November 21, 2018 Two Attack Campaigns Infect Brazilian Financial Institution Customers With Banking Trojans 2 min read - Security researchers recently identified two malware distribution campaigns that infect customers of Brazilian financial institutions with banking Trojans.
November 20, 2018 TA505 Threat Group Distributes Previously Undocumented tRat Remote Access Trojan < 1 min read - Researchers observed the TA505 threat group spreading a previously undocumented remote access Trojan (RAT) called tRaT.
November 20, 2018 WordPress Exploit in GDPR Plugin Puts 100,000 Websites at Risk 2 min read - Researchers discovered a WordPress Exploit in a plugin designed to help site owners comply with the GDPR that enables attackers to take control of admin accounts.
November 16, 2018 Outlaw Threat Group Using Perl Shellbot to Target Enterprise IoT Devices 2 min read - A group of threat actors known as Outlaw is using a Perl Shellbot to breach enterprise IoT devices.
November 15, 2018 Threat Actors Exploit Equation Editor to Distribute Hawkeye Keylogger 2 min read - A recent Hawkeye keylogger campaign leveraged an old Microsoft Office Equation Editor vulnerability to steal user credentials, passwords and clipboard content.
November 14, 2018 Canadian University Shuts Down Network in Response to Cryptocurrency Mining Attack 2 min read - A Canadian university had to take critical IT systems offline after security professionals identified an attack designed to mine cryptocurrency using the school's computing resources.
November 12, 2018 New Ransomware Strain Evades Detection by All but One Antivirus Engine 2 min read - A new strain of Dharma ransomware is able to evade detection by nearly all of the antivirus solutions on the market.
November 12, 2018 New Cobalt Gang PDF Attack Avoids Traditional Static Analysis Tools 2 min read - A PDF attack campaign conducted by the Cobalt Gang used a specially crafted document to evade dection by static analysis tools.
November 12, 2018 Enterprises Using IaaS or PaaS Have 14 Misconfigured Instances on Average, Cloud Adoption Study Finds < 1 min read - A cloud adoption report found that companies that deploy infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) have an average of 14 misconfigured instances running at a given time.
November 8, 2018 Ransomware-as-a-Service Program Offers Affiliates Up to 75 Percent of Revenue to Spread Infection 2 min read - A ransomware-as-a-service program called FilesLocker offers affiliates commissions of up to 75 percent on all revenue stolen from victims.