Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. The Forbes.ru

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 26, 2022

DazzleSpy, a piece of malware that attacks macOS, was discovered last fall by researchers at ESET, and now those researchers have released more detailed findings. The new malware got a foothold via CVE-2021-1789, exploited via a JavaScript file named mac.js These two pieces of malware are quite different.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., “Yehuo” ( ? ? ) com , buydudu[.]com

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2022

For organizations that still rely on signature-based next generation antivirus (NGAV) solutions to protect their endpoints from ransomware and other advanced attacks, this is terrible news. . Its purpose is to simulate advanced malware delivery and deployment.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. This user said they specialize in developing malware, creating computer worms, and crafting new ways to hijack Web browsers.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Lebanese Cedar exploited 1-day publicly known vulnerabilities such as C VE-2012-3152 to install the JSP in vulnerable servers. The group has used a custom-written malware called “Explosive,” an info-stealing Trojan that the group has used since 2015, he said. The file was installed in vulnerable Atlassian Jira and Oracle 10g servers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2020

DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. Once executed the command, the malware the malicious code sends back command execution results. “On

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

If all you’ve done so far is to rely on antivirus scans and the good sense of your users to not click on suspicious emails, you’re doing the minimum. Yes, endpoint security is a vital element in your malware defense, but it cannot do the job alone. As malware threats increase in sophistication, so should the tools to combat them.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team tracked the new version of the PlugX malware as Thor, they reported that the RAT was used as a post-exploitation tool deployed on one of the compromised servers. PKPLUG used a technique known as “ living off the land ” to bypass antivirus detection and target Microsoft Exchange servers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

PoC exploit code was sent to partner cybersecurity firms and antivirus on February 23, prior Redmond giant released the patches. 28, bear similarities to “proof of concept” attack code that Microsoft distributed to antivirus companies and other security partners on Feb. 23, investigators at security companies say.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Perhaps the single biggest and most dangerous change in threats came in the world of malware delivery. For years, hackers and malware authors had used the same ways to deliver and spread their malware. So hackers had to choose a new way to deliver and spread malware. Email and spam were by far the most popular.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In their initial disclosures on this threat actor, TeamT5 identified three malware families: SpyDealer, Demsty and WinDealer. In 2020, we discovered a whole new distribution method for the WinDealer malware that leverages the automatic update mechanism of select legitimate applications. WinDealer is a modular malware platform.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. This malware employed a custom EternalBlue SMBv1 exploit to infiltrate its victims’ systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise user’s devices. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis. Darktrace DETECT Features.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The following tools provide strong options to support vulnerability scanning and other capabilities and also offer options specifically for service providers: Deployment Options Cloud-based On-Prem Appliance Service Option Carson & SAINT Yes Linux or Windows Yes Yes RapidFire VulScan Hyper-V or VMware Virtual Appliance Hyper-V or VMware Virtual (..)

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics. Who is Versa Networks? Using VOS, Versa enables customers and service providers to deploy SASE and software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. Dharma is a specific type of malware that many cybercriminals and hacker groups use largely because its easier to use than coding custom malware. All of the contracting company’s files were encrypted using the malware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. Vendors continue to develop new features to address an existing number of security risks for databases: Data corruption or loss Inappropriate access Malware, phishing, and other cyberattacks Security vulnerabilities or configuration problems Denial of service attacks.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts. In June 2016, the Twitter and Pinterest accounts of Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, were vandalized. Data leak of sensitive information can be devastating for a business of any size.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The malware used in the Target breach included the text string “ Rescator ,” which also was the handle chosen by the cybercriminal who was selling all of the cards stolen from Target customers. For starters, the text string “Rescator” was found in some of the malware used in the Target breach.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the ever-evolving world of malware , rootkits are some of the most dangerous threats out there. Because of how deeply embedded kernel-mode rootkits are within a computer’s system, they can be one of the most damaging types of malware out there. Looking for More About Malware? Check Out What is Malware?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This reveals a likely blind spot for defenders and endpoint vendors: in a number of cases, perhaps even the majority, attackers have no need for 0-days and malware deployment to gain access to the information they need. SIGINT-delivered malware. More APT groups will move from CobaltStrike to other alternatives.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To complicate detection, they clear system logs, disable antivirus software using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and shut down endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems with proprietary tools. APT41 APT41 (aka Wicked Panda, BARIUM, Wicked Spider) is a Chinese state-affiliated threat group active since 2012.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To complicate detection, they clear system logs, disable antivirus software using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and shut down endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems with proprietary tools. APT41 APT41 (aka Wicked Panda, BARIUM, Wicked Spider) is a Chinese state-affiliated threat group active since 2012.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2025

The cyber espionage group has been active since at least 2012 and has been using the Sagerunex backdoor since at least 2016. Detailed malware analysis reveals configuration and potential host paths. Some configurations reveal the possible original file paths of the malware, providing insights into the threat actors host paths.”

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Schneier on Security

MAY 10, 2018

In 2012, the focus was on Chinese-made Internet routers. In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. Russian hackers subverted the update mechanism of a popular brand of Ukrainian accounting software to spread the NotPetya malware. I could go on.

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