Researchers have been tracking a social engineering technique in ongoing attacks where a pop-up message gives end users instructions to manually copy and paste a malicious script, leading to the deployment of malware.
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an action dubbed Operation Endgame.
A newly identified threat group known as Starry Addax is targeting human rights activists and others in western Africa with novel Android malware called FlexStarling.
Researchers believe that the new malware, likely created by IcedID developers, will become increasingly used by threat actors across the landscape.
SentinelLabs researchers have discovered a new wiper malware called AcidPour in Ukraine, which appears to be a new version of the AcidRain malware.