CB Threat Intelligence Notification: Vidar InfoStealer Trojan Aims to Steal Data Before Erasing Itself

Vidar is an info stealer trojan, which was sold under the name Vidar Pro stealer and can be distributed through different campaigns. This malware will perform multiple types of malicious behavior including stealing web browser cookies and history, digital wallets, two-factor authentication data,...

Threat Roundup for Dec. 14 to Dec. 21

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Dec. 14 and Dec. 21. 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...

What You Should Look For in a Next-Generation Security Solution

Today’s businesses face a unique set of challenges. They want security that works and is easy to implement and manage but, frequently, are working with a limited budget and resources. Many organizations know their current antivirus solution has gaps, but don’t know where to begin in the search fo...

Partner Perspectives: Orchestrating Endpoint Security with CyberSponse and Carbon Black

Amit Jain is the Principal Technical Product Manager at CyberSponse. Today's network security infrastructures are complex beasts. Increasing mobile and cloud deployments have made managing endpoint security more challenging than ever before. The dynamic and ever-evolving nature of today’s...

No.1 Adware Removal Tool On Apple App Store Caught Spying On Mac Users

A highly popular top-tier app in Apple's Mac App Store that's designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing history without their consent, and sending it to a server in China. What's more concerning? Even after...

Threat Analysis: Recent Attack Technique Leveraging cmd.exe and PowerShell Demonstrates How Attackers Are Using Trusted Microsoft Applications for Malicious Behavior

An attack leveraging cmd.exe and PowerShell was recently investigated by Cb ThreatSight analysts. Our initial investigation discovered that a batch file was executed on the targeted system. This batch file then invoked PowerShell with a base64 encoded command. Decoding the command revealed a seri...

Operation AppleJeus: Lazarus hits cryptocurrency exchange with fake installer and macOS malware

Overview Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years. Alongside goals like cyberespionage and cybersabotage, the attacker has been targeting banks and other financial companies around the globe. Over the last few months, Lazarus has successfully compromised several...

Actionable Threat Intelligence, Tailored to You

We are very excited to be launching the next generation of our Client Reputation product. This update takes Client Reputation a huge step further in providing our customers with truly actionable intelligence tailored for them. It computes an even better assessment of the real risk that every...

sigma - Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems

Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems. What is Sigma? Sigma is a generic and open signature format that allows you to describe relevant log events in a straight forward manner. The rule format is very flexible, easy to write and applicable to any type of log file. The main purpose of this...

MADLIRA - Malware detection using learning and information retrieval for Android

MADLIRA is a tool for Android malware detection. It consists in two components: TFIDF component and SVM learning component. In gerneral, it takes an input a set of malwares and benwares and then extracts the malicious behaviors TFIDF component or computes training model SVM classifier. Then, it...

Threat Round Up for Feb 9 - Feb 16

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between February 9 and February 16. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior...

How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

At 12:46 a.m. local time on February 3, a Windows 7 Pro customer in North Carolina became the first would-be victim of a new malware attack campaign for Trojan:Win32/Emotet. In the next 30 minutes, the campaign tried to attack over a thousand potential victims, all of whom were instantly and...

U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry

The United States government is officially blaming North Korea for the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May that infected nearly a quarter-million computers in 150 countries. Calling it a “careless and reckless” attack, White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert said Tuesday at a White Hous...

New Android vulnerability allows attackers to modify apps without affecting their signatures(CVE-2017-13156)

A serious vulnerability CVE-2017-13156 in Android allows attackers to modify the code in applications without affecting their signatures. The root of the problem is that a file can be a valid APK file and a valid DEX file at the same time. We have named it the Janus vulnerability, after the Roman...

Mac malware OSX.Proton strikes again

The hackers responsible for the Mac malware OSX.Proton have struck again, this time infecting a copy of the Elmedia Player app that was being distributed from the official Eltima website. At this time, it is still unknown how long their website was providing the hijacked app. Proton was silently...

Windows Defender Antivirus cloud protection service: Advanced real-time defense against never-before-seen malware

For cybercriminals, speed is the name of the game. It takes newly released malware an average of just four hours to achieve its goal—steal financial information, extort money, or cause widespread damage. In a recent report, the Federal Trade Commission FTC said that cybercriminals will use hacked...

An Analytical Framework for Network Data: Flare

An Analytical Framework for Network Data Flare is a network analytic framework designed for data scientists, security researchers, and network professionals. Written in Python, it is designed for rapid prototyping and development of behavioral analytics, and intended to make identifying malicious...

SMSVova Spyware Hiding in 'System Update' App Ejected From Google Play Store

An Android app that falsely claimed to be a tool for keeping smartphones up-to-date with the latest version of the OS was found surreptitiously tracking the physical location of it users using spyware called SMSVova. SMSVova hides inside a bogus app called System Update and is sent commands by...

PE Executables Static Analyzer: Manalyze

PE Executables Static Analyzer Manalyze performs static analysis on PE files, in order to detect signs of malicious behavior. It is a versatile tool with a robust parser and a set of built-in tests, but can also be extended easily.Manalyze was written in C++ for Windows and Linux and is released...

Malware Analysis System: Cuckoo Sandbox

Cuckoo Sandbox is an advanced, extremely modular, and 100% open source automated malware analysis system with infinite application opportunities. By default it is able to: Analyze many different malicious files executables, office documents, pdf files, emails, etc as well as malicious websites...