Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Emotet , the most widespread malware worldwide and Ryuk , a ransomware type, are growing threats and real concerns for businesses and internet users in 2020. This study also concludes that a total of 377 Portuguese domains to spread different types of malware in the same period. SecurityAffairs – malware, hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

. “They are also urged to read the NCSC’s newly-updated guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware attacks , and to develop an incident response plan which they regularly test.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Education 145

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. In the middle-August, the malware was employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities.

Government 136

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2020

Experts spotted a new malware dubbed QNodeService that was involved in Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign, crooks promise victims COVID-19 tax relief. Researchers uncovered a new malware dubbed QNodeService that was employed in a Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign. malware file (either “qnodejs-win32-ia32.js”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

Hackers launched spear-phishing attacks against organizations in the oil and gas industry sector spreading the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. The attacks aim at infecting victims with the infamous Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. The attacks aim at infecting victims with the infamous Agent Tesla info-stealer malware.

Spyware 103

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ransomware is a cyberattack that uses malware – software created to infiltrate a computer system and damage or disrupt it. An AIDS researcher named Joseph Popp put malware on floppy discs and handed them out to over 20,000 people at a conference. The malware demanded over $500 from each person who inserted the floppy disk.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Security experts at Cybaze – Yoroi ZLab have analyzed a new sample of the AdvisorsBot malware, a downloader that was first spotted in August 2018. As usual, the malware looks like a legitimate e-mail attachment, named as “invoice.doc”. Figure 3 – Piece of VBS script that starts malware infection. DLL Analysis.

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Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 84

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that was spreading the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. Experts at the Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that is delivering the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2021

They may give tip-offs, or send files over, and most commonly, do some work in anti-phishing. For example, a popular past time is filling up phish pages with bogus data. The FBI requested a rule change for expanded access powers back in 2014 , and it was granted in 2016. However you stack it up, it’s a bit of a mess.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

FireEye documented obfuscation techniques used by the group in June 2017 and the involvement of PUNCHTRACK POS-scraping malware. The ShellTea backdoor was analyzed by researchers Root9b in June 2017, the malware was used by threat actors to deliver the PoC malware. ” reads the analysis published by Morphisec.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Researchers at Cofense have uncovered a phishing campaign targeting Brazilian citizens with the Astaroth Trojan that uses Facebook and YouTube in the infection process. The attach chain appears to be very complex and starts with phishing messages that come with an.htm file attached. SecurityAffairs – Astaroth, malware).

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Phishing Malware Encryption Network Security 82

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. These included PClock, CryptoLocker 2.0, Crypt0L0cker, and TorrentLocker.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Evilnum threat actor was first spotted in 2018 while using the homonym malware. Over the years, the group added new tools to its arsenal, including custom and homemade malware along with software purchased from the Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service (MaaS) provider. The version 4.0 The image is stored in a file called SC4.P7D

eCommerce 98

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The website was used by attackers to redirect traffic to advertising sites that attempted to deliver malware. Sucuri spotted threat actors abusing the URL redirect function of the.htaccess file to redirect visitors of compromised websites to phishing sites, sites delivering malware, or simply to generate impressions.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The modus operandi of this piece of malware is not new in Portugal. At least since the year of 2014 that new variants have been observed, with minor changes, and with the objective of collecting bank details of the victims. When malware initiates, it requests Google Drive documents for details on the C2’s IP address.

Banking 110

Banking Malware Phishing Social Engineering 110

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. Hackers published a list of allegedly phished Discord login credentials. New APT34 campaign uses LinkedIn to deliver fresh malware. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2019

When we speak of a corporate environment there are a number of tools that we can find, such as Web Application Firewall (WAF), Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS), Antispam, Antivirus, Firewall, Web Filter / Application Control, DLP (Data Loss Prevent) Switches, Routers and etc. Pierluigi Paganini. Twitter: [link].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

The malware combines several open-source projects to improve its capabilities. It was first released in July 2014 as “xRAT” and renamed to “Quasar” in August 2015. It was around that time that the malware was first observed in the wild, appearing with 0 detections on VirusTotal. in March 2023, which is the most current version.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Avast, Avira, Sophos and other antivirus solutions show problems after. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation. Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics 62

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. “To perform DLL sideloading, BISMUTH introduced outdated versions of various applications, including Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Cryptocurrency 96

Cryptocurrency Antivirus Manufacturing Government 96

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. In later rounds, the Trojan spread through spear-phishing emails with malicious Excel or Word files. The malware targeted the Siemens Spirotec Digital Relay.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – scranos malware, malware).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

Identity Theft 82

Identity Theft Hacking System Administration Advertising 82

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

Classic phishing document view. Using this strategy, the malware writer moves the identifiable payload in a section which is more difficult to detect both for automatic and manual analysis, obtaining a lower detection rate during static analysis. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise user’s devices. In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. The malware was named ‘Lampion’ as this is the name used as part of its internal name. dll) was sent to the VirusTotal by SI-LAB, and 12 from 71 engines classified it as malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

The intention behind hacking your identity might be to attack your connection with malware or to trace your location for some malicious activities in the future. It is essential to install firewall and antivirus software on your routers and keep them up-to-date. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular email attack wave probably related to the known TA505 hacking group , active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking companies. The piece of malware under analysis were downloaded from “bullettruth[.com/out[.exe”, Figure 3: Malware Signature by SLON LTD.

Banking 73

Banking Malware Surveillance Retail 73

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Group-IB’s CERT-GIB analyzed hundreds of coronavirus -related phishing emails and discovered top malware strains in COVID-19 campaigns. Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-GIB ) analyzed hundreds of coronavirus-related phishing emails between February 13 and April 1, 2020. Source: CERT-GIB. Source: CERT-GIB.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The intercepted attack starts with a spear-phishing email embedding a spreadsheet. Once the macro is executed, the malware downloads two files from “kentona[.su”, After the reconstruction of the full infection chain, we noticed strong similarities with a recent spear-phishing attack campaign against an unspecified US retail company.

Retail 68

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link.

Malware 86

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Malware has infected roughly a third of the world’s computers , costing companies across the globe trillions of dollars each year. In 2014, nearly 1 million new pieces of malware were released every day, but most hackers relied on old techniques to create new threats. But first we’ll answer a basic question: What is malware?

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. Types of Phishing Attacks. There are different types of phishing attacks and each is deceiving and manipulative in its own unique way. The most common type is phishing is carried out through fraudulent email receptionist. Another targeted phishing practice is Whaling.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Security experts from NVISO Labs recently spotted the activity of a new malware gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, that is actively targeting companies across the world with phishing emails since June. The phishing messages carry weaponized Excel documents that are able to bypass security checks and that had low detection rates.

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