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A sophisticated campaign targeting large international companies in the oil and gas sector has been underway for more than a year, researchers said, spreading common remote access trojans (RATs) for cyber-espionage purposes. According to Intezer analysis, spear-phishing emails with malicious Read More …
Gootkit is a sophisticated banking Trojan which can perform various malicious activities such as: web injection, taking screenshots, video recording, email parsing, and so on. Gootkit emerged during the summer of 2014 but is still active, making it a viable Read More …
Amadey is a simple Trojan bot first discovered in October of 2018. It is primarily used for collecting information on a victim’s environment, though it can also deliver other malware. A major infection vector for Amadey are exploit kits such as RigEK Read More …
Researchers have documented the emergence of a downloader that makes use of Microsoft SQL queries to pull and deliver malicious payloads. In August this year, Proofpoint researchers found the new, staged downloader, known as WhiteShadow, which is being used to deliver Read More …
Researchers have uncovered over a dozen servers, unusually registered in the United States, which are hosting ten different malware families spread through phishing campaigns potentially tied to the Necurs botnet. On Thursday, researchers from Bromium said they have monitored scams Read More …
Proofpoint researchers discovered “LCG Kit,” a weaponized document builder service, in March 2018. Since we began tracking LCG Kit, we have observed it using the Microsoft Equation Editor CVE-2017-11882 [1] exploit in various forms. More recently, its authors have integrated Read More …