Malware April 13, 2020 Grandoreiro Malware Now Targeting Banks in Spain 6 min read - A familiar malware threat called Grandoreiro, a remote-overlay banking Trojan that typically affects bank customers in Brazil, has spread to attack banks in Spain.
Endpoint April 9, 2020 Phishers and iPhone Thieves Rolling Out Multimillion-Dollar Operations 9 min read - Going down the rabbit hole of a physical iPhone theft followed by a SMiShing campaign, IBM X-Force IRIS researchers found a large-scale operation of phishers with over 600 phishing domains.
April 8, 2020 Mshta Replaces PowerShell in New Ursnif Campaign 2 min read - Security researchers observed that a new attack campaign replaced PowerShell with mshta as a means to distribute Ursnif malware.
April 7, 2020 Emotet Brings Down Entire Corporate Network by Overheating Computers 2 min read - Emotet brought down the entire network of a targeted organization by overheating all of its connected computers.
April 7, 2020 Kinsing Malware Hits Container API Ports With Thousands of Attacks per Day 2 min read - A misconfigured API port led to a months-long campaign in which cybercriminals have been launching daily Kinsing malware attacks that number in the thousands, according to security researchers.
March 23, 2020 Weekly Security News Roundup: Nefilim Ransomware Victims Given a Week to Pay 3 min read - Researchers observed the Nefilim ransomware family threatening to publish its victims' data if they did not pay their ransoms within a week. Learn what else happened last week in security news.
March 18, 2020 Ursnif Campaign Leverages New Infection Chain to Target Italian Users 2 min read - Security researchers detected an Ursnif campaign that leveraged a new infection chain to target users based in Italy.
March 18, 2020 Snoop Attacks via L1 Data Sampling Threaten Security of Intel CPUs 2 min read - Intel processors, including Core and Xeon products, are susceptible to attacks described as Snoop-assisted L1 data sampling, a security investigator has discovered.
Advanced Threats March 18, 2020 EnigmaSpark: Politically Themed Cyber Activity Highlights Regional Opposition to Middle East Peace Plan 9 min read - In recent analysis of malicious activity likely targeting entities based in the Middle East, IBM X-Force IRIS discovered a backdoor malware strain we named "EnigmaSpark."
March 17, 2020 Varied Functionality of MonitorMinor App Outstrips All Other Mobile Stalkerware 2 min read - Security researchers observed that the MonitorMinor app outstrips the capabilities of all other mobile stalkerware strains detected thus far.