SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2013, extortionists added encryption to their genre and started locking down victims' files instead of screens or web browsers. In 2019, crooks shifted their focus to enterprises and pioneered in stealing data in addition to encrypting it, which turned these raids into an explosive mix of blackmail and breaches.

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Ransomware Encryption Adware Data breaches 89

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

from Check Point, at Botconf in December 2017, on the subject. This APK embedded a secondary hidden/encrypted payload. SnapPea adware. The final post discusses Gooligan various monetization schemas and its takedown. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave with. Oren Koriat. You can get the slides.

Malware 107

Malware Adware Accountability Backups 107

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

in December 2017, on the subject. This APK embedded a secondary hidden/encrypted payload. SnapPea adware. final post. discusses Gooligan various monetization schemas and its takedown. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave with. Oren Koriat. from Check Point, at. but they are pretty bare.

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Malware Adware Accountability Backups 91

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Instead of making itself known by encrypting files and displaying a ransom note, ransomware quietly stays in your system and scans the network for other vulnerabilities. By using lateral movement, ransomware can silently spread across the public cloud and encrypt files of the whole organization.

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Number of adware attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ).

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. In addition, we detected an interesting adware program written in the Rust language, and assigned it the verdict AdWare.OSX.Convuster.a. .

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Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 104

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

This rating only includes attacks by malicious programs that fall under the Malware class; it does not include Web Anti-Virus detections of potentially dangerous or unwanted programs such as RiskTool or adware. Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2017-11882.gen. Not included are Riskware-type programs and adware. Trojan.PDF.Badur.gen.

Phishing 145

Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 145

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Also seen in Q2 was the similar vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 , which causes a buffer overflow on the stack in the same component. Lastly, we spotted an attempt to exploit the CVE-2017-8570 vulnerability, which, like other bugs in Microsoft Office, permits the execution of arbitrary code in vulnerable versions of the software. .

Adware 124

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 124

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

An intelligence team later discovered that HermeticRansom only superficially encrypts files, and ones encrypted by the ransomware can be decrypted. RUransom malware was discovered in March, which was created to encrypt files on computers in Russia. IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics. Country or territory*. %**.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The way individual Microsoft Office vulnerabilities are ranked by the number of detections does not change much with time: the first positions are still shared by CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-8570 , with another popular vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 not far behind. Among the noteworthy ones is Monitor.OSX.HistGrabber.b IoT attacks.

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Malware Ransomware Adware IoT 131

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

This might have been a test build, as the sample did not encrypt any files, but these events may herald the impending return of REvil. Kaspersky researchers found a way to recover files encrypted by the Yanluowang ransomware and released a decryptor for all victims. was the most common adware encountered in these three countries.

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Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 77

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As a result, the attacker can steal confidential data, encrypt critical files on the server to to extort money from the victim, etc. As usual, our TOP 20 ranking for biggest threats encountered by users of Kaspersky security solutions for macOS were dominated by adware. Vulnerability statistics. AdWare.OSX.Amc.e, Bangladesh.

Mobile 127

Mobile Malware Ransomware IoT 127

SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Most prolific groups This section looks at ransomware groups that engage in so-called “double extortion”, that is stealing confidential data in addition to encrypting it. CVE-2017-0199 that allows using MS Office to load malicious scripts. CVE-2017-8570 that allows loading malicious HTA scripts into the system.

Mobile 87

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 87

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Most prolific groups This section looks at ransomware groups that engage in so-called “double extortion”, that is, stealing and encrypting confidential data. Adware programs and fake system accelerators remained the main threat to macOS users in Q3. TOP 20 threats for macOS Verdict %* 1 AdWare.OSX.Agent.ai 6 AdWare.OSX.Amc.e

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Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 117

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Most prolific groups This section looks at ransomware groups that engage in so-called “double extortion”, that is stealing and encrypting confidential data. CVE-2017-8570 allows loading malicious HTA scripts into the system. The list of the busiest ransomware gangs in Q2 2023 looked as follows. 2 AdWare.OSX.Agent.gen 8.54

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Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 94