Sodinokibi and the Successful Tactics it Uses

Research by security firms places Ryuk and Sodinokibi as two of the prime ransomware threats facing enterprises today. While some reports illustrate ransomware infections across the board, ransom amounts have almost tripled from quarter to quarter for… Continue reading Sodinokibi and the Successful Tactics it Uses

[SANS ISC] Rig Exploit Kit Delivering VBScript

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Rig Exploit Kit Delivering VBScript“: I detected the following suspicious traffic on a corporate network. It was based on multiples infection stages and looked interesting enough to publish a diary about it. This is also a good reminder that, just by surfing the

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Exploit kits: summer 2018 review

Just like the beach, the EK landscape got a little crowded this summer. Find out what we discovered in our exploit kits summer review.
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Exploit kits: Winter 2018 review

In this Winter 2018 review, we check the pulse of exploit kits and their latest developments.
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New RIG malvertising campaign uses cryptocurrency theme as decoy

This malvertising campaign uses a popular cryptocurrency theme to redirect users to the RIG exploit kit.
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GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits

Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware.
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Seamless campaign serves RIG EK via Punycode

The most prolific gate to the RIG exploit kit is coming in a different flavor. The Seamless campaign is now using a domain name with foreign characters translated by Punycode.
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A week in security (August 28 – September 3)

Last week, we looked at what actions Kronos can perform in the final installment of a 2-part post. We also dived into Locky, again, a ransomware that just made a comeback, and found that its latest variant (as of this writing) has anti-sandboxing capabilities. This means that once Locky has determined that it’s residing in…

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