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The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.

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AdGholas malvertising thrives in the shadows of ransomware outbreaks

July 5, 2017 admin adgholas, astrum, cybercrime, EK, exploit kit, Exploits, malvertising

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:05:57 +0000

Several large malvertising campaigns went unnoticed amidst the news of the latest ransomware outbreak.

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Elusive Moker Trojan is back

April 21, 2017 admin EK, exploit kit, malware, Moker, Rat, RIG EK, Threat analysis, Trojan

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:44:58 +0000

We finally have gotten our hands on a sample of Moker Trojan (that was discovered in 2015). This article will be a deep dive in its capabilities.

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Tags: EK exploit kit malware Moker rat RIG EK trojan

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Binary Options malvertising campaign drops ISFB banking Trojan

April 20, 2017 admin binary options, dreambot, EK, exploit kit, Exploits, Gozi, ISFB, malvertising, malware, RIG, RIG exploit kit, Threat analysis, Trojan

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:00:55 +0000

We take a look at a widespread and yet stealthy malvertising campaign distributing the ISFB banking Trojan via decoy websites.

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Tags: binary options dreambot EK exploit kit Gozi ISFB malvertising malware RIG RIG exploit kit trojan

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Diamond Fox – part 2: let’s dive in the code

April 6, 2017 admin Diamond Fox, EK, exploit kit, malware, Nebula, Nebula Exploit Kit, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:00:30 +0000

In a previous post we made an initial analysis of a Diamond Fox bot delivered by the Nebula Exploit Kit (more about the campaign can be found here). We described the way to unpack the protection layer in order to get the core, written in Visual Basic, that can be decompiled. In this second part of…

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