Collaborate Disseminate
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Proofpoint researchers have discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) as well as an updated version of an already identified banking Trojan and claim that both the RATs are involved in recently detected phishing campaigns targeting the retai… Continue reading Parasite HTTP RAT loaded with advanced detection evasion capability
This article is about the newest iteration of the Kronos Banking Trojan and what new features it brings to the cybersecurity landscape. Malware researchers ponder whether the malware has developed into the new Osiris Trojan horse. Kronos Banking Trojan… Continue reading Kronos Banking Trojan Evolves to Osiris
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WannaCry ransomware hero is facing charges in the United States for developing Kronos banking trojan. In August 2017, Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog on Twitter) aka WannaCry ransomware hero was arrested in the United States by the FBI and c… Continue reading New variant of Kronos banking trojan spotted using Tor network
The Kronos banking trojan has returned with several new attack campaigns as well as a few updates. In April 2018, researchers at Proofpoint detected a new variant of the malware. It’s the first time Kronos surfaced after largely disappearing from… Continue reading Kronos Malware Returns With New Attack Campaigns, Updates
The Kronos banking trojan is back. Researchers have identified four unique campaigns that use variants of the once formidable malware. Continue reading Kronos Banking Trojan Resurfaces After Years of Silence
The Feds say Marcus Hutchins is behind both the UPAS Kit backdoor and the Kronos banking trojan. Continue reading WannaCry Kill Switch Hero Faces New Charges, But Code Evals Say Little
The young Briton who emerged as the reluctant “WannaCry hero” in 2017 now faces yet more criminal charges over making and selling malware. Continue reading WannaCry hero sinks deeper into trouble as new malware charges filed
The British man charged in the U.S. with developing the “Kronos” banking malware has been indicted under a new set of criminal accusations that say he developed and sold the “UPAS Kit” spybot virus. The new indictment also charges the man, Marcus Hutchins, with lying to the FBI about knowing his code was a part of Kronos. Hutchins, who has repeatedly denied any illegal activity and is now living in California on bail, responded quickly on Twitter, saying “these [expletive]nuggets just won’t give up.” He quickly deleted that tweet. Hutchins’ defense team has been continuously battling federal prosecutors over evidence used in the case. While the court continues to consider the defense’s arguments about the original charges, prosecutors dropped a new indictment this week. The charges of lying come from an exchange that Hutchins’ defense team is disputing and hoping to see dismissed. It was an Aug. 2, 2017, discussion — while Hutchins was in federal custody — […]
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The 23-year-old cybersecurity expert, Marcus Hutchins (@Malwaretech on Twitter), who
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It’s been a busy few weeks in cybercrime news, justifying updates to a couple of cases we’ve been following closely at KrebsOnSecurity. In Ukraine, the alleged ringleader of the Avalanche malware spam botnet was arrested after eluding authorities in the wake of a global cybercrime crackdown there in 2016. Separately, a case that was hailed as a test of whether programmers can be held accountable for how customers use their product turned out poorly for 27-year-old programmer Taylor Huddleston, who was sentenced to almost three years in prison for making and marketing a complex spyware program. Continue reading Bot Roundup: Avalanche, Kronos, NanoCore