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The threat actors known as Golden Chickens have been attributed to two new malware families dubbed TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger, suggesting continued development efforts to fine-tune and diversify their arsenal. "TerraStealerV2 is designed to collect browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet data, and browser extension information," Recorded Future Insikt Group said . "TerraLogger, by contrast, is a standalone keylogger. It uses a common low-level keyboard hook to record keystrokes and writes the logs to local files." Golden Chickens, also known as TA4557 and Venom Spider, is the name given to a financially motivated threat actor linked to a notorious malware family called More_eggs . It's known to be active since at least 2018, offering its warez under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. Campaigns distributing More_eggs entail the use of spear-phishing emails to target hiring managers using fake resumes, allowing attackers to steal confidential data. ...

When assessing an organization's external attack surface, encryption-related issues (especially SSL misconfigurations) receive special attention . Why? Their widespread use, configuration complexity, and visibility to attackers as well as users make them more likely to be exploited.  This highlights how important your SSL configurations are in maintaining your web application security and minimizing your attack surface. However, research shows that most (53.5%) websites have  inadequate security and that  weak SSL/TLS configuration is amongst the most common application vulnerabilities. Get your SSL configuration right, and you'll enhance your cyber resilience and keep your apps and data safe. Get it wrong, however, and you can increase your organization's attack surface, exposing your business to more cyberattacks. We'll explore the impacts of SSL misconfigurations and explain why they present such a significant attack surface risk. Then, we'll show you how a s...

On the 21st birthday of Gmail , Google has announced a major update that allows enterprise users to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) to any user in any email inbox in a few clicks. The feature is rolling out starting today in beta, allowing users to send E2EE emails to Gmail users within an organization, with plans to send E2EE emails to any Gmail inbox in the coming weeks and to any email inbox later this year. What makes the new encryption model – an alternative to the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ( S/MIME ) protocol – stand out is that it eliminates the need for senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. "This capability, requiring minimal efforts for both IT teams and end users, abstracts away the traditional IT complexity and substandard user experiences of existing solutions, while preserving enhanced data sovereignty, privacy, and security controls," Google Workspace's Johney Burke and Julien Duplant said...

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an Android malware campaign that leverages Microsoft's .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) framework to create bogus banking and social media apps targeting Indian and Chinese-speaking users. "These threats disguise themselves as legitimate apps, targeting users to steal sensitive information," McAfee Labs researcher Dexter Shin said . .NET MAUI is Microsoft's cross-platform desktop and mobile app framework for creating native applications using C# and XAML. It represents an evolution of Xamarin, with added capabilities to not only create multi-platform apps using a single project, but also incorporate platform-specific source code as and when necessary. It's worth noting that official support for Xamarin ended on May 1, 2024 , with the tech giant urging developers to migrate to .NET MAUI. While Android malware implemented using Xamarin has been detected in the past , the latest development signals that ...

A ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called VanHelsing has already claimed three victims since it launched on March 7, 2025, demanding ransoms as high as $500,000. "The RaaS model allows a wide range of participants, from experienced hackers to newcomers, to get involved with a $5,000 deposit. Affiliates keep 80% of the ransom payments, while the core operators earn 20%," Check Point said in a report published over the weekend. "The only rule is not to target the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)." As with any affiliate-backed ransomware program, VanHelsing claims to offer the ability to target a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, BSD, Arm, and ESXi. It also employs what's called the double extortion model of stealing data prior to encryption and threatening to leak the information unless the victim pays up. The RaaS operators have also revealed that the scheme offers a control panel that works "seamlessly" o...