Malware February 18, 2020

Banking Trojans and Ransomware — A Treacherous Matrimony Bound to Get Worse

6 min read - To combat the threat of banking Trojans and ransomware, organizations should stay up to date with the rapidly evolving threat landscape by utilizing the latest threat intelligence.

September 16, 2019

Weekly Security News Roundup: Exploit Kits Spread Ransomware, Trojans in 3 Days

3 min read - This week in security news, researchers detected four malvertising campaigns that used exploit kits to infect users with ransomware and Trojans.

September 9, 2019

New GootKit Malware Sample Evades Detection With Path Exclusion

2 min read - A new sample of the GootKit malware family evaded detection from Windows Defender by setting a path exclusion.

Malware May 23, 2017

GootKit Malvertising Brings Redirection Attacks to Italian Banks

4 min read - The cybergang behind GootKit followed up its recent U.K. activity by launching redirection attacks at Italian banking services.

Malware May 11, 2017

GootKit Launches Redirection Attacks in the UK

4 min read - X-Force researchers discovered that the cybergang behind the GootKit banking Trojan recently began launching redirection attacks in the U.K.

March 20, 2017

Unraveling GootKit’s Stealth Loader

2 min read - GootKit is an ongoing malware project that affects the three most popular browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Malware March 1, 2017

GootKit Developers Dress It Up With Web Traffic Proxy

6 min read - X-Force researchers revealed the cybergang behind Gootkit had upgraded the banking Trojan with new network interception and certificate bypass methods.

Malware July 8, 2016

GootKit: Bobbing and Weaving to Avoid Prying Eyes

7 min read - IBM X-Force researchers recently studied the GootKit banking Trojan — and the many ways it effectively evades detection and maintains persistence.