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Emotet 101, stage 1: The spam lure

March 5, 2019 admin 101, Bot, emotet, maldocs, malspam, malware, payload, PDF, Sophos101, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, spam, Word, XML

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:55:43 +0000

By SophosLabs Research Emotet operates on a mass scale. Everything it does, it does in bulk. A typical infection begins when the victim receives a specially crafted spam email. Emotet’s creators send these out by the thousands and, in some cases, the bots themselves send more. The lures employ mass-created malicious document files. The payload […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/7i2oOO4OT8A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays

January 8, 2019 admin attribution, BitPaymer ransomware, christmas, cybercrime, data resolution, dataresolution.net, emotet, exploit, Hermes, Holiday, Lazarus, malicious office documents, malspam, malware, malwarebytes anti-exploit, malwarebytes anti-ransomware, NORTH KOREA, Onslow water and sewer authority, OWASA, protection, ransom, ransomware, ryuk, stats, Tips, tribune publishing, trickbot

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:49:45 +0000

Over the holiday, a little-known ransomware family called Ryuk caused serious damage to numerous organizations. The attacks leave a lot of questions unanswered. What do we know so far?

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What’s in the spam mailbox this week?

July 31, 2018 admin apple, cybercrime, email, malspam, phishing, sexploitation, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:00:27 +0000

We take a look at a few of the most notable spam emails in circulation over the last week, including a money muling scam, Apple phishes, and a sexploitation message featuring old, but real, passwords.

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Spearphishers tool up for attack targeting builders

July 26, 2018 admin attachment, Boulder, Colorado, malspam, PDF, phishing, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, spearphishing

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:01:24 +0000

A sophisticated spearphishing attack targets construction contractors in Boulder County, Colorado in the latest iteration of a months-long campaign.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jUtfsWaE0Zc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The evolution of a 4-year-old-threat Emotet: From an infamous Trojan to a complex threat distributer

July 25, 2018 admin banking malware, email, emotet, malspam, malware, obfuscation, phishing, phishing email, Security, spam

Credit to Author: Aniruddha Dolas| Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:40:33 +0000

Emotet malware campaign has been existing for a long time. It comes frequently in intervals with different techniques and variants to deliver malware on a victim. Attackers are smart and they use complex techniques to avoid detection. At the start of 2017, we had seen the emotet campaign spreading through…

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Five easy ways to recognize and dispose of malicious emails

June 19, 2018 admin 101, email, How-tos, malspam, phishing, red flags, safe practices, spam, spotting

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:00:00 +0000

What should you check for to determine if an email is spam or malicious? Here are five red flags to look for—and what to do with those malicious emails when you find them.

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Internet Shortcut used in Necurs malspam campaign

May 3, 2018 admin Botnet, criminals, malspam, necurs, samba, SMB, spam, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 17:44:18 +0000

The Necurs gang tries out a new trick to load malware and bypass security defenses.

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Labs CTNT report shows shift in threat landscape to cryptomining

April 9, 2018 admin cryptocurrency, cryptomining, CTNT report, cybercrime tactics and techniques, gandcrab, malspam, Malwarebytes news, ransomware, spyware

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

What did we learn about cybercrime in the quarterly Labs CTNT report? Malicious cryptomining has taken over in 2018, and it’s leaving all other malware families behind.

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Tags: cryptocurrency cryptomining CTNT report cybercrime tactics and techniques gandcrab malspam ransomware spyware