More than 18 thousand unskilled hackers hit by XWorm RAT — infected malware constructor
An unknown attacker targeted inexperienced hackers, known as script kiddies. With XWorm RAT, they received a backdoor capable of stealing data and controlling the infected computer.
South Korean telecom attacked 600,000 torrent users with malware — customers of a cloud company were affected
South Korean television company JTBC discoveredthat KT Corporation (Korea Telecom), one of the largest telecommunication providers in the country, deliberately infected more than 600 thousand users with malware through their use of torrents.
A clean Windows XP lasted 10 minutes on the Internet before being infected — it was infected by malware from Russia
YouTuber Eric Parker, decided to find out how long it would take «bare» Windows XP to be infected with malware in 2024 if the computer was simply connected to the Internet and nothing was done. Using a virtual machine, Parker created an instance of Windows XP without a firewall or antivirus.
Experimental AI «worm» Morris II infects users through email clients and self-repairing prompts
A team of researchers has created an AI-based artificial «worm», a malware that can steal data, spread other malware, and spam others via email. A «worm» called Morris II has been developed and successfully operates in a test environment using popular LLMs.
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