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An uncommon exploit kit adds a fresh Flash Player exploit to distribute the Hermes ransomware in South Korea.
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Exploits
Threat analysis
Tags: CVE-2018-4878EKexploit kitFashHermesransomware
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Evading detection when distributing payloads is a key part of an effective malware campaign. Hancitor shows that it has yet another trick up its sleeve for that.
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Malware
Threat analysis
Tags: filelessHancitormacromalwarepayloads
… Continue reading Hancitor: fileless attack with a kernel trick
A roundup of notable security news from March 5 to 11, including another takedown of GeekHelp tech support scammers, a lame Android app, AI and ML in cybersecurity, Mac malware, and more.
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Almost two years after exposing a group of tech support scammers, we stumbled upon them again, this time under the moniker GeeksHelp.
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Social engineering
Threat analysis
Tags: AmericaGeeksGeeksFranceGeeksHelptech support scammers
… Continue reading Tech support scammers GeeksHelp caught again, two years later
Last week in infosec, cryptomining kept chugging along, exploits were spotted in the wild, and a massive DDoS attack targeted GitHub.
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Week in security
Tags: filelessgerman governmentmalicious cryptominingtorrentweekly… Continue reading Week in security (February 26 – March 4)
A roundup of notable news stories from February 19–25, including drive-by download attacks on Chinese websites, Deepfakes programs being paired with cryptominers, and a review of GDPR guidelines.
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Week in security… Continue reading A week in security (February 19 – February 25)
A roundup of notable news stories from February 12–18, including Android cryptomining, phishing on a massive scale, Apple scams, and bug bounties.
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Week in security
Tags: Androidcryptomininghealthcareinfosecsecur… Continue reading A week in security (February 12 – February 18)
We bring you an overview of what happened in cybersecurity during the last week, including new developments in drive-by cryptomining, including Mac and Android miners, and yet another abusing the fact that Deepfakes content was banned from most ma… Continue reading A week in security (February 5 – February 11)
A compilation of notable security news from January 28 to February 4, featuring PUPs, a new Mac malware, two new ransomware variants, robocalls, and more.
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Week in security
Tags: a week in securitycryptominingmac malwa… Continue reading A week in security (January 29 – February 04)
Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware.
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Exploits
Threat analysis
Tags: exploit kitsgandcrabgandcrab… Continue reading GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits