Ursnif Banking Trojan Spreading In Japan

Attackers behind the pervasive banking Trojan Ursnif have made Japan one of their top targets, delivering the malware via spam campaigns that began last month. For years, Ursnif or Gozi has targeted Japan along with North America, Europe and Australia. But according to a recent IBM X-Force analys...

The Science of Interrogation

Fascinating article about two psychologists who are studying interrogation techniques. Now, two British researchers are quietly revolutionising the study and practice of interrogation. Earlier this year, in a meeting room at the University of Liverpool, I watched a video of the Diola interview...

Fileless Malware: A Hidden Threat

Malware is advancing at an unprecedented rate, with four new strains discovered every minute, Slate reported. This is already a lot for businesses to worry about and it doesn't even cover the other threats that haven't been detected. Many attackers have evolved their techniques to evade common...

IC3 Issues Alert on IoT Devices

In conjunction with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert to individuals and businesses about the security risks involved with the Internet of Things IoT. IoT refers to the emerging network of devices e.g., smart TVs, home automation...

Threat Round Up for Oct 6 - Oct 13

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between October 6 and October 13. 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...

Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users

Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store's anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software. The same happened once again when at least 50 apps managed to make its way onto Google Play Store and were successfully downloaded as...

Ransomware Roundup: Alternative Techniques featuring CTB-Faker

Ransomware is innovating to spread faster, hit harder and increase its payout potential. New unknown variants pop up daily, and many leverage non-malware techniques to evade traditional defenses. CTB-Faker is a perfect example of how modern ransomware is leveraging these new techniques to easily...

Demiguise - HTA Encryption Tool for RedTeams

What does it do? The aim of this project is to generate .html files that contain an encrypted HTA file. The idea is that when your target visits the page, the key is fetched and the HTA is decrypted dynamically within the browser and pushed directly to the user. This is an evasion technique to ge...

Ransomware Roundup: Attacking the Master Boot Record Featuring Petya

Ransomware is innovating to spread faster, hit harder and increase its payout potential. New, unknown variants pop up daily, and many leverage non-malware techniques to evade traditional defenses. Petya is a perfect example of how modern ransomware is evolving, using new techniques to attack the...

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...

The biggest ransomware threat could be in your pocket

WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks in recent months have reignited concern over just how these threats occur. As a result, many leaders have reinvigorated their security efforts regarding computer vulnerabilities. However, they might be missing another big endpoint susceptible to ransomware...

Neptune Exploit Kit Dropping Cryptocurrency Miners Through Malvertisements

Despite a marked decrease in activity, exploit kits haven’t completely disappeared just yet. The Neptune, or Terror Exploit Kit, is alive and well; during the last month, researchers have observed the kit as part of a campaign to abuse a legitimate popup ad service to drop cryptocurrency miners...

Threat Round-up for Aug 11 - Aug 18

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 11 and August 18. 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...

Researchers Find Phishing Site Encrypted with AES

Scammers chasing Apple credentials and payment card information have ramped up their efforts to hide their phishing page by encrypting it with AES. Researchers at Ring 0 Labs disclosed details about the operation last week, pointing out that the criminals behind this activity are buffering a fair...

Windows exploit techniques: from any directory you create to any file-read-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

One, Foreword In the past few months, I'm in meetings, introduced me to the“Windows logic privilege escalation guide”tips. Meeting length is only 2 hours, I would like to introduce many interesting techniques and tricks had to have been deleted. Over time, think in training courses complete about...

Updates to Sofacy, Turla Highlight 2017 Q2 APT Activity

Attackers behind advanced persistent threat campaigns have kept busy over the past several months, adding new ways to bypass detection, crafting new payloads to drop, and identifying new zero days and backdoors to help them infect users and maintain persistence on machines. Juan Andres...

APT Trends report Q2 2017

Introduction Since 2014, Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been providing threat intelligence reports to a wide-range of customers worldwide, leading to the delivery of a full and dedicated private reporting service. Prior to the new service offering, GReAT published...

Black Hat 2017: training, cybersecurity trends and end-point protection

Every year, Black Hat is a highly anticipated event in the cybersecurity community--and Black Hat 2017 certainly did not disappoint! It was yet another year of record traffic, bustling with visitors from the security community that want to strengthen their security skills and postures...

Revoke-Obfuscation: PowerShell Obfuscation Detection Using Science

Many attackers continue to leverage PowerShell as a part of their malware ecosystem, mostly delivered and executed by malicious binaries and documents. Of malware that uses PowerShell, the most prevalent use is the garden-variety stager: an executable or document macro that launches PowerShell to...

Revoke-Obfuscation: PowerShell Obfuscation Detection Using Science

Many attackers continue to leverage PowerShell as a part of their malware ecosystem, mostly delivered and executed by malicious binaries and documents. Of malware that uses PowerShell, the most prevalent use is the garden-variety stager: an executable or document macro that launches PowerShell to...