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Ransomware Activity Spikes in March, Steadily increasing throughout 2016
UPDATE June 15, 2016: This post has been updated to include new data on ransomware activity, which is also now broken down by region. Cyber extortion for financial gain is typically carried out in one of two ways. The first method is a business disruption attack – a category we discussed at lengt...
Ransomware Activity Spikes in March, Steadily increasing throughout 2016
UPDATE June 15, 2016: This post has been updated to include new data on ransomware activity, which is also now broken down by region. Cyber extortion for financial gain is typically carried out in one of two ways. The first method is a business disruption attack – a category we discussed at lengt...
Adobe Emergency Update Patches Flash Zero Day
As promised earlier this week, Adobe today released an updated version of Flash Player that includes a patch for a zero-day vulnerability. Adobe said it is aware of the existence of a public exploit for CVE-2016-4117, but said the flaw has not been publicly attacked. The vulnerability affects Fla...
Locky Gets Clever!
As discussed in an earlier FireEye blog, we have seen Locky ransomware rise to fame in recent months. Locky is aggressively distributed via a JavaScript-based downloader sent as an attachment in spam emails, and may have overshadowed the Dridex banking Trojan as the top spam contributor. FireEye...
Locky Gets Clever!
As discussed in an earlier FireEye blog, we have seen Locky ransomware rise to fame in recent months. Locky is aggressively distributed via a JavaScript-based downloader sent as an attachment in spam emails, and may have overshadowed the Dridex banking Trojan as the top spam contributor. FireEye...
The use of ransomware Locky's vulnerability to the immune system-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
In 2 0 0 9 years, we use the immune system to protect the workstation or server against the rapid spread of the worm Conficker invasion. Let's take a look at whether we can take this a defense of the concept used in ransomware Locky. Below we will of the system some minor modifications, to build ...
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...
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...
Latest Flash Zero Day Being Used to Push Ransomware
Exploits for a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player are being aggressively distributed in two exploit kits. The zero day, meanwhile, was patched by Adobe in an emergency update released Thursday night. Attackers are using the previously unpatched flaw in the maligned Flash Player to infec...
Locky Ransomware Variant Changes C2, Spread Via Nuclear Exploit Kit
Security experts warn companies need to brace for new harder-to-detect and more determined variants of the Locky ransomware spotted recently in the wild. The news comes just as reported Locky ransomware attacks have waned in recent weeks. Locky is now trying to evade detection by changing the way...
Recent js blackmailer anti-killing skills analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
Recently many users reflect the computer in a blackmailer virus, also known as the“Locky ransomware”, the computer in documents, pictures and other important information is virus encryption. Such viral vectors for the js script by js script download remote server of the pe file, and that this pe...
Enable this New Setting to Secure your Computer from Macro-based Malware
Do you deal with MS Word files on the daily basis? If yes, then are you aware that even opening a simple doc file could compromise your system? It is a matter to think that the virus does not directly affect you, but it is you who let the virus carry out the attack by enabling deadly "Macros" to...
Surge in Spam Campaign Delivering Locky Ransomware Downloaders
FireEye Labs is detecting a significant spike in Locky ransomware downloaders due to a pair of concurrent email spam campaigns impacting users in over 50 countries. Some of the top affected countries are depicted in Figure 1. Figure 1. Affected countries As seen in Figure 2, the steep spike start...
On Apple Patches, the iMessage Bug, Apple vs. FBI, Locky, and Badlock
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the week in news, including how the FBI vacated Tuesday’s Apple hearing, a crypto iMessage bug that was patched, and the latest hospital to be hit by the ransomware Locky. The two also preview Badlock and what, if any, implications this week’s announcement may...
Surge in Spam Campaign Delivering Locky Ransomware Downloaders
FireEye Labs is detecting a significant spike in Locky ransomware downloaders due to a pair of concurrent email spam campaigns impacting users in over 50 countries. Some of the top affected countries are depicted in Figure 1. Figure 1. Affected countries As seen in Figure 2, the steep spike start...
Locky Ransomware Causes 'Internal State of Emergency' at Kentucky Hospital
For a strain of ransomware that’s only been in the wild for a little more than a month, Locky has sure been able to make a name for itself. The malware gained notoriety last month when it confounded administrators at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles and apparently took...
Locky Ransomware Now Part Of Massive Spam Attack
Researchers are tracking a massive spam campaign pelting inboxes with Locky ransomware downloaders in the form of JavaScript attachments. The huge spike, reported by security firm Trustwave, represents an extraordinary uptick in the attempted distribution of the Locky ransomware. Trustwave said...
Multiple OS Malicious File Containing JS Downloader
A malicious JavaScript downloader file was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could convince users to manually trigger it. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system...
URL Path Containing Suspicious Executable
Certain URL paths may be indicative of malicious executable files that are characteristic of the Locky ransomware. A remote attacker could entice unsuspecting users to access such URLs, leading to execution of malicious files on the affected system...
Microsoft Office Mail Attachment Containing Malicious Downloader
A Microsoft Office Mail attachment containing a malicious downloader was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those downloaders and convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the targe...