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The complex and sophisticated custom malware, Hidden Bee, is a Chinese cryptominer that recently released an updated sample. We unpack the sample to look at the functionality of its loader and compare it against earlier versions.

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Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 23, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, vital, vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: APTs banking apps banking Trojans banks bitcoin cryptocurrencies cryptocurrency cryptowallets emotet exploit kits financial institutions financials fintech information stealers infrastructure malware vital

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Exploit kits: spring 2019 review

May 14, 2019 admin EKs, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, Magnitude, RIG, Router EK, Spelevo, Threat analysis, Underminer

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 15:57:05 +0000

In this edition, we review active and unique exploit kits hitting consumers and businesses over the spring season.

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Tags: EKs exploit kits Fallout Magnitude RIG Router EK Spelevo Underminer

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Vital infrastructure: Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 10, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, Business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, Security world, vital

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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A week in security (February 11 – 17)

February 18, 2019 admin anti-phishing-plan, bank of valetta, emotet, exploit kits, Security world, sextortion, sgx, VFEmail, Week in security, whole team security, wordpress plugin

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:30:22 +0000

A roundup of security news from February 11-17 covering sextortion, Facebook phishing, Emotet, exploit kits, whole team security, anti-phishing plan, and lots more.

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Exploit kits: winter 2019 review

February 12, 2019 admin EK, EKs, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, Magnitude, RIG, sundown, Threat analysis, Underminer

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

We review the top exploit kits in this winter 2019 snapshot.

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Interview with a malware hunter: Jérôme Segura

January 29, 2019 admin 101, cybersecurity researcher, exploit kits, FYI, Jerome Segura, malware hunter, researcher, security reseracher

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In our series called “Interview with a malware hunter,” we turn to Jerome Segura, Head of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes. In this Q&A session, we’ll take you behind the scenes to get to know one of our malware intelligence crew.

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