APT Trends report Q1 2018

In the second quarter of 2017, Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT began publishing summaries of the quarter's private threat intelligence reports in an effort to make the public aware of the research we have been conducting. This report serves as the next installment, focusing on...

Impact Of Chat Service Breach Expands To Best Buy, Kmart

The number of companies coming forward as victims of a data breach – that potentially exposed hundreds of thousands of credit card payment information – has expanded to include Best Buy and Kmart. Last week, software service provider 247.ai, a company that provides online chat services for Delta,...

Delta, Sears Breaches Blamed on Malware Attack Against a Third-Party Chat Service

Security researchers are pinning a recent data breach – that potentially exposed the credit card information of hundreds of thousands of Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings customers – on weak third-party security policies. The cyberattack hit software service provider 247.ai, a company that...

Boeing production plant hit by malware, apparently WannaCry ransomware

By Waqas The world's largest aerospace company Boeing has been hit by a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Boeing production plant hit by malware, apparently WannaCry ransomware...

A week in security (February 12 – February 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a huge Android cryptomining campaign, malicious apps on Google Play, and some Apple scams doing the rounds. We also explored the world of healthcare security, and dived into the land of scammy Valentine's Day tricks and cheats. Other news Thought the...

Researchers Find New Twists In ‘Olympic Destroyer’ Malware

Researchers have uncovered new wrinkles in the “Olympic Destroyer” malware attack that targeted the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Cisco Talos researchers now believe the malware also wipes files on shared network drives. Originally researchers believed the malware only targeted...

Water Utility Infected by Cryptocurrency Mining Software

A water utility in Europe has been infected by cryptocurrency mining software. This is a relatively new attack: hackers compromise computers and force them to mine cryptocurrency for them. This is the first time I've seen it infect SCADA systems, though. It seems that this mining software is...

Kaspersky Security Bulletin. Overall statistics for 2017

All the statistics used in this report were obtained using Kaspersky Security Network KSN, a distributed antivirus network that works with various anti-malware protection components. The data was collected from KSN users who agreed to provide it. Millions of Kaspersky Lab product users from 213...

Hackers Exploit Recently Disclosed Microsoft Office Bug to Backdoor PCs

A recently disclosed severe 17-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office that lets hackers install malware on targeted computers without user interaction is now being exploited in the wild to distribute a backdoor malware. First spotted by researchers at security firm Fortinet, the malware has...

Bad Rabbit – Ransomware

updated: 10/26/2017 with additional file hashes and mitigations A new ransomware campaign has affected at least three Russian media companies in a fast-spreading malware attack. Fontanka and Interfax are among the companies affected by the Bad Rabbit ransomware named by the researchers who first...

Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix · October 12, 2017 Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wir...

September 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Abraham Lincoln” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: 'Hacker' is the wrong...

“The 101” – Episode 1 – What is a Non-Malware Attack?

Welcome to our new video series, “The 101!” This weekly security series aims to do one thing: define endpoint security, one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept or comparison in our ongoing effort to cut through the noise and provide clear definitions. Security c...

Micro Market Vendor Warns of Bankcard And Biometric Data Breach

Avanti Markets, which specializes in self-serve food kiosks typically located in company breakrooms, said an undisclosed number of its 1.5 million customers may have had their personal and bankcard data compromised along with stored biometric data. The company, based in Tukwila, WA, said on July ...

Eddie Bauer Confirms Payment Card Breach of US, Canadian Stores

Clothing store Eddie Bauer has become the latest retail chain to acknowledge that malware has led to a breach of its point of sale systems. In a press release .PDF late last week Eddie Bauer confirmed that any customers who used a payment card at a store over the past seven months, from January 2...

SWIFT Warns of Second Bank Attack via PDF Malware

News of yet another attack involving a bank and SWIFT, the financial network used by thousands of banks to transfer funds, came to light Thursday as investigators continue to probe a separate $81 million heist in February involving the network and the central bank of Bangladesh. The Brussels-base...

MedStar Slowly Restoring Services After Malware Attack

Portions of the hospital chain MedStar Health remain offline Wednesday as a result of a major malware attack that occurred Monday and crippled the hospital’s computer systems and forced one of the largest healthcare providers in Maryland and Washington, D.C. to turn patients away. The healthcare...

Hyatt Hotel Says Payment Systems Hacked with Credit-Card Stealing Malware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is notifying its customers that credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been stolen after it found malware on the computers that process customer payments. "We recently identified malware on computers that operate the payment processing systems for...

The latest version of Apple OS X10. 1 0 exposure to privilege escalation 0day vulnerabilities-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Security researcher Stefan Esser found a the latest Apple OS X 1 0. 1 0 version of the privilege elevation 0day exploit, an attacker can root permissions to open or create all of the OS X system files without having account password verification. Accidental discovery of 0day On Monday, the...

CHARGE Anywhere Breached, Plain Text Data Accessed

CHARGE Anywhere, a New Jersey-based developer of payment gateway and mobile payment applications, on Tuesday disclosed that it had been breached and that hackers had access to transactions leaving its network, perhaps going back as far as 2009. Most of the traffic was encrypted, the company said ...