- World Cup may have distracted malware hackers
October 2, 2018
This holiday season, together with the 2018 World Cup that took place in Russia, may have lulled hackers, cyber security researchers are claiming. New research from Cofense says that the distribution of TrickBot saw a significant drop during the World Cup. TrickBot is a banking malware known by constantly being updated and transformed. From April, up until ...
- Microsoft Detection Tools Sniff Out Fileless Malware
October 2, 2018
Microsoft recently reported that their advanced threat protection tools were able to detect and block two heavily obfuscated and malicious scripts. The threats were apparently using the Sharpshooter technique, which was documented and published in a 2017 blog post from a British security firm. A report from the company details the elusive payload—it did not trigger antivirus scanning, was loaded ...
- Report Ties North Korean Attacks to New Malware, Linked by Word Macros
October 1, 2018
Newly discovered malware from the world of cyberespionage connects the dots between the tools and operations of the little-known Reaper group believed to act on behalf of the North Korean government. The latest findings indicate that the remote access Trojans (RAT) in the KONNI and DOGCALL families are the work of the same operator, tasked with ...
- DanaBot Banking Trojan Found Targeting European Countries
September 27, 2018
Security researchers recently discovered a banking trojan named DanaBot (detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_BANLOAD.THFOAAH) being distributed to European countries via spam emails. Here’s what you need to know about this threat, how users and businesses can defend against it, and how managed detection and response can help address this threat. What is DanaBot? DanaBot is a banking trojan, written in ...
- Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild
September 27, 2018
Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have unveiled what they claim to be the first-ever UEFI rootkit being used in the wild, allowing hackers to implant persistent malware on the targeted computers that could survive a complete hard-drive wipe. Dubbed LoJax, the UEFI rootkit is part of a malware campaign conducted by the infamous Sednit group, also known as ...
- Cobalt threat group serves up SpicyOmelette in fresh bank attacks
September 27, 2018
Advanced persistent threat group (APT) the Cobalt Gang, also known as Gold Kingswood, is spreading SpicyOmelette malware in campaigns targeting financial institutions worldwide. In a world where cyberattacks against businesses and consumers alike are spreading and evolving in nature and sophistication, it is often financial institutions which bear the brunt. Banking customers hoodwinked by fraudulent schemes or ...
- US government hacker jailed after losing secrets
September 26, 2018
A man who illegally took home hacking tools from his workplace at the National Security Agency, and then allegedly lost them to Russian intelligence, has been jailed for five years and six months. Nghia Hoang Pho, 68, developed hacking tools at the NSA’s elite Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit, which works on penetrating target computer networks ...
- VPNFilter’s Arsenal Expands With Newly Discovered Modules
September 26, 2018
Seven new modules discovered in VPNFilter further fill in the blanks about how the malware operates and reveals a wider breath of capabilities. Researchers have discovered new modules in VPNFilter – the malware behind the widespread campaign in May that infected 75 router brands – revealing that its capabilities are much more widespread and sophisticated than previously thought. After ...
- Pennsylvania Senate Democrats paid $700,000 to recover from ransomware attack
September 24, 2018
The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus paid $703,697 to Microsoft to rebuild its IT infrastructure after suffering a ransomware infection in March 2017. The incident took place on March 3, 2017, when the organization’s entire IT systems, including its web servers, went down at the hands of a yet-to-be-revealed ransomware strain. The ransomware encrypted files and requested payment of ...
- Adwind RAT Scurries By AV Software With New DDE Variant
September 24, 2018
A newly-discovered spam campaign is spreading the Adwind 3.0 remote-access tool (RAT) – and using a fresh take on the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) code-injection technique for anti-virus evasion. The spam campaign features two types of droppers that leverage a new variant to the already-known DDE code-injection attack on Microsoft Excel – enabling them to bypass ...