ThreatList: Holiday Spam, the Perfect Seasonal Gift for Criminals

Maybe holiday cheer makes people less cynical. If so, that explains why social-engineering spam tactics prove to be more effective during the festive season. New research shows that spam campaigns disguised as delivery notifications or online shopping invoices, while always a favored tactic by...

ThreatList: Gift Card-Themed BEC Holiday Scams Spike

With cyber threats rampant between Black Friday and Christmas, security experts are warning of a wave of business-style email scams hitting inboxes designed to appeal to holiday shoppers. Attacks involve scam messages purporting to be gift card deals or links to corporate donations. According to...

TA505 Crooks are Now Targeting US Retailers with Personalized Campaigns

Cybercriminals behind the notorious Dridex and Locky ransomware have a new target in their sights – large retail, restaurant and grocery chains located in the US. Researchers are warning the well-known financial criminal group TA505 is behind a new wave of email campaigns distributing personalize...

Threat Roundup for Nov. 30 to Dec. 7

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 30 and Dec. 07. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Statistics

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Top security stories Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Story of the year: miners Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Threat Predictions for 2019 All the statistics used in this report were obtained using Kaspersky Security Network KSN, a distributed antivirus netwo...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: HTML Injection + XSS Vulnerability - https://████████/ | Proof of Concept [PoC]

Hello U.S. Dept Of Defense Security Team, My name is Ismail Tasdelen. As a security researcher. I found a html injection and xss vulnerability. Url address : https://█████████/ HTML Injection + XSS Payload = html+injection+xss"Ismail Tasdelen Descripton : The server reads data directly from the...

Threat Roundup for Nov. 23 to Nov. 30

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 23 and Nov. 30. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Mobile Rotexy Malware Touts Ransomware, Banking Trojan Functions

Mobile malware, dubbed Rotexy, has evolved from being spyware to now a dangerous banking trojan packing a host of new clever features. Researchers report 70,000 attacks between August and October with targets primarily based in Russia. In a technical brief released last week, researchers at...

Cyberthreats to financial institutions 2019: overview and predictions

Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2019 Threat predictions for industrial security in 2019 Cryptocurrency threat predictions for 2019 Introduction – key events in 2018 The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions:...

The Rotexy mobile Trojan – banker and ransomware

On the back of a surge in Trojan activity, we decided to carry out an in-depth analysis and track the evolution of some other popular malware families besides Asacub. One of the most interesting and active specimens to date was a mobile Trojan from the Rotexy family. In a three-month period from...

Emotet's Thanksgiving Campaign Delivers New Recipes for Compromise

Emotet, the seemingly ubiquitous banking trojan, has turned up again after a small hiatus, this time as the anchor in a Thanksgiving-themed campaign that cranked up in the U.S. this week. It has also upgraded its capabilities with new tactics and modules, which has boosted its efficacy, according...

Two TalkTalk hackers jailed for 2015 data breach that cost it £77 million

Two hackers have been sent to prison for their roles in hacking TalkTalk, one of the biggest UK-based telecommunications company, in 2015 and stealing personal information, banking, and credit card details belonging to more than 156,000 customers. Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both...

tRat Emerges as New Pet for APT Group TA505

A new modular malware written in Delphi dubbed tRat has scurried into the spotlight, after making its debut in large spam campaigns this fall. The remote-access trojan has yet to show all of its cards to researchers, and seems to be in a testing phase, but the fact that well-known APT group TA505...

Ahead of Black Friday, Rash of Malware Families Takes Aim at Holiday Shoppers

No less than 14 malware families are targeting e-commerce brands to steal from unsuspecting consumers ahead of the official holiday shopping season. As the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving buying bonanza looms, in all of its door-busting and elbow-throwing glory, many are opting to stay at home and...

Black Friday alert

Banking Trojans traditionally target users of online financial services; looking for financial data to steal or building botnets out of hacked devices for future attacks. However, over time, several of these banking Trojans have enhanced their functionality, launching new variants and extending...

TrickBot takes over as top business threat

Last quarter brought with it a maddening number of political ads, shocking and divisive news stories on climate change and gun laws, and mosquitoes. We hate mosquitoes. In related unpleasant news, it also apparently ushered in an era of banking Trojans that, as of this moment, shows no signs of...

Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module

A large-scale spam campaign has launched, spreading the Emotet banking trojan. Worryingly, the offensive has launched about a week after a fresh module for mass email-harvesting was detected for the malware. Emotet is technically a banking trojan, but it’s most often used as a dropper for a varie...

How CDN Can Make Your APIs More Powerful

Companies of all sizes and in every industry use APIs for a staggering range of activities. Just a few examples: APIs make it easy to include weather forecasts in apps, recommend driving routes where you are least likely to have an accident, and allow banks to comply with open banking regulations...

This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how the adoption of mobile banking services has grown as an opportunity for scammers with fake banking apps. Also, see how Trickbot...

Metamorfo Banking Trojan Keeps Its Sights on Brazil

This blog post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin, Warren Mercer, Paul Rascagneres, and Vitor Ventura. Executive Summary Financially motivated cybercriminals have used banking trojans for years to steal sensitive financial information from victims. They are often created to gather credit card...