Bitdefender, renowned IT security/antivirus firm, has identified that the latest strain of Xagent for Mac is being used as a backdoor for intruders. After the malware is installed via Komplex downloader, it looks for a debugger’s presence and if it isn’t found it waits for network connection to be enabled to contact its C&C servers. The attackers then activate […]
Watering hole attacks attempt to infect more than 100 organizations in 31 different countries. Organizations in 31 countries have been targeted in a new wave of attacks which has been underway since at least October 2016. The attackers used compromised websites or “watering holes” to infect pre-selected targets with previously unknown malware. There has been […]
Dutch malware experts have found a new malware strain that targets online shops running on the Magento platform, which can self-heal using code hidden in the website’s database. While this is not the first web malware that hides code in the website’s database, this is the first one that’s written in SQL, as a stored […]
A new Android malicious app imitating Adobe Flash Player that serves as a potential entrance for many types of dangerous malware. According To the ESET security software which detected the “mimics” Malware ” Android/TrojanDownloader.Agent.JI ” And tricks its victims into granting it special permissions in the Android accessibility menu and uses these to download and execute additional […]
Xagent for Macs steals passwords, grabs screenshots, and exfiltrates iPhone backups. APT28, the Russian hacking group tied to last year’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, has long been known for its advanced arsenal of tools for penetrating Windows, iOS, Android, and Linux devices. Now, researchers have uncovered an equally sophisticated malware package the group […]
Android users have been exposed to a new malicious app imitating Adobe Flash Player that serves as a potential entrance for many types of dangerous malware. The application, detected by ESET security software as Android/TrojanDownloader.Agent.JI, tricks its victims into granting it special permissions in the Android accessibility menu and uses these to download and execute […]
Researchers have issued a warning that hackers are resorting to the use of file-less malware programs to gain stealth access to the systems of organizations. This new form of attack is not only severe regarding its consequences but also represents a new threat, given its growing level of popularity. Here are details about this new […]
More than one hundred banks and monetary establishments internationally have been inflamed with a dangerous state-of-the-art, reminiscence-based malware this is nearly undetectable, researchers warned. Newly posted document by way of the Russian safety company Kaspersky Lab indicates that hackers are concentrated on banks, telecommunication companies, and government businesses in 40 countries, together with america, South […]
Researchers with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team Discovered the Fileless Memory-Based Malware Attacks Against More than 140 enterprises–primarily banks, government organizations, and telecommunications firms in 40 countries, including the U.S., France, and Ecuador–have been affected. The attackers, who may be connected to the GCMAN and Carbanak groups, aren’t using signature-based malware to carry […]
The Microsoft Publisher Documents utilized as a part of this battle was gone for infecting the victim with the, well known, Pony malware. While Pony is all around archived in specialized capacity it has not been known to utilize the .bar document organize as of not long ago. Horse is an accreditation collecting bit of […]
Our Previous post talked about the initial overview of the Shamoon 2.0 sample .This analysis is a continuation of our last post but with a more insight on the working and behavior of the malware. There are 3 components which are linked with one another which makeup Shamoon 2.0 single malware. We have analyzed each […]
There was a time when users believed that Mac machines are safe to be used since Apple’s security features are second to none in the market. However, the notion is about to change. According to the analysis of two security researchers Claudio Guarnieri and Collin Anderson, there is a Mac-based malware dubbed as MacDownloader that […]
Once the province of nation-sponsored hackers, in-memory malware goes mainstream. Two years ago, researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab discovered their corporate network was infected with malware that was unlike anything they had ever seen. Virtually all of the malware resided solely in the memory of the compromised computers, a feat that had allowed the infection […]
An Iranian espionage group has been using an unsophisticated strain of malware, dubbed MacDownloader, to steal credentials and other data from Mac users. A cyber espionage group linked to the Iranian Government has been using an unsophisticated strain of malware, dubbed MacDownloader, to steal credentials and other data from Mac computers. The researchers Claudio Guarnieri and […]
A China-related cyber hacker institution turned into the usage of new malware and some new techniques of their assaults targetted at army and aerospace organisations in Russia and Belarus. Lower back in July 2016, the safety company Proofpoint pronounced that hazard actor had been the usage of the PlugX RAT and NetTraveler to goal Russia […]
Three apps on Google Play use delayed attacks, self-naming tricks, and an attack list dictated by a command and control server to click on ads in the background without the user’s knowledge. Summary: Three apps on Google Play use delayed attacks, self-naming tricks, and an attack list dictated by a command and control server to […]
The Russia-linked cyber espionage group known as Turla has been using a new piece of JavaScript malware to profile victims, Kaspersky Lab reported on Thursday. Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage ATP group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations […]
Cyren, an Internet security firm, has discovered a new malware that can steal bitcoin and passwords from cryptocurrency wallets on computers. The company wrote on its blog that the malware is primarily targeting banking customers and the campaign is quite huge. The US and Singapore-based users are mainly targeted by this campaign. The malware is […]
Malicious Word document with ‘Russian doll’ technique targets NATO countries. Security researchers have identified a hacking campaign seemingly targeted at NATO members, which employs a sophisticated method to infect victims and lays a trap for those investigating it. The researchers said the attack, in the form of a malicious Word document, is unusual in that […]
SVG has all the makings of a great malware distribution medium, and crooks are bound to migrate to this new file format, now that Google has moved to ban .js email attachments. SVG is an image file format that’s used to store scalable vector graphics (SVG) using XML syntax. Unknown to most is that developers […]
Law enforcement government from Europe and Russia have arrested 5 members of an global cyber crook gang for stealing $3.2 million coins from ATMs the usage of ATM hack malware. Three of the suspects, Andrejs Peregudovs (41), of Latvia, Niklae Penkov (34) of Moldova, and Mihail Colibaba (30) of Romania, had been arrested in Taiwan […]