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Say hello to Baldr, a new stealer on the market

April 9, 2019 admin Baldr, criminals, information stealer, spyware, stealer, stealer functionality, Threat analysis, unpacking code

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:00:13 +0000

Baldr is a new stealer that is being actively developed and distributed. Will it be able to compete in this crowded arena?

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Tags: Baldr information stealer spyware stealer stealer functionality threat analysis unpacking code

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Plugin vulnerabilities exploited in traffic monetization schemes

March 26, 2019 admin ad fraud, criminals, Easy WP STMP, hacked, malvertising, plugins, scams, skimmer, Social Warfare, Threat analysis, traffic, WordPress GDPR

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The latest round of vulnerable WordPress plugins leads to an active traffic monetization campaign via hacked websites.

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Tags: ad fraud Easy WP STMP hacked malvertising plugins scams skimmer Social Warfare traffic WordPress GDPR

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The Advanced Persistent Threat files: Lazarus Group

March 12, 2019 admin APT, criminals, Lazarus, NORTH KOREA, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:27:02 +0000

Lazarus Group, the threat actors likely behind the Sony breach and WannaCry outbreak, are in the news again. Here’s what you need to know about this North Korean organization, and what you should do to protect against such nation-state attacks.

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Tags: APT Lazarus North Korea

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The Advanced Persistent Threat Files: APT1

February 22, 2019 admin Advanced persistent threats, APT groups, APT1, China, Chinese malware, criminals, Mimikatz, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:59:13 +0000

Next up in the Advanced Persistent Threat Files: APT1, a unit of the People’s Liberation Army of China known for wide-scale and high-volume data collection on mostly English-speaking companies.

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Tags: advanced persistent threats APT groups APT1 china Chinese malware mimikatz

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Vidar and GandCrab: stealer and ransomware combo observed in the wild

January 4, 2019 admin Arkei, criminals, exploit, exploit kit, Fallout, gandcrab, ransomware, Threat analysis, Vidar

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:15:25 +0000

Threat actors combine new stealer Vidar and GandCrab ransomware in one-two punch.

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Tags: Arkei exploit exploit kit Fallout gandcrab ransomware Vidar

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Web skimmers compete in Umbro Brasil hack

November 20, 2018 admin brasil, credit card, criminals, exfiltration, hack, JSON, Magecart, RiskIQ, skimming, Threat analysis, umbro, web

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:51:57 +0000

In this web skimming match between two Magecart groups, there can only be one winner.

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Tags: brasil credit card exfiltration hack JSON Magecart RiskIQ skimming umbro web

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Internet Shortcut used in Necurs malspam campaign

May 3, 2018 admin Botnet, criminals, malspam, necurs, samba, SMB, spam, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 17:44:18 +0000

The Necurs gang tries out a new trick to load malware and bypass security defenses.

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Massive DDoS attack washes over GitHub

March 2, 2018 admin criminals, ddos, DDos attack, GitHub, memcached, memcrashed, memcrashing, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:26:48 +0000

We take a look at the colossal DDoS attack on GitHub, the largest-ever on record. How did threat actors do it, and what can companies do to protect against it?

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Tags: ddos DDos attack GitHub memcached memcrashed memcrashing

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