The data published includes more 750 employee mileage reports, 36 employee travel reimbursement forms, more than 700 invoices for spring water, more than 1,000 invoices for school construction work, about 400 payments to Broward Sheriff’s Office or local police departments for security, dozens of utility bills and several employee phone lists.
Researchers have found thousands of malicious web pages existing online that constitute a serious malware campaign. As observed, the hackers have set up 100,000+ of such websites delivering malware to the target users via malicious PDFs.
Security researchers from cybersecurity firm eSentire have recently shared details of a new malware campaign in the wild.
Specifically, they have found over 100,000 different websites hosting malicious PDFs for delivering malware to the users. These websites basically aim at enterprise customers as they host PDFs related to business activities, such as templates, questionnaires, invoices, or receipts. The malicious websites also use these terms as keywords to bag higher ranking on SERPs.
In brief, the attack begins when a user lands at one of the malicious websites while searching for such documents. Upon clicking on the download option to get the PDF, the site redirects the user to another malicious web page. The latter then delivers a malicious executable disguised as a document file (PDF or Word) to the user.
This executable installs a RAT, identified as SolarMarker to the target device, bundled with the legit Slim PDF reader app, possibly, to bluff the target user.
SolarMarker RAT isn’t a new malware. Rather it had appeared numerous times in earlier campaigns as well, yet, with different names, such as Jupyter, Yellow Cockatoo, and Polazert.
Once established on the target device, the malware can then execute a variety of activities. As the researchers described in their post,
Once the RAT is on the victim’s computer and activated, the threat actors can send commands and upload additional malware to the infected system, such as ransomware, a credential stealer, a banking trojan, or simply use the RAT as a foothold into the victim’s network.
Detailed technical analysis of the malware campaign is present in the researchers’ post.
In an earlier campaign, Jupyter behaved as an info-stealer as well as a backdoor that could download other malware too.
Hackers are the bane of our existence. What started as the occasional data breach has turned into thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of scams, ransomware and heinous attacks. Nobody is safe.
While anyone could be a victim to hackers, that doesn’t mean you can’t protect yourself. There is an entirely separate market out there for programs and devices designed to keep you from getting hacked. Sometimes the answers are simpler than investing in fancy products. Here are five essential steps to take to protect yourself from hackers online.
Information is power, as they say. So the best thing you can do is arm yourself with knowledge. Here are 20 security secrets that hackers don’t want to know about.
We post everything on social media. Bad idea! Avoid oversharing the following information, and whatever you do, stay away from using basic information to create passwords.
The best way to protect yourself here is to create a strong password. Do so by using a combination of letters, capital letters, numbers, and symbols. Avoid using common names and phrases in your passwords or any personal information. Tap or click here for five new rules to creating the best passwords.
This is simple enough. Think before you post. Pictures of your home office sometimes catch images of your computer screen. This can easily give hackers what they need. To really ensure hackers can’t take advantage of your photos, double-check your privacy settings.
On Facebook
On Instagram
Some of the most successful scams come through emails. Some tend to think emails are harmless, but they have the potential to become a huge hassle. Look for any subtle signs that emails are spoofed. Often the email addresses and links are very close, but a single digit is off.
It’s never a…
