Cybersecurity firm Bi.Zone has announced that it has sent a mass phishing email to Russian businesses containing viruses from open sources, that is, publicly accessible. DEA News.
The purpose of the hacker attack is to spread Umbral malware, which can collect sensitive data from infected computers. “It is remarkable that the source codes of the GitHub web service for the storage of IT projects are public and available to everyone,” said Bi.Zone.
Umbral is known to be able to bypass security systems and extract victim logins and passwords from Chrome and Opera browsers as well as numerous apps like Discord messenger. Given that these programs can include not only personal but also corporate accounts, they can be used by hackers to gain access to the entire network of the company and then use it for further schemes and malicious mail.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itThat the Skolkovo Foundation reported a nightly hacker attack by the Ukrainian Cyber ​​Front.
Source: Gazeta
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