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Know your threats: the nine scariest malware monsters

October 30, 2017 admin 101, botnets, Infographics, malspam, malware, ransomware, scariest malware, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:31:14 +0000

It’s been a particularly ghoulish year in cybersecurity, from Russian hacks to ransomware outbreaks. The bad boogey man in the black hoodie has been pulling one over the collective public. It’s dark and creepy, but users refuse to stop peeking behind the door. It’s enough to make even the most grizzled IT admin run for…

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Old MS Office feature weaponized in malspam attacks

October 17, 2017 admin DDE, DDEAUTO, macro, malspam, malware, microsoft, office, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:00:16 +0000

An old Microsoft Office feature has been brought back to the forefront as way to distribute malware without relying on macros or exploits.

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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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Evolution of jRAT JAVA Malware – An analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

October 3, 2017 admin Adwind, email, jRAT, malspam, Social engineering, spam, spyware, SSL certificate

Credit to Author: Pavankumar Chaudhari| Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:38:25 +0000

jRAT (Java Based Remote Access Trojans) malware is not new but its activity has increased recently in the last few months and they are targeting various organizations. Per day, Quick Heal Security Labs identifies thousands of spam emails carrying weaponized JAR as attachments targeting users. These malicious JAR i.e., jRAT…

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Fake IRS notice delivers customized spying tool

September 21, 2017 admin CP2000, CVE-2017-0199, doc, exploit, irs, malspam, malware, office, phishing, Rat, remote administration tool, RMS, spy, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:00:24 +0000

Threat actors leverage a Microsoft Office exploit to spy on their victims. In this blog post, we will review its delivery mechanism and analyze the malware we observed, a modified version of a commercial Remote Administration Tool (RAT).

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Locky ransomware returns to the game with two new flavors

August 16, 2017 admin cybercrime, Diablo6, Locky, Locky ransomware, Lukitus, malspam, malware, necurs, ransomware, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Marcelo Rivero| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:57:10 +0000

We recently observed a fresh malicious spam campaign pushed through the Necurs botnet distributing so far, two new variants of Locky ransomware.

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How did the WannaCry Ransomworm spread?

May 19, 2017 admin Botnet, cybercrime, DoublePulsar, EternalBlue, exploit, Exploits, Jaff ransomware, malspam, malware, Necurs botnet, NSA, ransomware, ShadowBrokers, spam, WannaCry, WannaCrypt

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 14:00:45 +0000

Security researchers have had a busy week since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that wreaked havoc on computers worldwide. How did it all happen?

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Tags: botnet DoublePulsar EternalBlue exploit Jaff ransomware malspam malware Necurs botnet NSA ransomware ShadowBrokers spam WannaCry WannaCrypt

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Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

April 13, 2017 admin Adware, Android malware, celebgate, Cerber, Chris Boyd, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dridex, eitest, exit scam, exploit kit, fappening, Findzip, hiddenads.lck, hoeflertext, intra market fraud, jisut, Locky, mac malware, malspam, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, necurs, potentially unwanted programs, Powershell, PUP, Q1 2017, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, sage, Social engineering, spora, survey scams, tech support scammers, Threat analysis, vault 7, windows malware, WWE dump

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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