Hawaii Cybersecurity Journal

"New UULoader Malware distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikats in East Asia." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 19 August 2024, 1447 UTC. Content and Source:  https://thehackernews.com. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia  Aug 19, 2024   Threat Intelligence / Cryptocurrency A new type of malware called UULoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads like Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz . The Cyberint Research Team, which discovered the malware, said it's distributed in the form of malicious installers for legitimate applications targeting Korean and Chinese speakers. There is evidence pointing to UULoader being the work of a Chinese speaker due to the presence of Chinese strings in program database (PDB) files

"New phishing attacks adapt quickly to capitalize on current events." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 12 August 2024, 1405 UTC. Content and Source:   https://thehackernews.com/ Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). How Phishing Attacks Adapt Quickly to Capitalize on Current Events  Aug 12, 2024   AI in Cybersecurity / Fraud Prevention In 2023, no fewer than 94 percent of businesses were impacted by phishing attacks, a 40 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to research from Egress . What's behind the surge in phishing? One popular answer is AI – particularly generative AI, which has made it trivially easier for threat actors to craft content that they can use in phishing campaigns, like malicious emails and, in more sophisticated cases, deepfake videos . In a