Termite ransomware breaches linked to ClickFix CastleRAT attacks

Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor.
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Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT

VOID#GEIST malware campaign delivers XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT using batch scripts, Python loaders, and explorer.exe ...

Bing AI promoted fake OpenClaw GitHub repo pushing info-stealing malware

Fake OpenClaw installers hosted in GitHub repositories and promoted by Microsoft Bing's AI-enhanced search feature instructed users to run commands that deployed information stealers and proxy malware ...
IEEE

PAEWS: Public-Key Authenticated Encryption With Wildcard Search Over Outsourced Encrypted Data

Abstract: Public-key Encryption with Keyword Search (PEKS) is a promising cryptographic mechanism that enables a semi-trusted cloud server to perform (on-demand) keyword searches over encrypted data ...