The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the usefulness of communication apps for work-from-home (WFH) setups. However, like they always do, cybercriminals are expected to exploit popular trends and user behavior. We have witnessed threats against several messaging apps including Zoom.
In early April, we spotted an attack leveraging Zoom installers to spread a cryptocurrency miner. We recently encountered a similar attack that drops a different malware: RevCode WebMonitor RAT (detected by Trend Micro as Backdoor.Win32.REVCODE.THDBABO).
Plenty of malware variants pose as legitimate applications to conceal their malicious intent. Zoom is not the only app used for this type of threat, as many other apps have been used for this attack as well. For this particular instance, cybercriminals may have repackaged the legitimate installers with WebMonitor RAT and released these repackaged installers in malicious sites.
The compromise starts with the user downloading the malicious file ZoomIntsaller.exe from malicious sources. Here, ZoomInstaller.exe refers to the file that contains the combination of a non-malicious Zoom installer and RevCode WebMonitor RAT.
It also drops the file Zoom.vbs into the Windows User Startup folder to enable automatic execution at every system startup. However, these processes will not proceed if it detects processes connected to certain debugging or security tools:
Initial observation of the sample shows Fareit-like behavior. However further inspection reveals that it is actually RevCode WebMonitor RAT, which certain groups were reportedly peddling in hacking forums back in mid-2017. The RAT allows threat actors to gain control of compromised devices and spy on them via keylogging, or web camera streaming, or screen captures. We found a YARA rule for this in this Twitter thread.
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A woman looks at videos posted to a social media website in Phnom Penh on Monday. The government announced establishing an interministry working group to monitor the internet, purportedly to keep an eye out for fake news. Heng Chivoan
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication will act against unlicensed internet service providers, as well as requiring the registered ones to have software and tools that filter and block any social media account or page that broadcasts illegally.
The Ministry of Interior will be responsible for ascertaining the online pages and social media networks that disseminate fake news and illegal broadcasts, which it deems threaten national defence and security. It will then inform the relevant ministries to take action.
He said Thailand had very strict laws on this, and that if the country identified news outlets or social media sites that disseminated fake news, the crime is punishable by fines and up to four years in prison.
Those who use such fake news for political motives, altered or edited images, videos, and content to cause hatred and commit scams are a cause of much worry. Hence, it required some action to resolve, he said.
However, the president of the Union of Journalists Federation of Cambodia, Huy Vannak, said the new regulation is good because social networking is widespread in Cambodia and is a major cause of fake news.
This is a collection of tools, explainers and resources that can help anybody working with coronavirus information online. One of the biggest problems has been how little accurate information most people have been able to access. In this vacuum of trusted sources and concrete facts, misinformation has prospered and spread like the very virus it is trying to protect against. Journalists and publishers have to report new facts, debunk false stories and monitor how these spread online under pressure and with limited resources.
Being good at verification is mostly about repetition, persistence and using digital investigative tools with a little creativity. There are so many verification tricks and tools available now. In fact, the hardest part might be remembering all of the resources at your disposal. This is the link you need to bookmark.
Our online dashboard is a collection of reading, handbooks and practical tools to help you gather news on the social web, monitor topics and verify images, accounts and more. The tools are divided by what they do and if you hover over each of them a short description will appear explaining more about how it works.
Google has produced a dedicated trends dashboard showing information and data around search terms related to coronavirus. This can be used for finding out what questions readers have about coronavirus, as well as identifying rising narratives around the epidemic.
This new hub offers regional live displays of posts from public groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram using keywords and highlighting posts from local news outlets, regional World Health Organization Pages, government agencies, local politicians and others.
Regardless of your beat or area of focus, understanding how to use the social web to discover, monitor and research stories is an essential skill. It allows you to find sources, monitor conversations, understand behaviours, track events and find the issues that affect a community. But you have to know where, when and how to look online. In this Essential Guide we highlight the best free tools and techniques in news gathering (active search) and monitoring (passive search). We also look at the best practices and applications across major platforms and online services so that you can effectively surface the most useful content for your reporting and research.
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Protests flared in Iran for an eighth straight night Friday over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police, verified social media posts showed, hours after counter-demonstrations mobilised by authorities.
At least 50 people have been killed by security forces in the anti-government protests, Iran Human Rights, an Oslo-based organisation, said -- more than three times the official death toll of 17, which includes five security personnel.
The street violence, which IHR says has spread to 80 towns and cities, was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd who had spent three days in a coma after being detained by the morality police in Tehran.
Verified footage spread on social media showed large crowds of protesters gathering in several neighbourhoods of the capital Tehran after dark, just hours after the government-backed rallies dispersed.
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