New Downloader for Locky

Through DTI Intelligence analysis, We have been observing Locky malware rise to fame recently. Locky is ransomware that is aggressively distributed via downloaders attached in spam emails, and it may have surpassed the Dridex banking trojan in popularity. In previous campaigns, the ransomware was...

RSI Video Technologies Videofied security system Frontel software uses an insecure custom protocol

Overview RSI Video Technologies' Videofied security system uses a software named Frontel to monitor alarm status. Frontel uses an insecure custom protocol to communicate with its Frontel server. Description Frontel uses a custom protocol running on TCP port 888. The protocol performs an...

'Magic' Espionage Malware Targets UK Computers

Thousands of U.K. business computers have been infected by espionage malware using a custom protocol to communicate with its command and control servers. Researchers at Israeli security company Seculert added that the malware is still percolating with a number of capabilities yet to be deployed...

Backdoor.LV Samples On the Rise

A strain of malware called Backdoor.LV that uses a custom protocol over port 80 to communicate with its command and control server has been consistently increasing its reach since May, according to a report from FireEye. The security firm observed Backdoor.LV determining its host’s NetBIOS name,...

Botnet Takedown: Researcher Describes How Kelihos Fell

Dennis Fisher talks with Kaspersky Lab Researcher Tillmann Werner about the takedown of the Kelihos botnet, the network’s unique multi-tiered architecture, its custom protocol and the ethics and legality of pushing updates to disable bots on users’ machines. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65...

Nmap NSE net: p2p-conficker

Checks if a host is infected with Conficker.C or higher, based on Conficker's peer to peer communication. When Conficker.C or higher infects a system, it opens four ports: two TCP and two UDP. The ports are random, but are seeded with the current week and the IP of the infected host. By determini...

Trend Micro ServerProtect TMregChange() Stack Overflow Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Server Protect. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the routine TMregChange exported by TMReg.dll which is reachable through th...