Horns&Hooves Campaign Delivers RATs via Fake Emails and JavaScript Payloads A newly discovered malware campaign has been found to target private users, retailers, and service businesses mainly located in Russia to deliver NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT. The campaign, dubbed Horns&Hooves by Kaspersky, has hit more than 1,000 victims since it Read more…
The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. “Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise Read more…
OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt Security researchers have uncovered a “credible” takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. “The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of Read more…
New JavaScript Malware Targeted 50,000+ Users at Dozens of Banks Worldwide A new piece of JavaScript malware has been observed attempting to steal users’ online banking account credentials as part of a campaign that has targeted more than 40 financial institutions across the world. The activity cluster, which employs JavaScript Read more…