Collaborate Disseminate
Threat actors switch to the Hidden Bee miner as a payload for this unusual and complex drive-by download campaign.
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Exploits
Threat analysis
Tags: bootkitcryptominerdrive-by attackexploithidden beehidden bee minerMBR
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A new variant of the Mac malware Proton, which was rampant on macOS last year, has been found dating back to at least two years ago. Learn how this could still affect your Mac today.
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Mac
Threat analysis
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Cybersecurity is generally considered to be a highly reactive field where professionals struggle to keep up with new and emerging threats. As the profession works to become more human-centered and proactive, I have attempted to design a new modeling pr… Continue reading Decision Analysis Applications in Threat Analysis Frameworks
Reported phishing emails are useful for plenty of reasons.
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A web miner injected into compromised sites is just the tip of the iceberg for an infrastructure hosting malicious Windows and Linux coin miners.
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Cryptomining
Threat analysis
Tags: cnhvcoinhiveminingmoneroshortlinks
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The latest macro-less technique to distribute malware via Office documents does not involve exploits. Just a little bit of social engineering.
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Threat analysis
Tags: deeplinkmacro-lessmalwareOfficesettingcontent-ms
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SamSam ransomware is a unique malware for its explicit human interaction on selected targets and care to erase most of its tracks.
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Malware
Threat analysis
Tags: ransomwaresamsamsamsam ransomware
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We take a look at Instagram story spam leading to a “free Apple Watch” giveaway on a recently compromised celebrity account.
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Social engineering
Threat analysis
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In the first part of this two-part analysis of Emotet, we look at the VBA code, where you’ll learn how to recognize and discard “dead” code thrown in to complicate the analysis process.
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Malware
Threat analysis
Tags: code variationem… Continue reading Malware analysis: decoding Emotet, part 1
New Mac cryptominer malware is using the XMRig library to mine Monero on infected Macs.
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Mac
Threat analysis
Tags: ApplecryptominercryptominingmacMac cryptominerXMRig
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