Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2022

Researchers at antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered malware in the Google Play Store that was downloaded two million times. An investigation conducted by the antivirus firm Dr. Web in May resulted in the discovery of multiple adware and information-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

Experts discovered malicious Android apps on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions spreading the SharkBot Trojan. One of the SharkBot’s features detailed by the experts is its ability to auto reply to notifications from Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp to spread links to the fake antivirus apps.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The malware used a function called “DetectAV()” to determine the antivirus solution installed on the system and uninstall it. SecurityAffairs – hacking, NetDooka). The malware accepts multiple arguments that indicate what action should be taken.” ” reads a report published by Trend Micro. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Endpoint protection systems and or antivirus can potentially be killed prior to executing malware, but this method cannot as theres nothing to kill the DLL just lives on disk waiting. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DLL hijacking). We do not need to rely on hash signature or third-party product, the malware will do the work for us.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. Because the address comes across as an internal team member, people trust them, ultimately exposing themselves to cybercrime. To prevent malicious scams, companies should do the following: •Install high-quality antivirus software and spam filters.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

“ZLoader has remained relevant as attackers’ tool of choice by including defense evasion capabilities, like disabling security and antivirus tools, and selling access-as-a-service to other affiliate groups, such as ransomware operators.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, ZLoader malware). To nominate, please visit:?

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cybercrime isn’t just a futuristic Hollywood plotline, it’s a real threat that targets everyone—from wide-eyed kids to seasoned adults and wise grandparents. Keep your devices updated Newsflash: Cybercriminals love exploiting vulnerabilities in outdated software like it’s Black Friday at the cybercrime emporium.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. UK Gov to Ramp up Cyber Offenses and Defences.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

“Network telemetry can be used to detect anomalous DNS requests, and security tools such as antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) should be statically linked to ensure they are not “infected” by userland rootkits.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Symbiote backdoor). ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. One of the key steps performed by the malware before downloading a first-stage PowerShell loader is a series of anti-virtual machine, anti-monitoring, and anti-malware checks. If all checks pass, the loader decrypts and executes a second-stage PowerShell script.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

After gaining access to victims’ networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before ultimately deploying the ransomware and encrypting the systems.” reads the alert. Royal operators have demanded ransom ranging from approximately $1 million to $11 million USD worth of Bitcoin.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

The Lemon Group cybercrime ring has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. A cybercrime group tracked has Lemon Group has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The first campaigns of malware were distributed through fake antivirus or other common apps, while during the campaigns the malware is taking the turn of an APT attack against the customer of a specific Italian bank.” sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020. The experts warn that nation-state actors are adopting TTPs associated with cybercrime gangs to make it hard the attack attribution. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BISMUTH).

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Quick Heal Antivirus

JANUARY 25, 2023

The post AsyncRAT Analysis with ChatGPT appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. As cyber threats continue to evolve and become more sophisticated, it’s crucial for security researchers and professionals.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The post Cryptojacking on the Rise appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. There has been a steep rise in Cryptojacking attacks by cybercriminal groups to infiltrate networks and stealthily mine.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The post QBOT – A HTML Smuggling technique to target victims appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. QBot, also known as Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot, is a Banking Trojan that was first observed in 2007.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

MARCH 28, 2023

The post THE PERILS OF RANSOMWARE : How to Save yourself from the next attack appeared first on Quick Heal Blog. In recent years, ransomware attacks have increased in frequency and sophistication, resulting in substantial impact across numerous industries.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

Earlier this year, malware researchers from Avast antivirus firm discovered a design flaw in the C&C protocol of the botnet that could have been exploited to remove the malware from infected computers. ” reads a blog post published by Avast. SecurityAffairs – Retadup botn et , hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A Deep Dive into the Phishing Attack Mechanisms with Tips appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. Phishing is a technique used to steal credentials, personal information & financial details of a user. The attacker. The post What is Phishing?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

At this moment, the infection chain is able to bypass the antivirus detection, with the latter EXE ( WpfApp14.exe He is also a founding member and Pentester at CSIRT.UBI and founder of the security computer blog seguranca–informatica.pt. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Brazilian Trojan). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. Data includes date/hour of infection , remote IP from victim’s computer , OS version and antivirus name. Figure 16: EMOTET collects antivirus product name via WMI query.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

” reads a blog post published by nao_sec. The security firm observed the exploit kit installing the GandCrab Ransomware on Windows machines, it was also used to redirect macOS users to pages promoting fake antivirus software or fake Adobe Flash Players. That code is distinctive and interesting.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

Analyzing it in depth, we discover it actually is the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) client by TektonIT , encrypted using the MPress PE compressor utility, a legitimate tool, to avoid antivirus detection. Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published in the Yoroi blog. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. in threads asking for urgent help obtaining access to hacked businesses in South Korea. Vpn-service[.]us

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Dave Kennedy | @hackingdave. Eugene Kaspersky | @e_kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego , is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks. Some antivirus solutions specifically analyze this section look for malicious VBA code in the Excel docs. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Norway). EPPlus is such a tool.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published in the Yoroi blog. Its content is minimal and quickly redirect the execution to a small batch file, “installer.bat” contained in the same folder. Then it runs installer.bat (the filename) with the parameter “ 0? tmp”, later renamed as “007.bat”.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

antivirus products), deleting shadow copies, and finally encrypting the files on the targeted systems. The bleeds of the new software will be made for some time by several of our experienced negotiators. We apologize for the inconvenience!” reads the screenshot. ” continues the report.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

A few months after last year’s blog post came out, we stumbled across a new multi-platform ransomware family, which targeted both Linux and Windows. Trend 2: Driver abuse Abusing a vulnerable driver for malicious purposes may be an old trick in the book, but it still works well, especially on antivirus (AV) drivers.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign. In February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, most of them associated with various known APT groups.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

Verdict: prediction fulfilled ✅ Media blackmail: businesses to learn they were hacked from hackers’ public posts with a countdown to release Ransomware operators create blogs to showcase new successful hacks of businesses and reveal stolen data. They typically emerge when a new ransomware group appears.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The “Meltdown” and “Spectre” exploits paved the way for so-called “microcode hacks” in early 2018. There is not much that an end user can currently do to protect themselves against this type of attack, except to not run any software from a shady source, even if it does not raise any antivirus flag.” ” Shared burden.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

27, a Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher who is currently in Ukraine leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat records from Conti, which had just posted a press release to its victim shaming blog saying it fully supported Russia’s invasion of his country. You can see your page in the our blog here [dark web link].

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. A recent leak has put it in the hands of cybercrime actors and it is very likely that by the end of the year we will see it involved in APT cases too.

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