Gootkit RAT Using SEO to Distribute Malware Through Compromised Sites

A framework notorious for delivering a banking Trojan has received a facelift to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. "The Gootkit malware family has been around more than half a decade – a mature Trojan with functionality centered around banking credential theft," Soph...

JasperLoader Emerges, Targets Italy with Gootkit Banking Trojan

Nick Biasini and Edmund Brumaghin authored this blog post with contributions from Andrew Williams. Introduction to JasperLoader Malware loaders are playing an increasingly important role in malware distribution. They give adversaries the ability to gain an initial foothold on a system and are...

Persistent EITest Malware Campaign Jumps from Angler to Neutrino

A two-year-old EITest malware campaign is still going strong, fueled by the fact it has shifted its distribution technique over time. Now, researchers at the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center, are reporting EITest is morphing again based on analysis of the malware campaign conducted earlier...