Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. After that, the following files are extracted, namely: Avira.exe : Legitimate injector from Avira Antivirus. In the last few years, many banking trojans developed by Latin American criminals have increased in volume and sophistication.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

” Threat actor distributes LNK files compressed inside ZIP archives as part of the recent phishing campaign, usually disguising the file as an Office document and uses names related to the military invasion. The PowerShell code avoids antivirus detection by using Get-Command to execute the payload.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kaspersky revealed that APT10, also known as the Cicada hacking group, has successfully deployed the LODEINFO malware in government, media, public sector, and diplomatic organizations in Japan. However, the same also goes for antivirus software and other anti-malware solutions. See the Best EDR Solutions.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It had no documented cyber incident response runbooks or IT recovery plans (apart from documented AD recovery plans) for recovering from a wide-scale ransomware event. Antivirus software triggered numerous alerts after detecting Cobalt Strike activity but these were not escalated.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2022

Since the beginning of 2022, Conti has claimed responsibility for hacking a cancer testing lab, a medical prescription service online, a biomedical testing facility, a pharmaceutical company, and a spinal surgery center. Conti shames victims who refuse to pay a ransom by posting their internal data on their darkweb blog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The seller described the solution as a post-exploitation framework with modules designed to infiltrate enterprise networks and evade antivirus programs, was claimed to have been developed over three years at a cost of $1 million. While many techniques are documented, such as removing PPL protection via the RTCore64.sys

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Unfortunately for us, Doug freaked out after deciding he’d been tricked — backing up his important documents, changing his passwords, and then reinstalling macOS on his computer. MacOS computers include X-Protect , Apple’s built-in antivirus technology. Image: SlowMist.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

While only one sample is currently detected by antivirus tools, many others remain undetected. Recent reports have analyzed Crystal, Nim, and Rust versions, while the Go variant is now being documented for the first time. it remained largely undetected until resurfacing in late 2024 with new variants written in Crystal, Nim, and Rust.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

But according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, it is equally likely Vrublevsky was arrested thanks to his propensity for carefully documenting the links between Russia’s state security services and the cybercriminal underground. A Google-translated snippet of the hacked ChronoPay Confluence installation.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

By engaging third-party experts to simulate real-world hacks, companies can proactively uncover potential weaknesses and address them promptly. Employ real-time antivirus scanning. This includes scanning all materials, such as investor onboarding documents and communication. •Conduct regular penetration testing.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Following their dramatic arrests in 2016, many news media outlets reported that the men were suspected of having tipped off American intelligence officials about those responsible for Russian hacking activities tied to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. After selecting a sample of 50,000 open printers and creating a custom printing script, we managed to print out PDF documents on 27,944 unprotected devices. Not so much.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Simply put, they are antivirus solutions. In fact, it is one of the most popular antivirus solutions. Per 6sense, McAfee Cloud Security makes up 12.47% of the worldwide antivirus market share. 5 McAfee Total Protection is a set of five consumer security plans, including antivirus, web protection, and safety scores.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. We have credible reports that the Chinese hacked Gmail around 2010, and there are ongoing concerns about both censorship and surveillance by the Chinese social-networking company TikTok.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The last time security experts documented the FIN8’s activities was in 2016 and 2017. FireEye documented obfuscation techniques used by the group in June 2017 and the involvement of PUNCHTRACK POS-scraping malware. .” SecurityAffairs – FIN8, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the last few days I have done some analysis on malicious documents, especially PDF. ” Let’s go to our case study: I received a scan request for a PDF file that was reported to support an antivirus vendor, and it replied that the file was not malicious. SecurityAffairs – PDF analysis, hacking). Twitter: [link].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

The spear-phishing messages used a malicious Rich Text File (RTF) document that included descriptions of an autonomous underwater vehicle. The RTF documents were uncovered by Cybereason Nocturnus Team while investigating recent developments in the RoyalRoad weaponizer, also known as the 8.t t Dropper/RTF exploit builder.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The phishing messages carry weaponized Excel documents that are able to bypass security checks and that had low detection rates. The trick used by the Epic Macnchego gang consists of compiling the documents with a.NET library called EPPlus , instead of the standard Microsoft Office software. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Norway).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The gang also published several pictures of passports and company documents as proof of the hack. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine. Cactus Ransomware has just posted Schneider Electric.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

Security expert spotted a new piece of malware that leverages weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. Security expert discovered a new piece of malware uses weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PowerShell). Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

PC Matic and Norton are consumer and small business security providers, mainly offering basic device and web security like antivirus and antimalware. PC Matic : Better for ease of use and administration (starts at $50 annually for 5 devices) Norton Antivirus : Better overall for home security and small startups (starts at $49.99

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

APOMacroSploit is a macro builder that was to create weaponized Excel documents used in multiple phishing attacks. Excel documents created with the APOMacroSploit builder are capable of bypassing antivirus software, Windows Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), and even Gmail and other email-based phishing detection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Generally speaking, removal/cleaning by antivirus is not a sufficient guarantee. Send the samples (.doc

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2024

“While NetScan ran on the primary Veeam backup server, antivirus (AV) protection was disabled on the virtual machine host, both through antivirus user interfaces (UI) and through the command line.” The attackers used the free Windows file manager WinSCP to exfiltrate the data to a server they controlled.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

The operators behind LockFile ransomware encrypt alternate blocks of 16 bytes in a document to evade detection. Instead, LockFile encrypts every other 16 bytes of a document. This means that a file such as a text document remains partially readable and looks statistically like the original. ” states Sophos.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Teslas Get the Spotlight in Recent Ethical Hacking Efforts Researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities within Teslas since March 2023. Rapid7’s Zero Day Initiative hosts an event called Pwn2Own, and at the 2023 event, computer security firm Synactiv hacked a Tesla computer within two minutes.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. The former NSA hacker is Nghia Hoang Pho (68), he served the US intelligence for 10 years as a member of the NSA’s elite Tailored Access Operations hacking unit. Equestre.*”.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. “According to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, Oleg Koshkin, 41, formerly of Estonia, operated the websites “Crypt4U.com,” “fud.bz” and others.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The RTF template injection technique abuses legitimate RTF template functionality to subvert the plain text document formatting properties of the file and retrieve a malicious payload from a remote server instead of a file resource via an RTF’s template control word capability. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RTF template injection).

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

The attacks were spotted in 2020, threat actors leveraged spear-phishing attacks, exploitation of vulnerabilities in web applications, hacking the infrastructure of contractors to penetrate the infrastructure of the Russian federal executive authorities. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russian federal agencies). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2024

When a website gets hacked, the aftermath can be expensive and long-lasting, and the recovery process is often extremely difficult. But what happens if a hack has already occurred? Next, let's discuss the steps to take to recover from a hack. So, instead of panicking, relax and focus on fixing your hacked WordPress site.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 19, 2021

As detailed in public charging documents unsealed in October 2018 and July and September 2020, hackers with a history of working for the PRC Ministry of State Security (MSS) have engaged in ransomware attacks, cyber enabled extortion, crypto-jacking, and rank theft from victims around the world, all for financial gain.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2021

“Both exchanges require identity documents in order to exchange cryptocurrencies for fiat or to make transfers to banks, however it isn’t clear if the documents they accept are scrutinized in any meaningful way. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ryuk ransomware). ” reads the report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

Microsoft 365 Defender data shows that the SEO poisoning technique is effective, given that Microsoft Defender Antivirus has detected and blocked thousands of these PDF documents in numerous environments. The attack works by using PDF documents designed to rank on search results. SecurityAffairs – hacking, seo poisoning).

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The seller described the solution as a post-exploitation framework with modules designed to infiltrate enterprise networks and evade antivirus programs, was claimed to have been developed over three years at a cost of $1 million. While many techniques are documented, such as removing PPL protection via the RTCore64.sys

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