Penetration Testing

JANUARY 11, 2024

A Linux-based malware family, DreamBus has been quietly evolving, honing its capabilities to exploit vulnerabilities in business applications. DreamBus, initially identified in early 2019, has... The post DreamBus: The Linux-Based Malware Targeting Business Applications appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

FireEye’s report revealed that the incident response division Mandiant observed more than 500 new malware families in 2019. million malware samples per day in 2019 and identified 1,268 malware families. While we do see new malware families solely impacting macOS and Linux, they remain in the minority.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 13, 2019

“According to Microsoft, at least two of these vulnerabilities ( CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182 ) can be considered ‘wormable’ and [can be equated] to BlueKeep,” referring to a dangerous bug patched earlier this year that Microsoft warned could be used to spread another WannaCry-like ransomware outbreak.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The software giant assigned a “critical” rating to almost a quarter of those vulnerabilities, meaning they could be used by malware or miscreants to hijack vulnerable systems with little or no interaction on the part of the user. Shortcut files — or those ending in the “.lnk”

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Schneier on Security

MAY 18, 2020

A new malware, called Ramsey, can jump air gaps : ESET said they've been able to track down three different versions of the Ramsay malware, one compiled in September 2019 (Ramsay v1), and two others in early and late March 2020 (Ramsay v2.a Seems likely.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 9, 2023

The oldest traces of infection that we discovered happened in 2019. The initial message and the exploit in the attachment is deleted The malicious toolset does not support persistence, most likely due to the limitations of the OS. The timelines of multiple devices indicate that they may be reinfected after rebooting.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Kaspersky has a detailed blog post about a new piece of sophisticated malware that it's calling Reductor. Based on these similarities, we're quite sure the new malware was developed by the COMPfun authors. The COMpfun malware was initially documented by G-DATA in 2014. We identified targets in Russia and Belarus. [.].

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We are excited to announce that SiteLock ® INFINITY ™ was recently recognized as a winner of the 2019 Cloud Computing Excellence Product of the Year Award by TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine. INFINITY is a state of the art malware and vulnerability remediation service featuring unique, patent-pending technology.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca used a new Linux malware dubbed SprySOCKS in a recent cyber espionage campaign. The experts noticed that the threat actors have rewritten many functions of the malware to run on Linux systems. Additional analysis led to the discovery of a previously unknown Linux backdoor tracked as SprySOCKS.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Researchers spotted a Turkish-based crypto miner malware campaign, tracked as Nitrokod, which infected systems across 11 countries. Check Point researchers discovered a Turkish based crypto miner malware campaign, dubbed Nitrokod, which infected machines across 11 countries. ” reads the analysis published by Check Point.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Malware authors continue to show interest in macOS devices, Kaspersky experts confirmed that the Shlayer malware has been the most common threat to the macOS platform. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab revealed that the Shlayer malware was the most widespread macOS threat in 2019. up to 10.14.3. up to 10.14.3.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 24, 2019

2019 was another banner year for bots, trojans, RATS and ransomware. Let’s take a look back.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Now Google shared some data related to the activity of its protection system in 2019 when Google Play Protect prevented 1.9 billion malware installs from Third-party stores. Google revealed that in 2019 it managed to block 790,000 violating app submissions before they were published in the official Play Store. .

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Dark Reading

JUNE 12, 2023

Surveillance malware targets Libyan government entities, with possible links to a 2019 Egypt attack campaign.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

Malware targeting Apple’s macOS is on the rise—and fast—according to an investigation by Atlas VPN, which reported 674,273 new malware samples were found in 2020, up from just 56,556 samples detected in 2019. The post Report Finds Surge in Malware Aimed at MacOS appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER?

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Google says YouTube creators have been targeted with password-stealing malware in phishing attacks coordinated by financially motivated threat actors since at least late 2019. [.].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Russian national Dariy Pankov (28), aka dpxaker, is the author of the NLBrute malware. The NLBrute malware allows operators to compromise protected computers by decrypting login credentials. The powerful malware was capable of compromising protected computers by decrypting login credentials, such as passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A new malware developed by Sandworm hacking group has targeted appliances that are fire walled and reports are in that the military intelligence of the Russian Federation developed the malicious software. Now some statistic facts about malware. billion malware attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report analyzes the threat landscape in 2019, the experts observed a spike in the number of OT attacks. “ OT attacks hit an all-time high. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

In fact, even while MDM adoption rose 50%, quarterly exposure to phishing between 2019 and 2020 jumped by 125%, according to the Lookout Financial Services Threat Report. That’s certainly noteworthy, but the 400% increase in malware and app exposure is.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 12, 2021

Like how the 2019 developed Corona Virus threat mutated into the latest Delta variant, a malware that was developed by hackers from Pakistan has reportedly mutated into a new nefarious variant, say experts. Now, news is out that the same malware is being developed and spread through email phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

A vulnerability affecting devices running Andoid 8 (Oreo) or later, tracked as CVE-2019-2114, could be exploited by hackers to infect them via NFC beaming. Clearly, it was an unwanted behavior that Google fixed with October 2019 Android patches. SecurityAffairs – CVE-2019-2114, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest version of the BRATA malware includes new and dangerous capabilities, such as GPS tracking, the ability to use various communication channels, and a function that wipes all evidence of malicious activity from the machine. The post Android Malware BRATA Is More Dangerous than Ever appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 2, 2022

New malware is on the prowl and is seen spreading malicious software in disguise of applications meant for teaching, reading, and other education-related activities. The company named the malevolent software “Schoolyard Bully” and Google removed it from its play-store in early 2019.

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Dark Reading

MARCH 4, 2020

If the "malware-free" attack trajectory continues, it could mean major trouble for defenders, according to experts from CrowdStrike and other security companies.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). apk , tousanticovid.apk , covidMappia_v1.0.3.apk

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We are excited to announce that SiteLock ® INFINITY™ has been recognized as a WINNER of the 2019 Cloud Computing Security Excellence Awards ! Designed to scan a website from all angles to provide complete coverage of the website and database, INFINITY™ catches any trace of malware before damage is done. With 60% of small businesses.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 1, 2023

A previously unknown advanced persistent threat (APT) is targeting iOS devices as part of a sophisticated and long-running mobile campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation that began in 2019. The Russian

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Kaspersky mobile cyberthreat detection dynamics in 2020–2022 ( download ) Cybercriminals continued to use legitimate channels to spread malware. The spread of malware through Google Play continued as well. Harly malware programs were downloaded a total of 2.6 These secretly signed users up for paid services. percentage points.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and business services. Proofpoint researchers uncovered a campaign exclusively targeting French entities and organizations with operations in France with the banking malware TinyNuke. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

From Symantec : We first began seeing Xhelper apps in March 2019. Back then, the malware's code was relatively simple, and its main function was visiting advertisement pages for monetization purposes. We strongly believe that the malware's source code is still a work in progress. It's a weird piece of malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

An Italian mobile security company named Cleafy has issued a warning to all android phone users about a malware dubbed BRATA. The security researchers have identified that the malware has not only the potential to wipe out entire information from an infected device but can also remain concealed by stealing vital info.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

According to researchers at AT&T Alien Labs, threat actors are attempting to exploit the CVE-2019-0604 Microsoft Sharepoint vulnerability in attacks in the wild. AlienLabs has seen a number of reports related to the active exploitation of the CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2021

The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. Since 2019 experts found many Joker apps on Google Play store, in September 2019 security experts at Google removed from the store 24 apps. ” states a post published by the experts.

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