Malware February 19, 2020

Emotet SMiShing Uses Fake Bank Domains in Targeted Attacks, Payloads Hint at TrickBot Connection

3 min read - Before a short lull in mid-February, Emotet was in the midst of a rise in activity that has been apparent since late 2019 — in terms of both spam and infecting potential victims via SMiShing attacks.

January 22, 2020

EFS Ransomware Attacks Overcome Major Antivirus Tools in Proof-of-Concept Tests

2 min read - EFS ransomware attacks targeting Windows users could potentially overcome several major signature-based antivirus tools, researchers have discovered.

January 6, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Maritime Facility Struck by Ryuk Ransomware

2 min read - The U.S. Coast Guard revealed that a maritime facility suffered an infection at the hands of the Ryuk ransomware family. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

August 27, 2019

Nemty Ransomware Included Strongly Worded Message to AV Companies

2 min read - A sample of the Nemty ransomware family hid a strongly worded message directed at the antivirus industry within its code.

Application Security May 30, 2019

When AV Software Is at War With Your OS: A Case of IT Complexity

3 min read - When AV software programs are designed independently, it is only natural that there is competition for resources in the zero-sum field in which they are playing.

May 20, 2019

Detections of Dharma Ransomware Rise 148 Percent Between February and April 2019

2 min read - A 13-year-old security threat known as Dharma ransomware is spreading through a variety of distribution methods, leading to a 148 percent increase in detections over a two-month period.

April 16, 2019

April Scams May Ruin Plans: Threat Actors Ramp Up for Tax Scam Season

2 min read - Tax scam season has arrived. Here's what enterprises need to know to keep their corporate assets safe from tax-time scammers.

Intelligence & Analytics March 21, 2019

What Security Threats of the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Cybersecurity

3 min read - If we look close enough, many new security threats are something we've seen in another form or an attack style we've had to previously defend against.

January 4, 2019

Ursnif, Emotet, Dridex and BitPaymer Malware Families Team Up to Wreak Havoc

2 min read - Researchers discovered a link between four malware families — Ursnif, Emotet, Dridex and BitPaymer — that suggests threat actors may be combining efforts to develop more sophisticated attack vectors.

Threat Intelligence December 20, 2018

IBM X-Force Security Predictions for the 2019 Cybercrime Threat Landscape

5 min read - IBM X-Force's top security predictions for 2019 cover a range of potential attack schemes and consequences, from industry-specific prognostications to a rapid expansion of emerging criminal schemes.