New Macro Downloaders Use PUB Files to Compromise Food and Retail Companies
New macro downloaders are sandwiching spam and .PUB files to compromise businesses in the food and retail sector.
Threat Actors Use Malspam Campaign to Target Italian Users With sLoad Downloader
Security researchers identified a malspam campaign targeting Italian users with a variant of the sLoad downloader.
Thanksgiving Spam Campaign Use Obfuscation to Deliver Emotet Banking Trojan
Bad actors recently launched a Thanksgiving-themed spam campaign that used obfuscation to deliver the Emotet banking Trojan.
NARWHAL SPIDER Uses Steganography to Deliver URLZone Malware in Cutwail Spam Campaign
A new Cutwail spam campaign is leveraging steganography — hiding data within images — to compromise devices and download URLZone.
The Many Faces of Necurs: How the Botnet Spewed Millions of Spam Emails for Cyber Extortion
IBM X-Force researchers observed the Necurs botnet spewing millions of spam emails from more than 30,000 malicious IPs to extort bitcoin from victims who may or may not have viewed adult content.
Malicious Email Payloads Increased in Volume and Diversity in Q2 2018
A quarterly threat report revealed that malicious email attacks increased by 36 percent and delivered more diverse payloads in Q2 2018.
Emotet Trojan Uses Complex Modules to Evade Standard Protection
According to security researchers, the Emotet Trojan is not only still active but has become more sophisticated and persistent in the four years since its initial discovery.
Phishing Campaign Uses FTP Links to Deliver DanaBot Banking Trojan
Australian businesses have been targeted in a phishing campaign that uses FTP links to deliver the DanaBot banking Trojan, which is designed to steal financial information and other private data.
Recent Extortion Scam Highlights the Need to Address Lingering WannaCry Risks
Researchers uncovered a spam campaign that threatened to unleash the devastating WannaCry ransomware on unsuspecting victims who failed to pay a fee of roughly $650 by June 22, 2018.
June’s Cybersecurity Recap: The Evolving Cybersecurity Career Pathway
In June's security news, IT experts and educators around the world worked to create a new cybersecurity career pathway through initiatives designed to alleviate the industrywide skills shortage.