- Massive Malspam Campaign Finds a New Vector for FlawedAmmyy RAT
July 20, 2018
A widespread spam campaign from the well-known financial criminal group TA505 is spreading the FlawedAmmyy RAT using a brand-new vector: Weaponized PDFs containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. The SettingContent-ms file format was introduced in Windows 10; it allows a user to create “shortcuts” to various Windows 10 setting pages. “All this file does is open the Control Panel ...
- 6-Year-Old Dorkbot Banking Malware Resurfaces as Big Threat
July 12, 2018
Old banking malware called Dorkbot has reemerged in 2018 to become a serious threat. The banking malware called Dorkbot is back. Samples of the 6-year-old malware are now ranked the second biggest banking malware headache in 2018 so far, according to new data from Check Point. “Dorkbot, known malware that dates back to 2012, has entered back the ...
- Two Zero-Day Exploits Found After Someone Uploaded ‘Unarmed’ PoC to VirusTotal
July 2, 2018
Security researchers at Microsoft have unveiled details of two critical and important zero-day vulnerabilities that had recently been discovered after someone uploaded a malicious PDF file to VirusTotal, and get patched before being used in the wild. In late March, researchers at ESET found a malicious PDF file on VirusTotal, which they shared with the security team ...
- RAMpage Attack Explained – Exploiting RowHammer On Android Again!
June 29, 2018
A team of security researchers has discovered a new set of techniques that could allow hackers to bypass all kind of present mitigations put in place to prevent DMA-based Rowhammer attacks against Android devices. Dubbed RAMpage, the new technique (CVE-2018-9442) could re-enable an unprivileged Android app running on the victim’s device to take advantage from the previously ...
- Thanatos ransomware: Free decryption tool released for destructive file-locking malware
June 27, 2018
Victims of a destructive form of ransomware, which fails to unlock files even if the ransom is paid, can now retrieve their files for free with a new file decryptor released by security researchers. Thanatos ransomware first started targeting Windows systems in February and multiple versions of it have been released in the months since, indicating ...
- New Malware Family Uses Custom UDP Protocol for C&C Communications
June 26, 2018
Security researchers have uncovered a new highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign, which is believed to be associated with a hacking group behind KHRAT backdoor Trojan and has been targeting organizations in South East Asia. According to researchers from Palo Alto, the hacking group, which they dubbed RANCOR, has been found using two new malware families—PLAINTEE and DDKONG—to target ...
- FakeSpy Android Information-Stealing Malware Targets Japanese and Korean-Speaking Users
June 19, 2018
Spoofing legitimate mobile applications is a common cybercriminal modus that banks on their popularity and relies on their users’ trust to steal information or deliver payloads. Cybercriminals typically use third-party app marketplaces to distribute their malicious apps, but in operations such as the ones that distributed CPUMINER, BankBot, and MilkyDoor, they would try to get their apps published ...
- Olympic Destroyer Returns to Target Biochemical Labs
June 19, 2018
Olympic Destroyer, the threat actor that caused a crippling sabotage attack on the networks supporting this year’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has resurfaced with a spy campaign – and with a wider target range. The new campaign began last month and is ongoing, employing spear-phishing documents that share much in common with the weaponized ...
- Bypass Glitch Allows Malware to Masquerade as Legit Apple Files
June 12, 2018
Masquerading as an official Apple system file sounds like a wonderful way for malware to worm its way onto Macs – and a recently discovered code-signing bypass flaw allows bad code to do just that. The way some developers have implemented Apple’s official code-signing API can be exploited by attackers. Essentially, Apple makes an API available ...
- InvisiMole Burrows into Targets with Rich Espionage Tools
June 11, 2018
Researchers are expressing concern over a versatile spyware called InvisiMole that has been spotted in highly targeted campaigns targeting Windows PCs in Russia and the Ukraine. The malicious code, which comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, has a modular architecture, with two different, feature-rich backdoors that have overlapping functionality. Read more… Source: ThreatPost
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