Cybersecurity

The news can’t have come too soon for the many Chromecast users who have found themselves unable to stream their favourite TV shows, movies, and other media.

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Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a malicious campaign targeting users of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with bogus libraries masquerading as “time” related utilities, but harboring hidden functionality to steal sensitive data such as cloud access tokens.
Software supply chain security firm ReversingLabs said it discovered two sets of packages totaling 20 of them. The packages

A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.

A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group has been extradited to the United States, nearly three months after he was formally charged in connection with the e-crime scheme.
Rostislav Panev was previously arrested in Israel in August 2024. He is said to have been working as a developer for the ransomware gang from 2019

The GSM Association (GSMA) has formally announced support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for securing messages sent via the Rich Communications Services (RCS) protocol, bringing much-needed security protections to cross-platform messages shared between Android and iOS platforms.
To that end, the new GSMA specifications for RCS include E2EE based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol

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Users searching for pirated software are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a previously undocumented clipper malware called MassJacker, according to findings from CyberArk.
Clipper malware is a type of cryware (as coined by Microsoft) that’s designed to monitor a victim’s clipboard content and facilitate cryptocurrency theft by substituting copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses

A new malware campaign has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics to deliver an open-source rootkit called r77.
The activity, condemned OBSCURE#BAT by Securonix, enables threat actors to establish persistence and evade detection on compromised systems. It’s currently not known who is behind the campaign.
The rootkit “has the ability to cloak or mask any file, registry key or task

Has your old Chromecast suddenly developed a problem?

You’re not alone it seems.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.