Recent research highlights continued proxyware distribution through malware disguised as legitimate installers, including tools branded as Notepad++.

The campaign demonstrates evolving persistence techniques, including scheduled task abuse, process injection, and the use of both JavaScript and Python loaders to deploy proxy services.

This activity underscores the growing relevance of non-cryptomining monetization threats and the need for visibility into network-level resource abuse.

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Source: https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/92183/

Thoughtful discussion encouraged.

#InfoSec #ThreatIntelligence #Proxyware #MalwareResearch #EndpointDefense #CyberThreats #SecurityAwareness

Proxyware malware w popularnych serwisach do pobierania filmów z YouTube – nowa kampania cyberprzestępców

Cyberprzestępcy stają się coraz bardziej kreatywni w wymyślaniu nowych sposobów dystrybucji złośliwego oprogramowania. Najnowsza kampania, wykryta przez badaczy bezpieczeństwa z AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) potwierdza ten trend. Tym razem, atakujący postanowili wykorzystać popularne serwisy do pobierania filmów z YouTube, w celi propagacji złośliwego oprogramowania typu proxyware. TLDR: Czym jest...

#WBiegu #Malware #Proxyware #YoutubeDownloader

https://sekurak.pl/proxyware-malware-w-popularnych-serwisach-do-pobierania-filmow-z-youtube-nowa-kampania-cyberprzestepcow/

❗ Spamhaus #TicketDeskTeam has noticed an 📈 increase in removal requests from frustrated mobile phone users who can't send emails from their devices, due to their ISPs policies.

Can you guess what the ISP's in question are still doing?

Find out here ⬇
https://www.spamhaus.org/resource-hub/compromised/spammers-love-mobile-phone-ip-space-heres-how-to-fix-that/

#ISP #MobilePhoneCompanies #Proxyware #Malware #SMTPauthentication

Human Security identified a cluster of VPN apps available on the Google Play Store that transformed the user’s device into a proxy node without their knowledge. They dubbed this operation PROXYLIB after the Golang library responsible for the proxy node enrollment in each of the apps. They uncovered 28 applications related to PROXYLIB. They provide background and analysis of PROXYLIB. They list the applications removed. No IOC 🔗 https://www.humansecurity.com/learn/blog/satori-threat-intelligence-alert-proxylib-and-lumiapps-transform-mobile-devices-into-proxy-nodes

#proxyware #threatintel #PROXYLIB

Weekend Reads:

* Proxyware analysis https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/b/hijacking-your-bandwidth-how-proxyware-apps-open-you-up-to-risk.html
* Secret gov phone numbers https://computer.rip/2023-02-07-secret-government-telephone-numbers.html
* DNS censorship detection https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02031
* Instability in Cyberspace https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/pub/media/ebooks/9781399512510.pdf
* .nl registration risk checking https://labs.ripe.net/author/thymen_wabeke/assessing-the-risk-of-new-nl-registrations-using-regcheck/

#Proxyware #Telephony #DNS

Cybercrime, proxyware sfruttati per trarre profitti illecitamente
https://www.matricedigitale.it/tech/cybercrime-proxyware-sfruttati-per-trarre-profitti-illecitamente/?cn-reloaded=1

#cybercrime #proxyware

Attracting flies with Honey(gain): Adversarial abuse of proxyware - By Edmund Brumaghin and Vitor Ventura.

With internet-sharing applications, or "pr... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/Talos/~3/ysiubjcJXoc/proxyware-abuse.html #cryptocurrencymining. #headlines #honeygain #proxyware #malware