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Crime group hijacks hundreds of US news websites to push malware • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on November 3, 2022Posted in Evil Corp, hackers, malware, Proofpoint, ransomware, SecurityNo Comments

A cybercriminal group has compromised a media content provider to deploy malware on the websites of hundreds of news outlets in the U.S., according to cybersecurity company Proofpoint. The threat actors, tracked by Proofpoint as “TA569,” compromised the media organization to spread SocGholish, a custom malware active since at least 2018. The media company in […]

US charges Ukrainian national over alleged role in Raccoon Infostealer malware operation • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 26, 2022Posted in cybersecurity, malware, Security, ukraine, us governmentNo Comments

U.S. officials have charged a Ukrainian national over his alleged role in the Raccoon Infostealer malware-as-a-service operation that infected millions of computers worldwide. Mark Sokolovsky — also known online as “raccoonstealer,” according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday — is currently being held in the Netherlands while waiting to be extradited to the United States. […]