Malware Archives - Page 20 of 30

Emotet malware active threat drops IcedID Trojan

Leave a Comment / Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / November 17, 2018 / banking, Emotet, IcedID, malware, Symantec, Trickbot, Trojan, US-CERT, Zeus

Cyber criminals have been actively pushing Emotet malware to drop IcedID trojan since early November 2018.

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Home routers exploited via IoT botnet

Cybersecurity Attacks, Internet of Things (IoT), Malware, Network Security / Frank Crast / November 8, 2018 / botnet, Broadcom, Cyberattack, IOT, Network, UPnP, WiFi

Security researchers warn that an IoT botnet has been scanning the internet and exploiting nearly 100,000 routers exposed with a five year old UPnP vulnerability.

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Kraken ransomware threat

Leave a Comment / Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / November 5, 2018 / Exploit, Fallout, Kraken, malware, McAfee, RaaS, Ransomware

Cyber criminals have been peddling a relatively newer ransomware dubbed Kraken Cryptor targeting victims in multiple countries.

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Trickbot and Shellbot malware threats

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / November 2, 2018 / botnet, FTP, malware, SHellbot, Trickbot

Trend Micro released two new reports on malware threats named Trickbot and Shellbot.

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Malicious CoinTicker app used to install backdoor on Macs

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / October 30, 2018 / CoinTicker, EggShell, EvilOSX, macOS, malware

A security researcher spotted bad actors were using a malicious app called CoinTicker to install backdoors on systems running MacOS.

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Misconfigured Docker containers abused to deliver cryptocurrency mining malware

Application Security, Malware / Frank Crast / October 26, 2018 / 2375/TCP, 2376/TCP, API, Containers, Cryptocurrency, Docker, malware

Researchers at Trend Micro have recently spotted malicious activity abusing systems running misconfigured Docker containers.

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Agent Tesla malware discovered

Malware / Frank Crast / October 16, 2018 / Agent Tesla, Cisco, Loki, malware, Talos

Cisco Talos security experts discovered a new malware campaign that distributes a trojan dubbed “Agent Tesla” used to steal data. Loki information stealer was also discovered in the campaign.

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GandCrab ransomware evolves again to form new cyber criminal alliances

Cybercrime, Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / October 11, 2018 / CVE-2018-8120, CVE-2018-8440, GandCrab, malware, McAfee, Ransomware, Windows

A new version of GandCrab ransomware is evolving and gaining momentum with underground

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First UEFI rootkit LoJax discovered in the wild

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / September 27, 2018 / APT28, Balkans, BIOS, EUFI, Fancy Bear, firmware, LoJax, malware, rootkit, Secure Boot, Sofacy, STRONTIUM

The first ever UEFI rootkit has been detected in the wild. As discovered by ESET security researchers, the Sednit APT group was behind the latest campaign that successfully installed a malicious UEFI rootkit dubbed LoJax on a victim system.

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Virobot: ransomware and botnet threat

Malware / Frank Crast / September 22, 2018 / botnet, malware, Ransomware, Trend Micro, Virobot

Security researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a “more innovative” ransomware attack that uses Virobot, malware that possesses ransomware and botnet capabilities that affects users in the United States.

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