"We have identified four different side-loading scenarios that were used by the same threat actor," to install malware in the victims' Microsoft Windows devices for data exfiltration, Gabor Szappanos, ...

Ransomware attackers targeting a Fortune 100 company in the finance sector used a new malware strain, dubbed PDFSider, to deliver malicious payloads on Windows systems. An initial access broker ...

A new, Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group making the rounds performs DLL side-loading attacks including the phrase "KilllSomeOne." According to Sophos researcher Gabor Szappanos, the group ...

Dynamic-link library (DLL) side-loading occurs when Windows Side-by-Side (WinSxS) manifests are not explicit about the characteristics of DLLs being loaded by a program. In layman’s terms, DLL ...

Researchers warn of renewed attacks against high-profile organizations launched by a Chinese APT actor known in the industry as ToddyCat. The group has been refining its tactics as well as malware ...

A recent research report by Uptycs has highlighted the evolution of QuasarRAT, an open-source remote administration tool (RAT) known for its lightweight nature and range of malicious functions.

Security researchers have warned of a new ransomware variant leveraging a recently disclosed vulnerability for initial access and going to great lengths to evade detection. However, in Atom Silo’s ...

Trend Micro says it patched a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security used by a Chinese threat group to side-load malicious DLLs and deploy malware. As Sentinel Labs revealed in an early-May report ...

A threat group previously associated with the notorious ShadowPad remote access Trojan (RAT) has been observed using old and outdated versions of popular software packages to load malware on systems ...