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RIG exploit kit distributes Princess Ransomware

August 31, 2017 admin cybercrime, Exploits, malware, princess ransomware, RIG

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:04:32 +0000

A new campaign via the RIG exploit kit is pushing the Princess Ransomware.

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Malware vaccination tricks: blue pills or red pills

August 30, 2017 admin canary file, cybercrime, keyboard, language, malware, Malwarebytes, Pieter Arntz, ransomware, registry key, vaccination, vaccine, virtual machine

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:00:10 +0000

Malware vaccination tricks are offered for various sorts and families of malware, but can and should we use them? What are the pros and cons? Read all about it.

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419 spam: 10 million US dollars, courtesy of “Rev. Goodluck Ebola”

August 29, 2017 admin 419, cybercrime, fake, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:10:55 +0000

A 419 email is currently doing the rounds with promises of $10.5m USD waiting to be sent your way. This is most definitely something you don’t want to get tangled up in.

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Inside the Kronos malware – part 2

August 29, 2017 admin banking Trojan, Citibank, cybercrime, Facebook, kronos, Kronos malware, malware, Trojan, Wells Fargo, Zeus malware

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:00:00 +0000

In part two of our Kronos malware analysis, we look at the malicious actions Kronos can perform.

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Mobile Menace Monday: Implications of Google Play Protect

August 28, 2017 admin Android, cybercrime, google, malware scanner, Mobile, mobile malware, play protect

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:00:21 +0000

Along with the recent release of Google’s new OS Android 8.0 Oreo, they also released a new security suite known as Google Play Protect.

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Inside the Kronos malware – part 1

August 18, 2017 admin banker, cybercrime, kronos, malware, malwaretech

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:14:29 +0000

The first part of this research looks at the tricks used by the Kronos banking malware.

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Email Provider ProtonMail Says It Hacked Back, Then Walks Claim Back

August 16, 2017 admin cybercrime, Hack Back, hacking, hacks, internet, Internet Insecurity, protonmail, retaliatory measures

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:45:00 +0000

There’s plenty of appetite for “hacking back,” but in many contexts it’s likely illegal for companies to retaliate against cybercriminals.

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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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