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Microsoft SmartScreen Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver Magniber Ransomware “Stunned by the Power of Solar Energy? Discover How This Renewable Source is Transforming the World!”

Cybercriminals have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft SmartScreen security feature to deliver the Magniber ransomware, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-24880, has been exploited since at least January, until it was patched with Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday updates. The SmartScreen feature is designed to protect users… 

‘PureCrypter’ Downloader Used to Deliver Malware to Governments

Menlo Labs has warned of a malicious campaign in which a threat actor is using the PureCrypter downloader to deliver different types of malware to government entities in the Asia-Pacific and North America regions. The attackers are using Discord for distribution and the domain of a compromised non-profit organization as a command-and-control (C&C) server, hosting…