IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Mobile statistics

In Q3 2022, a total of 5,623,670 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked, and 438,035 malicious installation packages were detected. Continue reading IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Mobile statistics

IT threat evolution Q3 2022

Recent APT campaigns, a sophisticated UEFI rootkit, new ransomware for Windows, Linux and ESXi, attacks on foreign and crypto-currency exchanges, and malicious packages in online code repositories. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2022

IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics

During the second quarter Kaspersky solutions blocked 899,744,810 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, as many as 286,229,445 unique URLs triggered Web Anti-Virus components. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics

Hiding in plain sight: PhantomLance walks into a market

In July 2019, a sophisticated backdoor trojan in Google Play was reported. We conducted an inquiry of our own, discovering a long-term campaign, which we dubbed “PhantomLance”, its earliest registered domain dating back to December 2015. Continue reading Hiding in plain sight: PhantomLance walks into a market

Loncom packer: from backdoors to Cobalt Strike

After the previous story went out, we conducted a detailed analysis of the samples we had obtained, with some interesting findings. All of the malware we examined from the campaign was packed with the same packer, which we named Trojan-Dropper.NSIS.Loncom. Continue reading Loncom packer: from backdoors to Cobalt Strike

Lifeline Assistance Phone Users Targeted with ‘Uninstallable’ Adware

A Virgin Mobile-branded phone distributed by Assurance Wireless to low-income U.S. citizens has a trojan pre-installed that can download additional malware. Continue reading Lifeline Assistance Phone Users Targeted with ‘Uninstallable’ Adware