Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / VPN Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according to Google's Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps with a known … [Read more...] about PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps
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A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Cyber Threat In yet another instance of how threat actors are abusing Google Ads to serve malware, a threat actor has been observed leveraging the technique to deliver a new Windows-based financial trojan and information stealer called LOBSHOT. "LOBSHOT continues to collect victims while staying under the radar," Elastic Security … [Read more...] about A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads