eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Steganography, derived from Greek words meaning “covered” and “writing,” has been used for centuries to hide secret messages inside regular documents. For example, hackers attacked Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, with malicious code hidden in a media file and managed to gather confidential information.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

Executive Summary In February 2023, EclecticIQ researchers identified multiple KamiKakaBot malwares which are very likely used to target government entities in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. Dark Pink is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group active in the ASEAN region.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bad actors are increasingly using a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver ransomware and other malicious code in email campaigns aimed at financial services firms and other organizations, according to Microsoft researchers. Also see: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions. What Is HTML Smuggling?

Firewall 111

Firewall Ransomware Banking Malware 111

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Today, enterprises tend to use multiple layers of security defenses, ranging from perimeter defense on network entry points to host based security solutions deployed at the end user’s machines to counter the ever-increasing threats. Executive Summary.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The group started its activities in December 2020 and has been responsible for multiple sets of attacks against high-profile entities in Europe and Asia. Our first publication was focused on their main tools, Ninja Trojan and Samurai Backdoor, and we also described the set of loaders used to launch them. exe Windows utility.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In fact it can be considered a sort of malicious implant able to not only commit bank-related crimes, but also providing tools and mechanism for advanced attackers to penetrate within company networks. The attacker simply used a white font to hide the malicious content from the unaware user (and from the endpoint agents).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The main purpose of CosmicStrand is to download a malicious program at startup, which then performs the tasks set by the attackers. All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind.

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