Hackers Use Interactive Malicious COVID-19 Map to Spread Malware

Mar 14, 2020 10:44:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. ...

Racoon: Infostealer Malware Collects Credentials, Financial and Personal Information

Mar 3, 2020 8:32:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Access to a compromised endpoint may no longer be enough. So, enterprising malware authors offer up infostealers to help exfiltrate valuable data from an infected machine.

Catphish and Honey Traps

Feb 19, 2020 8:25:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers had their phones compromised by malware after falling for catfishing attacks purportedly launched by Hamas, Forbes reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ...

Emotet-Based Sextortion Scams Net 10 Times More than Necurs-Based Scams

Feb 17, 2020 8:28:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Emotet trojan just won’t die and appears to be gaining steam as sextortion scams are netting cybercriminals a massive return in exchange for their devious efforts.

Scam Of The Week: "Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash"

Jan 26, 2020 4:29:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, news broke that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. His daughter Gigi was also on board and died in the crash. This is a celebrity death that the bad guys are going to be ...

TrickBot Hackers Have Created the Ultimate “On the Fly” Update Backdoor

Jan 15, 2020 3:06:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The newly-created “PowerTrick” backdoor leaves malware ready to accept new commands and victim organizations perpetually in danger of the next thing the malware’s creators can think of.

[Heads Up] Iran Has Launched Evil New Malware That Wipes Your Windows Workstations

Dec 5, 2019 8:16:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Zak Doffman posted: "Iran’s state-sponsored hackers have deployed a new strain of malicious malware, warns IBM, which has been aimed at the “industrial and energy sectors” in the Middle ...

Virtual Hard Disk Images Containing Malware Are Ignored by Windows and Antivirus Engines

Oct 11, 2019 7:19:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This disturbing find by a CERT researcher demonstrates how attackers can encode malicious files within a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image that acts in the same way as a ZIP archive.

Scam Of The Week: See Jeffrey Epstein Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2019 8:47:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This weekend, news broke that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell, apparently a suicide. This is a celebrity death that the bad guys are going to be exploiting in a variety of ...

Here Are Some Interesting Headlines I Found During Black Hat

Aug 10, 2019 10:45:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Black Hat 2019 - The Craziest, Most Terrifying Things We Saw: I ran into Neil Rubenking when I went to the Qualys party which was in the Foundation Room all the way on top of the ...

Iranian Hacker Group APT34 Use New ‘Tonedeaf’ Malware over LinkedIn in Latest Phishing Campaign

Jul 29, 2019 2:49:46 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Targeting several key industries, this new campaign likely seeks to aid the Iranian government with information that could be of use to further Iran’s economic and security goals.

U.S. Coast Guard Warns of Phishing Attacks Designed for Data Theft and Malware Infection

Jul 19, 2019 3:15:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new Marine Safety Information Bulletin from the U.S. Coast Guard demonstrates that cybercriminals aren’t just after land-based businesses.

Microsoft Discovers New Excel-Based Attack to Deliver the FlawedArmmyRAT Malware

Jul 16, 2019 3:27:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new set of tweets from Microsoft Security Intelligence walks through an attack that uses a number of built-in Windows toolsets to infect machines with the notorious malware.

Dridex Credential Stealer Returns With New Antivirus Evasion - Including Application Whitelisting

Jul 1, 2019 4:41:32 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

SCMag reported that a new strain of the notorious Dridex malware has been spotted using polymorphism antivirus evasion techniques in phishing emails. The Dridex credential-stealer that ...

New Malware Pretends to Be You by Matching Your Keystroke Characteristics

Jul 1, 2019 8:32:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity researchers have developed a new keystroke impersonation attack that avoids being detected by keystroke-based biometric security solutions.

Get Ready for the First Wave of AI Malware

Apr 10, 2019 10:41:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is an excerpt from an article in SecurityWeek by Gunter Ollmann, who is currently the CSO of Microsoft’s Cloud and AI Security division. He is a seasoned information security leader.

A Powerful Malware That Tried To Blow Up A Saudi Plant Strikes Again

Apr 10, 2019 6:39:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A highly capable malware reportedly used in a failed plot to blow up a Saudi petrochemical plant has now been linked to a second compromised facility.

Rietspoof Malware Attack Uses Messaging Apps to Distribute Ransomware

Mar 8, 2019 7:16:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at antivirus vendor Avast have identified a new malware attack that leverages Skype, Facebook Messenger, and other messaging applications.

Malware Blindness in the Enterprise

Mar 7, 2019 9:56:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A growing percentage of cyberattacks are using encryption to avoid detection, according to a new report by Zscaler’s ThreatLabZ researchers. Their report, summarized by Help Net Security, ...

[Heads-up] 40 Percent Of Malicious URLs Found On Good Domains. YIKES!

Mar 2, 2019 11:28:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Webroot revealed the results of their 2019 Threat Report, showing that tried-and-true attack methods are still going strong, but new threats emerge daily, and cybercrime is highly ...

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Hackers Use Interactive Malicious COVID-19 Map to Spread Malware

Racoon: Infostealer Malware Collects Credentials, Financial and Personal Information

Catphish and Honey Traps

Emotet-Based Sextortion Scams Net 10 Times More than Necurs-Based Scams

Scam Of The Week: "Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash"

TrickBot Hackers Have Created the Ultimate “On the Fly” Update Backdoor

[Heads Up] Iran Has Launched Evil New Malware That Wipes Your Windows Workstations

Virtual Hard Disk Images Containing Malware Are Ignored by Windows and Antivirus Engines

Scam Of The Week: See Jeffrey Epstein Last Words On Video

Here Are Some Interesting Headlines I Found During Black Hat

Iranian Hacker Group APT34 Use New ‘Tonedeaf’ Malware over LinkedIn in Latest Phishing Campaign

U.S. Coast Guard Warns of Phishing Attacks Designed for Data Theft and Malware Infection

Microsoft Discovers New Excel-Based Attack to Deliver the FlawedArmmyRAT Malware

Dridex Credential Stealer Returns With New Antivirus Evasion - Including Application Whitelisting

New Malware Pretends to Be You by Matching Your Keystroke Characteristics

Get Ready for the First Wave of AI Malware

A Powerful Malware That Tried To Blow Up A Saudi Plant Strikes Again

Rietspoof Malware Attack Uses Messaging Apps to Distribute Ransomware

Malware Blindness in the Enterprise

[Heads-up] 40 Percent Of Malicious URLs Found On Good Domains. YIKES!

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