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Fileless malware is becoming more prevalent. Here’s what you need to know, according to a session at RSAC 2019 RSA Conference is where thousands of attendees get together to discuss the latest on cybersecurity threats, tactics and solutions. Wit… Continue reading Talks @ RSAC 2019: Fileless Malware and How to Detect Them
Digital thieves are ditching traditional forms of cybercrime in favor of more subtle techniques that apparently help them avoid detection, IBM says. Scammers are moving away from the use of malicious software, opting instead to exploit administrative tools to target business and organizations, according to a report published Tuesday by the company’s X-Force Threat Intelligence team. Nation-state hacking groups appear to have started the trend, but it seems to have spread throughout the broader cybercriminal black market. FireEye said in 2017 it detected a suspected Iranian group using similar techniques to collect reconnaissance about global critical infrastructure companies. IBM’s report says such tactics are everywhere now. Fifty-seven percent of the attacks IBM detected used common, otherwise benign applications like PsExec or PowerShell, a tool that can execute code from memory. Just 29 percent used more traditional phishing attacks. IBM says. This tactic enables hackers to evade antivirus protection and other common security controls. “PowerShell is useful in data […]
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In 2017-2018, Kaspersky Lab specialists were invited to research a series of cybertheft incidents. Each attack had a common springboard: an unknown device directly connected to the company’s local network. Continue reading DarkVishnya: Banks attacked through direct connection to local network
Fileless malware is a form of cyberattack where the malicious software that enters your computer system resides within volatile storage components such as RAM. It is distinguished from traditional memory-resident malware that generally required access … Continue reading What is Fileless Malware?
Removing the need for files is the next progression of attacker techniques. While fileless techniques used to be employed almost exclusively in sophisticated cyberattacks, they are now becoming widespread in common malware, too.
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In this series of articles, we provide an in-depth discussion of fileless malware and their related attacks. In part one, we cover a brief overview of the problems with and general features of fileless malware, laying the groundwork for technical … Continue reading Fileless malware: getting the lowdown on this insidious threat
The first half of 2018 saw an uptick in fileless malware attacks and a downturn in ransomware attacks, for now. Continue reading ThreatList: Ransomware Attacks Down, Fileless Malware Up in 2018
Over the past several months, security researchers have observed increased activity from a malware threat called CactusTorch that uses fileless techniques and reputable Windows executables to avoid detection. The malware program loads shellcode directl… Continue reading Fileless Threat CactusTorch Abuses .NET to Infect Systems
Recently, an interesting miner implementation appeared on Kaspersky Lab’s radar. The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing itself in a system and spreading across large corporate networks infecting both workstations and servers. Continue reading A mining multitool
In this Dark Reading webinar, experts in cybersecurity share their views on what’s going on with malware, and how it evolves to outsmart even your most elaborate defenses Hear about the growing proliferation of “fileless malware” R… Continue reading Malware & Fileless Malware: How It’s Created, How It Spreads, and What To Do About It [On-Demand Webinar]