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Hackers use website favicon to camouflage credit card skimmer

Hackers have created and used a fake icon portal to host and load a JavaScript web skimmer camouflaged as a favicon onto compromised e-commerce portals to steal their customers' credit card and personal information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-website-favicon-to-camouflage-credit-card-skimmer/
SilverTerrier BEC scammers target US govt healthcare agencies

Government healthcare agencies, COVID-19 response organizations, and medical research facilities from across the globe were the targets of Business Email Compromise (BEC) phishing campaigns coordinated by multiple Nigerian BEC actors during the last three months. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/silverterrier-bec-scammers-target-us-govt-healthcare-agencies/
New β€˜Aria-body’ backdoor gets advanced hackers β€Œback in the spy game

An APT group running cyber-espionage campaigns since at least 2010 has been operating stealthily over the past five years. They deliver a new backdoor called Aria-body and use victims' infrastructure to carry attacks against other targets. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-aria-body-backdoor-gets-advanced-hackers-back-in-the-spy-game/
Critical WordPress plugin bug lets hackers take over 1M sites

Hackers are actively exploiting two security vulnerabilities in the Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugins with the end goal of remote executing arbitrary code and fully compromise unpatched targets. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-wordpress-plugin-bug-lets-hackers-take-over-1m-sites/
Microsoft Teams call drops on desktop caused by iOS bug

Microsoft urges users not to update their Microsoft Teams iOS client to the latest version as it comes with a bug that causes intermittent call drops on the desktop client after answering if logged in with the same account. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-call-drops-on-desktop-caused-by-ios-bug/
Unemployed Americans offered β€˜remote jobs’ as money mules

Cybercriminals are exploiting the increasing number of layoffs during the current pandemic to recruit new money mules which can later be used to help them launder money gained from illicit activities. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unemployed-americans-offered-remote-jobs-as-money-mules/