Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

Security researchers at Microsoft have released details of a new widespread campaign distributing an infamous piece of fileless malware that was primarily being found targeting European and Brazilian users earlier this year. Dubbed Astaroth, the malware trojan has been making the rounds since at...

Decoy Microsoft Word document delivers malware through a RAT

In this post, we take a look at a Microsoft Word document which itself is somewhat clean, but is used to launch a multi-stage attack that relies on the hyperlink feature in the OpenXML format. This then loads another document that contains an exploit. Most malicious Microsoft Office documents...

Threat Analysis: Word Documents with Embedded Macros Leveraging Emotet Trojan

Many customers have recently asked how Carbon Black's solutions detect macros and droppers specifically referencing Emotet dropper files. Customers often say that macros and droppers are an ongoing problem in their environments. They are also seen day-to-day by most practitioners. The analysis...

'Regin' - 'State-Sponsored' Spying Tool Targeted Govts, Infrastructures for Years

Researchers have uncovered a highly advanced, sophisticated piece of malware they believe was used to spy on a wide-range of international targets including governments, infrastructure operators and other high-profile individuals since at least 2008. The nasty malware, dubbed "Regin", is said to ...

Gumblar: The malware that is sweeping the nation

The latest large-scale malware outbreak to hit the Web, known variously as Gumblar and Geno and Martuz, is a multi-stage attack that not only infects compromised machines with a number of separate pieces of malware but also has the ability to steal credentials and block the victim from taking...

Oracle Database Local Untrusted Library Path Vulnerability

Oracle Database Local Untrusted Library Path Vulnerability ---------------------------------------------------------- The Oracle July 2008 Critical Patch Update fixes a vulnerability which allows a user in the OINSTALL/DBA group to scalate privileges to root. Scalating Privileges from "oracle" to...