SecureWorks

MARCH 8, 2022

Type: Blogs Excel Add-ins Deliver JSSLoader Malware The GOLD NIAGARA threat group has expanded its tactics for delivering the JSSLoader RAT, spoofing legitimate Microsoft Excel add-ins to infect systems. Learn how CTU researchers observed multiple malicious Microsoft Excel add-ins delivering JSSLoader malware.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 22, 2023

Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020. The speed, volume and sophistication of modern malware attacks has made them more difficult to detect.

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The Parallax

JANUARY 30, 2018

During a month that’s seen Android malware new and old plague the world’s most popular mobile operating system, Google says its Play Store is becoming more civilized and less like the Wild West. You have a lower probability of being infected by malware from Play than being hit by lightning,” Ahn says. READ MORE ON ANDROID SECURITY.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Each quarter HP’s security experts highlight notable malware campaigns, trends and techniques identified by HP Wolf Security. The HP Threat Research team identified a new malware campaign that relied entirely on living-off-the-land tools. The attackers impersonated a shipping company to spread Vjw0rm and Houdini script malware.2

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Malware is the top threat to IoT/OT With so many vulnerabilities plaguing IoT devices, these devices are attractive and relatively easy entry points into corporate networks for attackers. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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Ooda Loop

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Cisco researchers recently observed the North Korea-linked Lazarus hacking group deploy three Dlang malware families against various targets in the manufacturing, agriculture, and physical security sectors.

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Lacework

JULY 15, 2022

This ancient technique has found its place in the world of malware, namely hiding malicious code within other files including image formatted files ( T1027.003 ). General indicators and signatures for steg malware are provided in the hunting section. Steg malware is uncommon relative to other malware. Malware Details.

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CIO

MARCH 6, 2024

In fact, support for hybrid and remote workers was named as a key reason for increasing IT budgets this year according to Foundry’s 2023 State of the CIO research. Research from HP suggests that 43% of workers are happy to use devices without first running them by IT. Don’t click on suspect links. Use the tools IT provides.

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TechBeacon

JANUARY 21, 2021

An AppleScript feature designed to compress scripts into pre-compiled form has allowed bad actors to evade security researchers for years. This cryptominer Trojan spread unchecked for some five years.

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SecureWorks

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Type: Blogs Drokbk Malware Uses GitHub as Dead Drop Resolver A subgroup of the Iranian COBALT MIRAGE threat group leverages Drokbk for persistence. A subgroup of the Iranian COBALT MIRAGE threat group leverages Drokbk for persistence.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

James CondonDirector of Research, Lacework Labs This malware sample may unlock your variable naming writer’s block. Have you ever tried using your favorite foods? We hadn’t either until we came across this one. This Bash script was seen following the Confluence exploits we recently blogged about.

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Darktrace

MARCH 22, 2023

Amadey Info-stealer malware was detected across over 30 customers between August and December 2022, spanning various regions and industry verticals. This blog highlights the resurgence of Malware as a Service (MaaS) and the leveraging of existing N-Day vulnerabilities in SmokeLoader campaigns to launch Amadey on customers’ networks.

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The Crazy Programmer

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Working on computer science research projects can be a difficult task, partly because computer science projects are unlike research projects in any other discipline. Depending on the area of study, a research project can be defined differently. Writing a paper about the research project is a common aspect to a research project.

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The Parallax

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Security researchers have caught hackers lashing together Internet-connected devices in a botnet they’re calling Torii, which uses techniques not seen in an IoT botnet before—including intercepting and stealing data, and using the Tor Project network to hide its network traffic. Hron says it heralds a “ new era of IoT botnets.”.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Copilot can also help with security issues, setting up an early warning system to detect malware, trojans or phishing, as well as identify potential anti-money laundering issues and provide auto-healing for security loopholes.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 11, 2021

Cobalt Strike and Metasploit, two penetration testing toolkits usually employed by security researchers, have been used to host more than a quarter of all the malware command and control (C&C) […].

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Aqua Security

JANUARY 4, 2023

The individual responsible for this attack claimed to be a security researcher whose research had gone awry. Recently, a dependency of the widely used PyTorch-nightly Python package was targeted in a dependency confusion attack, resulting in thousands of individuals downloading a malicious binary that exfiltrated data through DNS.

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Aqua Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Researchers at Aqua Nautilus have uncovered a new attack targeting Apache Hadoop and Flink applications. This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware.

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CTOvision

JULY 10, 2019

Mobile malware dubbed Agent Smith has infected about 25 million devices, mainly in India and other Asian countries, but other countries have also been affected, including the UK and US, according to security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Malware exists even there - and it spreads fast. And like any system with a physical backend, the cloud can easily be subject to a wide range of vulnerabilities - including malware. And like any system with a physical backend, the cloud can easily be subject to a wide range of vulnerabilities - including malware.

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Tenable

MAY 5, 2020

As grocery delivery services have seen an increase in traffic from users during the coronavirus pandemic, Tenable Research identified an SMS spoofing flaw that could have allowed an attacker to send spoofed messages to any mobile number. Researchers at Check Point disclosed a similar vulnerability through TikTok’s website earlier this year.

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The Crazy Programmer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Working on computer science research projects can be a difficult task, partly because computer science projects are unlike research projects in any other discipline. Depending on the area of study, a research project can be defined differently. Writing a paper about the research project is a common aspect to a research project.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

This leaves us vulnerable to security threats like phishing, identity theft and session hijacking, but many cybersecurity tools were created when the main threats were file viruses, worms and network attacks, said Vivek Ramachandran , the cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher who discovered the Cafe Latte attack.

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Aqua Security

JULY 5, 2023

Aqua Nautilus researchers identified an infrastructure of a potentially massive campaign against cloud native environments.

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CTOvision

JUNE 21, 2014

The video at this link and embedded below provides an overview of conclusions from CTOvision research into ways to automate the removal of cyber threats (including malware) from your enterprise. Additional context into this topic is available in our research report downloadable here: .

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

On Wednesday, researchers from RiskIQ described how a new Grelos […]. A new variant of a skimmer has revealed the increasingly muddy waters associated with tracking groups involved in Magecart-style attacks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

But projects get abandoned and picked up by others who plant backdoors or malware, or, as seen recently since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rise in “protestware,” in which open source software developers alter their code to wipe the contents of Russian computers in protest of the Kremlin’s incursion.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 17, 2019

First developed to distribute various malware like Gandcrab, Pony, and Pushdo to email users for the purpose of turning victim accounts into hosts for fraudulent cryptomining operations, Phorpiex now has a new trick up its sleeve. Researchers at the Tel Aviv-based Check Point confirmed […].

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

In this webcast, we’ll explore: The current trending threats facing networks, like authentication vulnerabilities, malware, phishing, and denial of service attacks. Speakers: Chris Kissel, IDC Research Director, Security & Trust Products. Where current network security measures are falling short. Get the full webcast, here.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 19, 2024

Our Palo Alto Networks Product Security Research Lead Christopher Ganas and Unit 42's Threat Research Lead Kyle Wilhoit immediately investigated the issue with Volexity's team. Volexity and Unit 42 Threat Brief have more information about the type of malware seen in these attacks and indicators of threat activity.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2023

As a current example, consider ChatGPT by OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company. It’s also been flagged as a risk: cybersecurity companies have identified bad actors using ChatGPT to create malware. Read the result below: (From ChatGPT, by OpenAI : an AI research and deployment company.) But how good can it be?

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Ooda Loop

MARCH 22, 2024

Security researchers at Mandiant have raised concerns after discovering that Russia’s APT29 hacking group, linked to the country’s foreign intelligence service (SVR), has begun targeting political parties in Germany. This marks a potential shift in operational focus beyond typical attacks on diplomatic figures.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

James CondonDirector of Research, Lacework Labs Each month we take a look at a malicious Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file, the common executable file format for Unix and Unix-like Operating Systems, and share details about the sample. In this edition of ELF of the Month, we take a look at a Linux DDoS sample […]

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. Well, researchers from OpenAI and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) tackled this question and just published a study outlining specific assessment criteria. It’s been a meteoric rise for SocGholish, which first cracked the CIS list in the third quarter, with a 31% share of malware incidents.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Two months ago, researchers at US security company AdvIntel discovered that one of the Internet’s most troublesome malware platforms, Trickbot, had started testing something rather ominous: probing UEFI firmware chips […].

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Netskope

JULY 18, 2018

The complexity of different types of malware continues to grow and zero-day malware is often missed by traditional security solutions. The Netskope Threat Research Labs has discovered many zero-days and continues to find more. Here’s use case #19: Block and quarantine zero-day malware in the cloud.

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