Collaborate Disseminate
Bitdefender researchers have discovered a new TrickBot module (rdpScanDll) built for RDP bruteforcing operations on select targets. The new module was discovered on January 30 and, based on the IP addresses it targets, victims seem to be US and Hong Ko… Continue reading New TrickBot Module Bruteforces RDP Connections, Targets Select Telecommunication Services in US and Hong Kong
Organizations and companies of all sizes have started adopting work-from-home practices to ensure business continuity and limit employee exposure to a potential viral infection.
The post 5 Security Risks for Companies When Adopting Work from Home … Continue reading 5 Security Risks for Companies When Adopting Work from Home
Precisely 13 years ago, on January 28, the Council of Europe initiated European Data Protection Day to raise awareness of best practices for data protection and to help boost knowledge about personal data among organizations and individuals.
The p… Continue reading Data Privacy Day Should Come 365 Times a Year
Recent investigations by Bitdefender security researchers revealed an attack tactic that could be considered fileless, from an endpoint perspective. Abusing the RDP protocol, in the sense that attackers already have legitimate RDP (Remote Desktop … Continue reading Researchers Find RDP Abuse Exposes New Fileless-Type Tactic
The Mirai botnet that made headlines in 2016 for taking out infrastructure through large-scale network attacks has become a reference point in the security industry for the damage that large IoT botnets can inflict. Since its source code was published … Continue reading Hold My Beer Mirai – Spinoff Named ‘LiquorBot’ Incorporates Cryptomining
The Mirai botnet that made headlines in 2016 for taking out infrastructure through large-scale network attacks has become a reference point in the security industry for the damage that large IoT botnets can inflict. Since its source code was published … Continue reading Hold My Beer Mirai – Spinoff Named ‘LiquorBot’ Incorporates Cryptomining
Bitdefender researchers recently found threat actors abusing a legitimate feature in the RDP service to act as a fileless attack technique, dropping a multi-purpose off-the-shelf tool for device fingerprinting and for planting malware payloads ranging … Continue reading RDP Abuse and Swiss Army Knife Tool Used to Pillage, Encrypt and Manipulate Data
Imagine a world in which you could simply click onto a website to buy drugs, weapons, fake IDs, malicious software and ‘how to’ guides for building AK47s. In just a button press, you could own just about any illegal item you can think … Continue reading The Underworld Economy
Bitdefender researchers recently analyzed 25 apps that made it into Google Play, at least for a time, packing aggressive adware SDKs that bombarded users with ads and avoided removal by hiding their presence. Cumulatively, the apps were apparently down… Continue reading Dozens of Apps Still Dodging Google’s Vetting System
Bitdefender researchers recently found and analyzed a worm-cryptominer combo that uses a series of exploits to move laterally and compromise victims. What makes it interest is that it pauses the resource-intensive cryptomining process if it finds popul… Continue reading Worm-Cryptominer Combo Lets You Game While Using NSA Exploits to Move Laterally