The peer-to-peer malware botnet known as P2PInfect has been found targeting misconfigured Redis servers with ransomware and cryptocurrency miners. The development marks the threat's transition from what appeared to be a dormant botnet with unclear motives to a financially motivated operation. "With its latest updates to the crypto miner, ransomware payload, and rootkit … [Read more...] about Rust-Based P2PInfect Botnet Evolves with Miner and Ransomware Payloads
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Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities
Dec 22, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat Indian government entities and the defense sector have been targeted by a phishing campaign that's engineered to drop Rust-based malware for intelligence gathering. The activity, first detected in October 2023, has been codenamed Operation RusticWeb by enterprise security firm SEQRITE. "New Rust-based payloads and encrypted … [Read more...] about Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities
New Rust-based Ransomware Family Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems — The Hacker News
Kaspersky security researchers have disclosed details of a brand-new ransomware family written in Rust, making it the third strain after BlackCat and Hive to use the programming language. Luna, as it's called, is "fairly simple" and can run on Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, with the malware banking on a combination of Curve25519 and AES for encryption. "Both the Linux and … [Read more...] about New Rust-based Ransomware Family Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems — The Hacker News
A New Rust-based Ransomware Malware Spotted in the Wild
Details have emerged about what's the first Rust-language-based ransomware strain spotted in the wild that has already amassed "some victims from different countries" since its launch last month. The ransomware, dubbed BlackCat, was disclosed by MalwareHunterTeam. "Victims can pay with Bitcoin or Monero," the researchers said in a series of tweets detailing the file-encrypting … [Read more...] about A New Rust-based Ransomware Malware Spotted in the Wild