Cybersecurity Firm Spots a Crypto Stealer Distributed Through a Massive Email...
A crypto stealer seems to have spread through a massive spam campaign across several countries, including the United States, Australia, Japan, and Germany. The malware dubbed “Panda Stealer” has been spotted by a cybersecurity company. It is reportedly also distributed on Discord channels. Malware Can Also Steal Data From Telegram and Discord Apps According to the report published by Trend Micro, the stealer is a variant of another malware named “Collector Stealer,” which utilizes the same algorithms to bypass most detection tools. The malware is contained within a....
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Beware When Downloading Spider-Man: No Way Home Movie From a Torrent Website
Cybersecurity firm Reasonlabs warned Thursday that cryptocurrency malware has been found in a torrent download of the new Marvel hit movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
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Successful applicants can use the funds to buy a ticket to the company's headquarters. Researchers wishing to apply to New York-based Red Balloon Security have to complete an unusual technical interview as part of their application process: unlocking a hard drive containing crypto.According to a report from Business Insider, Red Balloon sends the hard drives to certain candidates for cybersecurity research positions at the firm. Anyone who has the “the skills and passion” to crack the encryption would be able to claim 0.1337 Bitcoin (BTC), or roughly $4,800 at the time of publication.....
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A number of privacy-oriented email service providers have been targeted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) extortionists demanding payment in bitcoin. Hushmail, ProtonMail and Runbox, among other services, were targeted by an entity calling itself the Armada Collective. The group was the subject of a warning from earlier this fall by the Swiss Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team, a national agency dedicated to cybersecurity issues. Blog posts from the email providers indicate that the attacks took place between 3rd and 6th November. In the case of ProtonMail, the service....
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