Troy Hunt: Weekly Update 485
15 mins and 40 seconds. That's how long it took to troubleshoot...
WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
î ‚Jan 08, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Crime
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a...
The HoneyMyte APT now protects malware with a kernel-mode rootkit
Overview of the attacks
In mid-2025, we identified a malicious driver file on computer systems in Asia. The driver file is signed with an old,...
Tool Review: Tailsnitch – SANS Internet Storm Center
In yesterday's podcast, I mentioned "tailsnitch", a new tool to audit Tailscale configurations. Tailscale is an easy-to-use overlay to Wireguard. It is probably best...
The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network – Krebs on Security
The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has...
The Kindle that got pwned • Graham Cluley
Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! In this episode, we unpack a Black Hat Europe...
