Multiple cryptocurrency sector companies are being targeted in an ongoing malware campaign involving a newly discovered Apple macOS backdoor called RustDoor. Bitdefender first documented RustDoor, describing it as a Rust-based malware that can upload files, gather information about the infected machines, and more. It is distributed under the guise of a Visual Studio update. Prior evidence revealed at least three different variants of the backdoor. This article continues to discuss new findings regarding the RustDoor Apple macOS backdoor.

Security researchers have discovered that the Alpha ransomware payload and modus operandi overlap with the now-defunct NetWalker ransomware operation. NetWalker was a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) active between October 2019 and January 2021. Law enforcement took down its dark web sites, forcing its operators to go silent. The Alpha ransomware, not to be confused with ALPHV/BlackCat, first appeared in February 2023, but its operators kept a low profile, did not promote on hacker forums, and did not launch many attacks.

A Los Angeles man accused of running a "booter" service that facilitated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks has been charged in federal court. According to court documents filed recently, Scott Esparza, also known as "Hazard," "co-administrated" the website Astrostress.com. The FBI seized the Astrostress domain in December 2022, along with many other booter services. For a fee, Esparza's service would enable his subscribers to direct floods of Internet traffic to victim computers in order to degrade or disrupt their Internet access.

Twenty-seven percent of countries holding national elections in 2024 face the highest cyber threat levels, with multiple priority adversary groups and many state-backed groups linked to priority adversary countries. The four priority adversary countries, which are Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, are using cyber interference for disinformation and espionage, as well as to try disrupting actual electoral processes. This article continues to discuss the cyber threats facing 2024 elections.

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has recently pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups.  Penchukov (also known as "tank" and "father") was arrested in Switzerland in October 2022 while traveling to meet his wife in Geneva and extradited to the United States in 2023.