From The Hacker News – Cryptocurrency Miner and Clipper Malware Spread via SourceForge Cracked Software Listings

From The Hacker News – Cryptocurrency Miner and Clipper Malware Spread via SourceForge Cracked Software Listings

Threat actors have been observed distributing malicious payloads such as cryptocurrency miner and clipper malware via SourceForge, a popular software hosting service, under the guise of cracked versions of legitimate applications like Microsoft Office. "One such project, officepackage, on the main website sourceforge.net, appears harmless enough, containing Microsoft Office add-ins copied from a
From The Hacker News – Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations

From The Hacker News – Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations

A new campaign is targeting companies in Taiwan with malware known as Winos 4.0 as part of phishing emails masquerading as the country's National Taxation Bureau. The campaign, detected last month by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, marks a departure from previous attack chains that have leveraged malicious game-related applications. "The sender claimed that the malicious file attached was a list of