Acronis Threat Research Unit

A new phishing campaign, which uses fake WhatsApp voice messages to trick victims into installing infostealing malware, has already targeted over 27,000 users.

A new remote access Trojan (RAT) by the name of Borat has been appearing on darknet markets. Borat is designed to be easy-to-use, and gives attackers the ability to deploy ransomware, perform DDoS attacks, bypass user account control (UAC), access files and network devices, and even take complete control of a victim's mouse and keyboard.

Google has issued an update for its Chrome browser that patches the second "high severity" zero-day vulnerability this year. All 3.2 billion Chrome users are urged to update to Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, or Linux immediately.

Pandora ransomware has hit the Japan-based DENSO Corporation, one of the largest automotive parts manufacturers in the world. DENSO — which has more than 200 subsidiaries, almost 170,000 employees, and an annual revenue of over $44 billion — provides parts to Toyota, who just dealt with their own cyberattack, as well as Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, and others.

The Lapsus$ ransomware group has attacked Samsung Electronics, and leaked 190 GB of data — including the source code of bootloaders, activation servers, and trusted applets.

Expeditors, a global logistics giant and top-five freight management company by revenue, recently suffered a cyberattack. The incident appears to involve ransomware.

Storm Ylenia caused chaos in Germany last week, bringing gale-force winds that toppled trees, caused power outages, and even forced the shutdown of long-distance trains in seven of the country's states.

Vodafone Portugal, a subsidary of UK-based Vodafone Group, has had to take their networks offline after they became the victim of a cyberattack.

Famed rock star Ozzy Osbourne recently announced a new NFT project by the name of CryptoBatz. After a change in promotional URLs, phishers were able to steal more than $40,000 from over 1,300 unsuspecting collectors looking to buy NFTs from CryptoBatz.

A new infostealer called BHUNT is looting cryptocurrency wallet contents, passwords, and security phrases.

The infamous FIN8 hacking group appears to be entering the ransomware space with a new ransomware strain dubbed White Rabbit.

An unknown entity was recently found to be targeting cybersecurity researchers and developers with malware-laced versions of dnSpy, a popular debugger and .NET assembly editor.