Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

The malware is a version of the GoBear backdoor which was delivered in a recent campaign by Kimsuky via Trojanized software installation packages. Kimsuky cyberespionage group (aka Springtail, ARCHIPELAGO, Black Banshee, Thallium , Velvet Chollima, APT43 ) was first spotted by Kaspersky researcher in 2013. ” (hardcoded).

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Summary: Multiple Facebook databases were found to be unprotected by passwords or encryption, meaning anyone who searched the internet could find them. Target data breach (2013).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

So many malware threats, so little time. We’ve rounded up the eight most dangerous malware threats every business needs to be aware of. From Citadel to Zeus, banking Trojans have proven to be some of the most potent and profitable malware tools. Banking Trojans. Ransomware. Advanced Persistent Threats.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. Experts believe Yahoo was using outdated, easy-to-crack encryption, which led to the attack. The attack is a good reminder of how critical strong encryption is in protecting your website users. Third-party risk management.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

In this post we provide some history, analysis and observations on this most pernicious family of banking malware targeting Oceania, the UK, Germany and Italy. Despite its long and rich history in the cyber-criminal underworld, the Gozi malware family is surrounded with mystery and confusion. Introduction.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Microsoft is recommending administrators to disable the SMBv1 network communication protocol on Exchange servers to prevent malware attacks. Microsoft is urging administrators to disable the SMBv1 protocol on Exchange servers as a countermeasure against malware threats like TrickBot and Emotet.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 30, 2022

Malware or other attack technologies along that path can easily modify contents. When one views online content what they see is the content as it appears after being transmitted through numerous routers and servers, on many of which malware can modify things. Click To Tweet.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

The group has been active since at least 2013, the Aoqin Dragon was observed seeking initial access primarily through document exploits and the use of fake removable devices. Luring users into double-clicking a fake Anti-Virus to execute malware in the victim’s host. The loader will check the file path first and decrypt the payloads.

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SecureList

MAY 9, 2024

The payloads were distinctively served, veiled as font files, in compressed and encrypted fashion. However, the last operations conducted by this threat actor were observed in 2013. Middle East In March, a new malware campaign was discovered, targeting government entities in the Middle East.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To exfiltrate data and deliver next-stage malware, the attackers abuse cloud-based data storage, such as Dropbox or Yandex Disk, as well as a temporary file sharing service. libssl.dll or libcurl.dll was statically linked to implants to implement encrypted C2 communications. org domain did not occur in all cases.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Summary: Multiple Facebook databases were found to be unprotected by passwords or encryption, meaning anyone who searched the internet could find them. Target data breach (2013).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2020

A new piece of ransomware called SNAKE appeared in threat landscape, the malware is now targeting company networks. The scary trend sees criminal organizations targeting enterprises, instead of single users, using the above malware to maximize their profits. a file named invoice.doc is encrypted and renamed like invoice.docIksr t.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. Throughout 2013 and 2014, PCs infected with Gameover were seeded with Cryptolocker , an early, much-copied ransomware strain allegedly authored by Bogachev himself.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In such attacks, malware places a spoofed malicious DLL file in a Windows’ WinSxS directory so that the operating system loads it instead of the legitimate file. The technique was already employed by other Chinese APT groups since 2013, later it was also adopted by other cybercrime gangs in attacks in the wild. .

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SecureList

MARCH 28, 2023

Although we have written about a similar malware attack in 2017 in one of our blogposts , the technique is still very relevant today as it doesn’t have any perfect solution from the perspective of operating system design. They were replicated and reused in other malware too. So does encrypting ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. The attackers also used previously undetected malware, including info stealers and keyloggers. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

Third, it should provide options for file recovery (in case something does get encrypted). Fourth, it should have features that are valuable for detecting and thwarting malware in general, such as exploit prevention , behavioral detection of never-before-seen malware , malicious website blocking , and brute force protection.”.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to co-creating the Blackshades RAT , a similar product that was used to infect more than half a million computers with malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7 , Anunak or Cobalt ) stole over a billion euros from banks across the world, the name “Carbanak” comes with the name of the malware they used to compromise computers at banks, other financial institutions, restaurants, and other industries. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Google Security

APRIL 30, 2024

Posted by Will Harris, Chrome Security Team Chromium's sandboxed process model defends well from malicious web content, but there are limits to how well the application can protect itself from malware already on the computer.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

at least since 2013. The Cycldek group was first spotted in September 2013, in past campaigns it mainly targeted entities in Southeast Asia using different malware variants, such as PlugX and HttpTunnel. ” reads the technical analysis of the malware.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Gartner introduced this category in 2013, recognizing the imperative for tools that could provide visibility into the often overlooked endpoints within a network. They rely on a predefined database of known malware signatures to identify and block threats. Polymorphic malware is a chameleon in the digital realm.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

In the context of cybercrime though, ZeuS (aka the Zbot Trojan) is a once-prolific malware that could easily be described as one of a handful of information stealers ahead of its time. Collectively, this malware and its variants infected millions of systems and stole billions of dollars worldwide. According to SecureWorks, ZeuS 1.3.4.x,

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

It would be easy to chalk up this increase to the development and introduction of new advanced types of malware, but the surprising fact is that many of the same threats and exploits used in data breaches in 2013 are still being successfully employed 10 years later. The malware itself wasn’t particularly sophisticated, either.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The malware was an info stealer and according to the researchers, it was part of a long-term campaign, tracked as “PhantomLance” that has been active at least since December 2015. We informed Google of the malware, and it was removed from the market shortly after.” ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Researchers from ESET discovered the attacks in November 2019 when they spotted the ShadowPad launcher malware samples on multiple devices at the two universities. The launchers were discovered two weeks after Winnti malware infections were detected in October 2019. ” reads the analysis p ublished by ESET.

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SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

This driver, which runs during the initial phases of the kernel’s execution, is in charge of deploying user-mode malware by injecting it into an svchost.exe process, once the operating system is up and running. Finally, the user mode malware reaches out to a hardcoded C&C URL (i.e. Other pieces of malware on the radar.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 2013: The End of the Silk Road Authorities were able to trace the pseudonym back to Ulbricht thanks to the efforts of an IRS investigator who was working with the DEA on the Silk Road case in mid-2013. The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In February 2020, the code known as Sunburst was let loose and the following month, SolarWinds unknowingly sent out Orion software updates, which included the Sunburst malware. From that point, they were able to install further malware so they could spy on target organisations and cause major problems. In February 2020, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. ” concludes ESET.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

Third, it should provide options for file recovery (in case something does get encrypted). Fourth, it should have features that are valuable for detecting and thwarting malware in general, such as exploit prevention , behavioral detection of never-before-seen malware , malicious website blocking , and brute force protection.”

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