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VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled

Categories: Apple

Categories: News

Tags: VASTFLUX

Tags: HUMAN

Tags: fast flux

Tags: VAST

Tags: Matryoshka

Tags: JavaScript

Tags: JS

Tags: iOS

Tags: ad fraud

Tags: malvertising

Tags: Video Ad Serving Template

Tags: VAST

Tags: command-and-control

Tags: C2

An evasive ad fraud campaign affecting iOS users has come to light. It’s called VASTFLUX.

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Stopping C2 communications in human-operated ransomware through network protection

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Providing advanced protection against increasingly sophisticated human-operated ransomware, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s network protection leverages threat intelligence and machine learning to block command-and-control (C2) communications.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Winnti APT group docks in Sri Lanka for new campaign

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: Winnti

Tags: APT

Tags: China

Tags: Sri Lanka

Tags: India

Tags: Keyplug

Tags: malware

Tags: dropbox

Tags: C2

Tags: DBoxAgent

In this research paper, we document a new campaign we attribute to the Winnti APT group. The victims are located in Sri Lanka at a point in time where the country is going through economic hardship while China makes headlines for docking on of its special vessels there.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Cryptojackers growing in numbers and sophistication

Categories: News

Categories: Cryptomining

Tags: Cryptojacking

Tags: fileless

Tags: malware

Tags: LOLBins

Tags: RiskWare.BitCoinMiner

Tags: Trojan.BitCoinMiner

Tags: c2

Tags: mining pools

Probably due to rising energy costs and the volatility in crypto-currencies, we can see a rise in malicious crypto mining, aka cryptojacking.

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