What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor

ESET researchers traced almost two years of changes to MATCHBOIL, a downloader that the Russia-aligned group UAC-0099 uses to plant a second program on Windows machines in Ukraine. GUI displayed at MATCHBOIL’s runtime (Source: ESET) Every victim in ESE… Continue reading What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor→

What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor

ESET researchers traced almost two years of changes to MATCHBOIL, a downloader that the Russia-aligned group UAC-0099 uses to plant a second program on Windows machines in Ukraine. GUI displayed at MATCHBOIL’s runtime (Source: ESET) Every victim in ESE… Continue reading What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor→

Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims

The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Gre… Continue reading Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims→

Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims

The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Gre… Continue reading Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims→