The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). Don’t worry though.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). Don’t worry though.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, more than 300,000 WordPress websites were affected by a malicious plugin that allowed an attacker to place embedded hidden links on victim websites. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. with no internet. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker. RAM scraper.

Malware 104

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 104

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Consider that most of us spend more time navigating the Internet on our laptops and smartphones than we do behind the wheel of a car. But the larger point is that Xbash is just one of dozens of malware families circulating far and wide across the Internet. Credential stuffing campaigns have become part of the fabric of the Internet.

Passwords 196

Passwords Password Management Antivirus Internet 196

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

In the latest campaign uncovered by Kaspersky, the APT group, used a modular framework dubbed CloudWizard that supports spyware capabilities, including taking screenshots, microphone recording, harvesting Gmail inboxes, and keylogging. Since 2017, there have been no traces of Groundbait and BugDrop operations.

Malware 73

Malware Spyware Encryption Phishing 73

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. US Cyber Command warns of Iran-linked hackers exploiting CVE-2017-11774 Outlook flaw.

Scams 47

Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 47

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens. WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach. Android Spyware Monokle, developed by Russian defense contractor, used in targeted attacks. Hackers published a list of allegedly phished Discord login credentials.

Antivirus 56

Antivirus Spyware Advertising Hacking 56

SecureList

MARCH 25, 2021

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by half-year, 2017 – 2020 ( download ). There was a rise in the percentage of ICS computers on which threats distributed over the internet and email, and spyware and miners were blocked. Spyware (+1.4 South Asia. Central Asia. Southeast Asia.

Ransomware 89

Ransomware Spyware Internet Internet 89

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

In 2017, for instance, SMBs were under tremendous pressure to defend their networks against rapidly morphing ransomware attacks. In 2018, attackers shifted their focus to refining and deploying banking trojans, which essentially act as spyware. I look forward to the insights this index will provide on an ongoing basis, moving forward.

Risk 182

Risk Cyber Risk Cyber threats Banking 182

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

What follows are a series of clues that point to the likely real-life identity of a Russian man who appears responsible for enabling a ridiculous amount of cybercriminal activity on the Internet today. It is allowed to host: ordinary sites, doorway pages, satellites, codecs, adware, tds, warez, pharma, spyware, exploits, zeus, IRC, etc.

Cybercrime 186

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 186

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2017 — Equifax — Equifax, one of the largest U.S.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

W3LL first rose to popularity in 2017 by providing a platform for sending bulk emails, and it eventually concentrated on marketing a special phishing kit for Microsoft 365 business accounts. It was also suggested to use a VPN for Superset instances that are connected to the internet.

VPN 111

VPN Firmware Authentication Phishing 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Group-IB Threat Intelligence team identified hundreds of compromised credentials from Singaporean government agencies and educational institutions over the course of 2017 and 2018. Cybercriminals steal user accounts’ data using special spyware aimed at obtaining users’ authentication data. Have you been pwned?

Banking 76

Banking Government Passwords Marketing 76

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

Further investigation of the Sunburst backdoor revealed several features that overlap with a previously identified backdoor known as Kazuar , a.NET backdoor first reported in 2017 and tentatively linked to the Turla APT group. webshells and Exaramel implants.

Malware 141

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 141

SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In most cases, scammers, as before, claimed to have used spyware to film the blackmail victim watching adult videos. Equation Editor vulnerability exploits, Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2017-11882 , dropped to third place with 6.55 Global Internet portals remained the second-largest category at 15.94%, but their share dropped by 5.18

Phishing 139

Phishing Malware Scams Accountability 139

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

ShadowPad is a highly sophisticated, modular cyberattack platform that APT groups have used since 2017. Scanning the internet with available clues from our previous research, we are able to discover newly deployed hosts, in some cases even before they become active. Other interesting discoveries.

Malware 142

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 142

SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

In the Runet (Russian internet), we found an email seemingly from the support department of an analytics portal. In second place came exploits for the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in the Microsoft Equation Editor component, which were detected in 6.38% of cases.

Phishing 108

Phishing Banking Accountability Computers and Electronics 108

SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

The emails in French stuck to the usual format of any extortion demand (threats to send intimate videos, threats from law enforcement agencies, threats to discredit the company’s reputation on the internet), but the attackers went further by adding a death threat. A further 12.22% of phishing attacks targeted users of online stores.

Phishing 101

Phishing Scams Cryptocurrency Accountability 101

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Following this, we released the first of a series of additional reports describing the final payload in the infection chain: a highly sophisticated spyware implant that we dubbed “TriangleDB” Operating in memory, this implant periodically communicates with the C2 (command and control) infrastructure to receive commands.

Malware 87

Malware Government Phishing Social Engineering 87

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Exploits for CVE-2017-11882 (4.07%), an Equation Editor vulnerability popular with cybercriminals, gave ground and dropped to fourth place. Sixth and eighth places were occupied by Noon spyware Trojans, which infect any (2.66%) or only 32-bit (2.47%) versions of Windows. TOP 10 malware families in mail traffic, Q2 2021 ( download ).

Phishing 118

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 118

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. In reality, the scheme worked the way any other internet hoax would: the self-professed altruists went off the radar once they received the deposit.

Phishing 95

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 95

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. Mobile malicious installation packages for Android in 2017 through 2020 ( download ). This malware was first spotted in 2017. Pandemic theme in mobile threats.

Mobile 137

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 137

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Third place was taken by the Noon spyware (5.19%), whose 32-bit relatives (1.71%) moved down to ninth. This vulnerability affects the Equation Editor component, just like the older but still popular (among cybercriminals) CVE-2017-11882, exploits for which (3.29%) were the fifth most prevalent in Q3. Phishing in messengers.

Phishing 92

Phishing Scams Accountability Computers and Electronics 92

SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In another 3.95% of cases, our products blocked attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor, which remains significant for the fourth year in a row. These were closely followed by global Internet portals (17.27%) in second place. Payment systems (13.11%) climbed to third place, rising 4.7

Phishing 67

Phishing Scams Accountability Banking 67