCC framework. While Apple has already patched the vulnerability, understanding how the exploitation works is useful for users...
Oct 25, 2024
5 min read
Fake Google Meet errors trick users into downloading stealers: Header image
A new social engineering tactic, first identified in May of this year, is gaining popularity among cybercriminals. Dubbed ClickFix by Proofpoint, this tactic is extremely efficient at convincing potential victims to install malware...
Oct 24, 2024
5 min read
Gorilla botnet launched 300K DDoS attacks on banks, governments, and more: Header image
It’s only been months since the FBI and its international partners shut down the 911 S5 botnet monster that controlled over 600,000 IPs. Now, a new player is aiming to take the global...
Oct 11, 2024
5 min read
Fake trading apps lure iOS and Android users into "pig butchering" scams (Header image)
A new investigation has uncovered a complex digital infrastructure used to run “pig butchering” scams across Asia and Europe, as well as possibly America. Due to the one-to-one nature of pig butchering scams,...
Oct 10, 2024
7 min read