Fileless Malware on the Rise

According to reports analyzing the state of the threat landscape, fileless malware incidents are up to some 265% in the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period in 2018. Fileless malware sometimes has been referred to as a zero-footprint at… Continue reading Fileless Malware on the Rise

Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers

Watch out Windows users!

There’s a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it.

Why? That’s because, first, it’s… Continue reading Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers

Astaroth Trojan Resurfaces, Targets Brazil through Fileless Campaign

During routine detection monitoring from our Advanced Threat Control technology, Bitdefender researchers found an interesting spike in malware activity that involved using Microsoft binaries in the infection process, as well as GitHub and Google Drive … Continue reading Astaroth Trojan Resurfaces, Targets Brazil through Fileless Campaign

Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

Security researchers at Microsoft have released details of a new widespread campaign distributing an infamous piece of fileless malware that was primarily being found targeting European and Brazilian users earlier this year.

Dubbed Astaroth, the malwa… Continue reading Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

More AgentTesla keylogger and Nanocore RAT in one bundle

We are seeing a continuation of even more AgentTesla malspam campaigns again this morning. However today’s is somewhat different to usual and also delivers a Nanocore RAT. Actually the Nanocore RAT  is downloading the AgentTesla keylogger. And af… Continue reading More AgentTesla keylogger and Nanocore RAT in one bundle

More AgentTesla keylogger as fileless malware.

We are seeing a continuation of the new style AgentTesla malspam campaign again this morning. This is still using a multistage downloader eventually resulting in the AgentTesla keylogger / infostealer being run on the victim’s computer as a filel… Continue reading More AgentTesla keylogger as fileless malware.

AgentTesla keylogger as fileless malware.

I am seeing a somewhat different to usual AgentTesla malspam campaign this morning. This is using a multistage downloader eventually resulting in the AgentTesla keylogger / infostealer being run on the victim’s computer as a fileless malware. It … Continue reading AgentTesla keylogger as fileless malware.