Banking & Finance August 23, 2016

GozNym’s Euro Trip: Launching Redirection Attacks in Germany

4 min read - GozNym continued its trip around Europe by launching redirection attacks against 13 German banks. The volume of these attacks has spiked in recent months.

Advanced Threats July 12, 2016

Two Heads Are Better Than One: Going Under the Hood to Analyze GozNym

8 min read - IBM X-Force researchers recognized that the GozNym banking malware leverages features from two types of malware to make it double the threat.

May 5, 2016

Designer Malware Campaigns: The Rise of Couture Cybercrime?

2 min read - Cybercriminals are adding some designer touches to their malware campaigns to make them more targeted and increase the overall success rate.

Malware April 14, 2016

Meet GozNym: The Banking Malware Offspring of Gozi ISFB and Nymaim

5 min read - The new GozNym hybrid takes the best of both the Nymaim and Gozi ISFB malware to create a powerful Trojan targeting banks in the U.S. and Canada.

Threat Intelligence August 18, 2015

Gozi Goes to Bulgaria — Is Cybercrime Heading to Less Charted Territory?

4 min read - The latest version of the Gozi banking Trojan looks to target banks in Bulgaria. This could be just the first instance of the malware in Eastern Europe.

Advanced Threats May 2, 2013

Multistage Exploit Kits Boost Effective Malware Delivery

6 min read - Like ICBM missiles, multistage exploit kits first launch a nonthreatening stage and then use the second stage to inflict damage without raising suspicion.

Fraud Protection April 18, 2013

Gozi Financial Malware Puts the Boots On

2 min read - IBM has identified a new Gozi variant that infects the MBR, ensuring it loads with the operating system after a reboot and remains on the infected system.

Malware October 11, 2012

Project Blitzkrieg: How to Block the Planned Prinimalka-Gozi Trojan Attack

3 min read - Prinimalka-Gozi, a new type of malware, will reportedly be used in a massive coordinated attack on U.S. banks called Project Blitzkrieg.