Collaborate Disseminate
Fileless malware has received a lot of attention lately, and with good reason. In the last year, fileless malware, also commonly referred to as a zero-footprint attack, has successfully infiltrated a number of financial and other institutions that are… Continue reading Why Fileless Malware Will Continue Its Rapid Expansion
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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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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Forget WannaCry and welcome WannaMine, a fileless cryptojacking malware using
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McAfee released its McAfee Labs Threat Report: December 2017, examining the growth and trends of new malware, ransomware, and other threats in Q3 2017. McAfee Labs saw malware reach an all-time high of 57.6 million new samples – four new samples … Continue reading Exploits and fileless malware drive record new malware surge
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Researchers at endpoint security firm enSilo have identified a new attack
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A new Ponemon Institute survey of 665 IT and security leaders finds that over-reliance on traditional endpoint security is leaving organizations exposed to significant risk. 54 percent of respondents said their company experienced a successful attack. Of those respondents, 77 percent were victim to fileless attack or exploit. “This survey reveals that ignoring the growing threat of fileless attacks could be costly for organizations.” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of Ponemon Institute. “The … More → Continue reading Sharp rise in fileless attacks evading endpoint security
The use of fileless malware is definitely on the rise, and it’s used both by targeted threat actors and cybercriminals. Trend Micro researchers, though, are keen to explain that there are malware that are fileless only while entering a user’s system (and they eventually reveal themselves when they execute their payload), and there are completely fileless malware attacks, where the entire infection chain is fileless. One example of the latter starts with a downloader Trojan … More → Continue reading The anatomy of a completely fileless attack
In this part of the series, we are going to have a look at types of adware that are very hard to find and remove, like ADS, rootkits, and file-less infections.
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Morphisec researchers have spotted another attack campaign using fileless malware that is believed to be mounted by the infamous FIN7 hacking group. The goal of the campaign is to gain control of the target businesses’ systems, install a backdoor, and through it perform continual exfiltration of financial information. “Like past attacks, the initial infection vector is a malicious Word document attached to a phishing email that is well-tailored to the targeted business and its day-to-day … More → Continue reading US restaurants targeted with fileless malware