NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed

NEW YORK–The dynamics of a cyberattack often include speed, automation and adaptive tradecraft. Mounting an effective defense, however, isn’t always fast enough. To help even the score, a group led by the National Security Agency called OpenC2.org is developing an open, standardized computer...

UCL Ransomware Linked to AdGholas Malvertising Group

A ransomware attack that closed off access to personal and shared drives at University College London last week has been linked to a malvertising campaign spreading Mole, a variant of CryptoMix ransomware. Kafeine, a white-hat who works for Proofpoint and is known for his research into exploit...

Wikileaks Unveils 'Cherry Blossom' — Wireless Hacking System Used by CIA

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing a framework – which is being used by the CIA for monitoring the Internet activity of the targeted systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi devices. Dubbed "Cherry Blossom," the framework was allegedly...

First Android-Rooting Trojan With Code Injection Ability Found On Google Play Store

A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device’ security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store. What's interesting? The app was smart enough to fool Google security mechanism by first pretending itself to b...

Threat actors leverage EternalBlue exploit to deliver non-WannaCry payloads

The “EternalBlue” exploit MS017-010 was initially used by WannaCry ransomware and Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner. Now more threat actors are leveraging the vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block SMB protocol – this time to distribute Backdoor.Nitol and Trojan Gh0st RAT. FireEye Dynamic...

Threat actors leverage EternalBlue exploit to deliver non-WannaCry payloads

The “EternalBlue” exploit MS017-010 was initially used by WannaCry ransomware and Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner. Now more threat actors are leveraging the vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block SMB protocol – this time to distribute Backdoor.Nitol and Trojan Gh0st RAT. FireEye Dynamic...

Judy Android Malware Infects Over 36.5 Million Google Play Store Users

Security researchers have claimed to have discovered possibly the largest malware campaign on Google Play Store that has already infected around 36.5 million Android devices with malicious ad-click software. The security firm Checkpoint on Thursday published a blog post revealing more than 41...

Malware Network Communication Provides Better Early Warning Signal

Research is expected to be unveiled today that challenges the industry’s current reliance on dynamic malware analysis as the best means of early detection of infections. Instead, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the IMDEA Software Institute and EURECOM posit that a better...

WikiLeaks Reveals 'AfterMidnight' & 'Assassin' CIA Windows Malware Frameworks

When the world was dealing with the threat of the self-spreading WannaCry ransomware, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA Vault 7 leaks, detailing two apparent CIA malware frameworks for the Microsoft Windows platform. Dubbed "AfterMidnight" and "Assassin," both malware programs are designed to...

An Army of Thousands of Hacked Servers Found Mining Cryptocurrencies

A new botnet consisting of more than 15,000 compromised servers has been used to mine various cryptocurrencies, earning its master around $25,000 per month. Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment, as it requires an enormous amount of computing power, but cybercriminals have found an...

Blackmoon Banking Trojan Using New Infection Technique

New clues have surfaced on how the Blackmoon banking Trojan is infecting its victims using a new framework to deliver the malware. “We noticed recent campaigns two weeks ago where Blackmoon had shifted its infection strategy and is now utilizing a unique and interesting technique,” said Hardik...

Malware Hunter Crawls Internet Looking for RAT C2s

A new crawler released today by Shodan designed to find command and control servers has already unearthed 5,800 controllers for more than 10 remote access Trojan RAT families. The crawler, called Malware Hunter, poses as an infected computer beaconing out to an attacker’s server waiting for...

shadowbroker

The repository cjd9023/shadowbroker contains a collection of exploits and tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers, a group known for releasing sensitive information. The exploits are categorized into two main sections: "Exploits" and "Utilities." The "Exploits" section includes 25 exploits targeting...

CVE-2017-0199 Used as Zero Day to Distribute FINSPY Espionage Malware and LATENTBOT Cyber Crime Malware

FireEye recently identified a vulnerability – CVE-2017-0199 – that allows a malicious actor to download and execute a Visual Basic script containing PowerShell commands when a user opens a Microsoft Office RTF document containing an embedded exploit. We worked with Microsoft and published the...

Spammer's Arrest Puts End to Kelihos Botnet

The alleged Russian botmaster behind the Kelihos botnet was arrested while on vacation in Spain, putting an end to a seven-year cybercrime operation that foisted hundreds of millions of spam messages on consumers, as well as a dangerous array of banking malware and ransomware. Pyotr Levashov, als...

Remote Command Execution Vulnerability in iGuardian Security Guardian

iGuardian is a router-based application embedded in the Linux operating system, with Snort an intrusion detection system as an embedded command-and-control system. A remote command execution vulnerability exists in the iGuardian Security/apps/login.php file. This allows an attacker to remotely...

Lessons From Top-to-Bottom Compromise of Brazilian Bank

SINT MAARTEN—For three months starting last October, hackers pulled off a stunning compromise of a Brazilian bank’s operations top-to-bottom. The attack was comprehensive with each of the bank’s 36 domains, corporate email and DNS under the attacker’s control. Once Kaspersky Lab researchers Fabio...

Github Repository Owners Targeted by Data-Stealing Malware

Phishing emails zeroing in on developers who own Github repositories were infecting victims with malware capable of stealing data through keyloggers and modules that would snag screenshots. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks this week said that in mid-January, an unknown number of developers were...

Widespread Email Scam Targets Github Developers with Dimnie Trojan

Open source developers who use the popular code-sharing site GitHub were put on alert after the discovery of a phishing email campaign that attempts to infect their computers with an advanced malware trojan. Dubbed Dimnie, the reconnaissance and espionage trojan has the ability to harvest...

Hackers Using Fake Cellphone Towers to Spread Android Banking Trojan

Chinese Hackers have taken Smishing attack to the next level, using rogue cell phone towers to distribute Android banking malware via spoofed SMS messages. SMiShing — phishing attacks sent via SMS — is a type of attack wherein fraudsters use number spoofing attack to send convincing bogus message...