By Bill Toulas: The latest version of the PixPirate banking trojan for Android employs a new method to hide on phones while remaining active, even if its dropper app has been removed. PixPirate is a new Android malware first documented by the Cleafy TIR team last month seen targeting Latin American banks. Though Cleafy noted that a separate downloader app launches the malware, the report didn’t delve into its innovative […]
The threat actors behind ClearFake, SocGholish, and dozens of other actors have established partnerships with another entity known as VexTrio as part of a massive “criminal affiliate program,” new findings from Infoblox reveal. The latest development demonstrates the “breadth of their activities and depth of their connections within the cybercrime industry,” the company said, describing VexTrio as the “single largest malicious traffic broker described in security literature.” VexTrio, which is believed to be […]
The malware loader known as PikaBot is being distributed as part of a malvertising campaign targeting users searching for legitimate software like AnyDesk. “PikaBot was previously only distributed via malspam campaigns similarly to QakBot and emerged as one of the preferred payloads for a threat actor known as TA577,” Malwarebytes’ Jérôme Segura said. The malware family, which first appeared in early 2023, consists of a loader and a core module that allows it to operate as a […]
