LuckyMouse signs malicious NDISProxy driver with certificate of Chinese IT company

Since March 2018 we have discovered several infections where a previously unknown Trojan was injected into the lsass.exe system process memory. This campaign was active immediately prior to Central Asian high-level meeting and we suppose that actor behind still follows regional political agenda. Continue reading LuckyMouse signs malicious NDISProxy driver with certificate of Chinese IT company

New ‘Early Bird’ Code Injection Technique Helps APT33 Evade Detection

Researchers have identified what they are calling an Early Bird code injection technique used by the Iranian group APT33 to burrow the TurnedUp malware inside infected systems while evading anti-malware tools. Continue reading New ‘Early Bird’ Code Injection Technique Helps APT33 Evade Detection

Poisoned peer-to-peer app kicked off Dofoil coin miner outbreak

On March 7, we reported that a massive Dofoil campaign attempted to install malicious cryptocurrency miners on hundreds of thousands of computers. Windows Defender Antivirus, with its behavior monitoring, machine learning technologies, and layered appr… Continue reading Poisoned peer-to-peer app kicked off Dofoil coin miner outbreak

Turkish, Egyptian ISPs help local government conduct massive spyware operation

Canadian researchers from human rights organization Citizen Lab uncovered a major computer espionage operation spreading across Turkey, Egypt and, indirectly, Syria. The operation, which started in 2017, is a nation-state-level network injection to del… Continue reading Turkish, Egyptian ISPs help local government conduct massive spyware operation

Platinum APT First to Abuse Intel Chip Management Feature

Microsoft has found a file-transfer tool used by the Platinum APT that leverages Intel Active Management Technology to stealthily load malware onto networked computers. Continue reading Platinum APT First to Abuse Intel Chip Management Feature

Dvmap: the first Android malware with code injection

In April 2017 we started observing new rooting malware being distributed through the Google Play Store. Unlike other rooting malware, this Trojan not only installs its modules into the system, it also injects malicious code into the system runtime libraries. Continue reading Dvmap: the first Android malware with code injection