Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H2 2018

H2 2018 in figures All statistical data used in this report was collected using the Kaspersky Security Network KSN, a distributed antivirus network. The data was received from those KSN users who gave their consent to have data anonymously transferred from their computers. We do not identify the...

ShadowHammer: ASUS software updates exploited to distribute malware

By Waqas The victims of ShadowHammer malware attack are Windows users. Kaspersky Lab researchers have made a startling new revelation that the world’s leading computer maker ASUS’s live software update system was compromised by cybercriminals to install a backdoor, which affected ASUS customers...

Operation ShadowHammer

Earlier today, Motherboard published a story by Kim Zetter on Operation ShadowHammer, a newly discovered supply chain attack that leveraged ASUS Live Update software. While the investigation is still in progress and full results and technical paper will be published during SAS 2019 conference in...

Threat Groups SandCat, FruityArmor Exploiting Microsoft Win32k Flaw

A newly-patched Microsoft Win32k vulnerability is being exploited in the wild by at least two threat actors, including a recently discovered advanced persistent threat APT group dubbed SandCat. The exploited vulnerability CVE-2019-0797, rated important, was patched on Tuesday as part of Microsoft...

The fourth horseman: CVE-2019-0797 vulnerability

In February 2019, our Automatic Exploit Prevention AEP systems detected an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system. Further analysis of this event led to us discovering a zero-day vulnerability in win32k.sys. We reported it to Microsoft on February 22, 2019. T...

Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you abuse Microsoft products, it's time once again to start thinking about getting your patches on. Malware or...

Microsoft Patches Two Win32k Bugs Under Active Attack

Microsoft released patches for two Win32k bugs actively under attack, along with fixes for four additional bugs that are publicly known, as part of its March Patch Tuesday security bulletin. The Win32k bugs are both elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, rated important, and tied to the way...

Spam and phishing in 2018

Numbers of the year The share of spam in mail traffic was 52.48%, which is 4.15 p.p. less than in 2017. The biggest source of spam this year was China 11.69%. 74.15% of spam emails were less than 2 KB in size. Malicious spam was detected most commonly with the Win32.CVE-2017-11882 verdict. The...

A predatory tale: Who’s afraid of the thief?

In mid-February, Kaspersky Lab received a request for incident response from one of its clients. The individual who initially reported the issue to our client refused to disclose the origin of the indicator that they shared. What we do know is that it was a screenshot from one of the client's...

Mobile malware evolution 2018

The statistical data for this report came from all Kaspersky Lab mobile security solutions, not just Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus for Android. Consequently, the comparative data for 2017 may differ from the data for the same period published in the previous report. The analytical scope was expanded...

Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with U.S. law enforcement officials. The men -- a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm...

New GandCrab Decryptor Unlocks Files of Updated Ransomware

Yet another free decryptor is available for GandCrab ransomware victims. The tool, released Tuesday, is the third decryptor update in the past year that thwarts the prolific and fast-evolving GandCrab ransomware. Europol police announced availability of the update, which now unlocks data encrypte...

KLA11419 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Developer Tools

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to bypass security restrictions, execute arbitrary code, spoof user interface, obtain sensitive information, gain privileges. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. A...

KLA11423 ACE vulnerability in Google Chrome

Inappropriate implementation vulnerability was found in V8 component of Google Chrome. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Original advisories Stable Channel Update for Desktop Exploitation Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Related products...

Yokogawa License Manager Service

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v8.1 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely Vendor : Yokogawa Equipment : License Manager Service Vulnerability : Unrestricted Upload of Files with Dangerous Type 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely upload files,...

Razy Malware Attacks Browser Extensions to Steal Cryptocurrency

UPDATE A Windows malware dubbed “Razy” has been uncovered that sports a toolbox of cryptocurrency theft and fraud tools. Razy works by weaponizing browser extensions in order to perpetrate a range of online scams on unwitting victims. According to researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the trojan targets...

GreyEnergy’s overlap with Zebrocy

In October 2018, ESET published a report describing a set of activity they called GreyEnergy, which is believed to be a successor to BlackEnergy group. BlackEnergy a.k.a. Sandworm is best known, among other things, for having been involved in attacks against Ukrainian energy facilities in 2015,...

Kaspersky tipped off US about the contractor who stole NSA data

By Waqas According to a report published by Politico, Kaspersky Lab helped the National Security Agency NSA identify the contractor who stole classified NSA documents and was charged for the crime in 2016. As per the sources who revealed the information to Politico, two people played a key role i...

Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker

Remember "The Shadow Brokers" and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency? It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab, which has been banned in US government computers over spying fears, was the one who tipped off the U.S...

Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker

Remember "The Shadow Brokers" and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency? It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab, which has been banned in US government computers over spying fears, was the one who tipped off the U.S...