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US authorities on Friday said they had seized websites used to sell cybercriminals malware called "Warzone RAT" that could be used to steal data from victims' computers. Two people in Malta and Nigeria have been arrested on related charges, they added. Federal prosecutors in Boston said law enforcement had taken down four domains that together offered to sell malware , which allowed cybercriminals to secretly connect to peoples' computers for malicious purposes. The malware, a so-called remote access trojan, allowed hackers to browse file systems, take screenshots, obtain a victim's user names and passwords, record keystrokes and watch computer users through their web cameras, prosecutors said. Jodi Cohen, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston office, called it sophisticated malware that was used to infect computers globally. Two individuals abroad are now in detention and have been indicted in the United States over their alleged in...

Australians are being warned about a new type of malware allowing criminals to highjack victims’ devices and fraudulently earn easy cash. Cybersecurity experts say they are seeing a new type of malware known as crypto malware “spreading” around the country. A common indicator that a computer might be infected by this malware is if it begins running very slow, experts say. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “The biggest problem is that it is difficult to detect for an average computer user because no data is lost,” NordVPN cybersecurity adviser Adrianus Warmenhoven said. “You may think you don’t need to worry because you don’t own or have never used cryptocurrency. “But crypto mining malware doesn’t typically include hackers stealing funds from the victim’s Cryptocurrency wallet, just using their device to mine. And as a result — making the victim’s device very slow.” Mining Cryptocurrency requires a lot of computer power to solve complex mathe...

Facebook owner Meta said on Wednesday it had uncovered malware purveyors leveraging public interest in ChatGPT to lure users into downloading malicious apps and browser extensions, likening the phenomenon to Cryptocurrency scams. Since March, the social media giant has found around 10 malware families and more than 1,000 malicious links that were promoted as tools featuring the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, it said in a report. In some cases, the malware delivered working ChatGPT functionality alongside abusive files, the company said. Speaking at a press briefing on the report, Meta Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen said that for bad actors, "ChatGPT is the new crypto." Rosen and other Meta executives said the company was preparing its defenses for a variety of potential abuses linked to generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, which can quickly create human-like writing, music and art. Lawmakers have flagged the tools as likely to mak...