CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Each quarter HP’s security experts highlight notable malware campaigns, trends and techniques identified by HP Wolf Security. Living-off-the-land techniques Many malware campaigns relied on living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques to help attackers remain undetected by blending in with legitimate system admin activity [7].

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Ooda Loop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Hackers have manipulated Google’s search results to trick victims into downloading malware. Malicious actors have spoofed GlobalProtect VPN software and manipulated Google’s search engage process to trick users into downloading malware. They […]

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DevOps.com

JULY 25, 2024

GitHub and similar open-source code and project repositories have become a common target of cybercriminals looking to lure developers into unknowingly downloading malicious scripts.

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Lacework

JULY 15, 2022

This ancient technique has found its place in the world of malware, namely hiding malicious code within other files including image formatted files ( T1027.003 ). General indicators and signatures for steg malware are provided in the hunting section. Steg malware is uncommon relative to other malware. Malware Details.

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Lacework

MAY 12, 2022

Hunting for Malware. Post-execution activity ranges from simply executing “id”, to downloading and executing a second-stage payload. This resulted in numerous hits for Miria variants for various architectures demonstrating how quickly malware authors can adopt PoCs to distribute their malware.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A new strand of malware uses Word files with macros to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. This PowerShell script further downloads a legitimate image file from image hosting service Imgur […].

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CIO

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Malware distribution The opportunistic nature of website spoofing allows attackers to distribute malware to users’ devices. Through browsers, plugins, or extensions, users are prompted to download seemingly legitimate files or applications, unwittingly inviting chaos into their systems.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Malware is the top threat to IoT/OT With so many vulnerabilities plaguing IoT devices, these devices are attractive and relatively easy entry points into corporate networks for attackers. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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Ooda Loop

JULY 31, 2024

During the applications’ time on Google Play, they had over 32,000 downloads. Five applications were discovered to have been carrying a version of the Mandrake Android Spyware on Google Play for two years. Mandrake is a spyware platform which allows attackers to completely control infected devices. The attackers can record […]

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Darktrace

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Recently Darktrace captured the whole kill-chain of an AutoIt malware compromise, from delivery via email to payload download and subsequent C2. However, like many freeware languages, it has been exploited for malicious intent.

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Tenable

AUGUST 16, 2024

And get the latest on Q2’s most prevalent malware, the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang and CVE severity assessments! SocGholish accounted for 60% of malware incidents in the second quarter of 2024, a sign that the popularity of fake software-update attacks remains strong. Plus, MIT launched a new database of AI risks. and the U.S.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Internet Security’s list of the 10 most prevalent malware used during the third quarter. Collectively, they accounted for 77% of the quarter’s malware infections.

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Ooda Loop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These hackers are using a tactic called ClickFix to infect victims with information-stealing malware. In the attacks, users are tricked into downloading and running malware on their machines. Cyber attackers are targeting users of Google Meet’s video communication service.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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Ooda Loop

JUNE 14, 2024

The attack involved an employee accidentally downloading malware, causing disruptions to various Ascension systems. Ascension’s patient information was stolen in a ransomware attack in early-May. These systems included electronic health records, MyChart, phones, medication ordering, and procedures.

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Aqua Security

JANUARY 4, 2023

Recently, a dependency of the widely used PyTorch-nightly Python package was targeted in a dependency confusion attack, resulting in thousands of individuals downloading a malicious binary that exfiltrated data through DNS. The individual responsible for this attack claimed to be a security researcher whose research had gone awry.

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2014

Three Questions on Automated Malware Removal with Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp and CTOVision. While there’s still an emphasis – and related spending – on malware detection, most incident response teams are actually overwhelmed by vast number of security alerts they receive. Another day, another data breach. Bob Gourley: That’s simple.

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CIO

JUNE 25, 2024

Malicious browser extensions can introduce malware, exfiltrate data, or provide a backdoor for further attacks. Advanced threat intelligence and machine learning algorithms detect anomalies, phishing attempts, malicious file upload and download, and malware infections.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. At the time, the massively popular left-pad package had raked in more than 15 million downloads , and even today the library continues to be downloaded millions of times weekly. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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CIO

MAY 15, 2024

A model trained on, say, an archive of flat earth conspiracy theories will be bad at answering science questions, or a model fine-tuned by North Korean hackers might be bad at correctly identifying malware. Companies can download the code, but then they need in-house expertise or hired consultants to make everything work.

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Capgemini

JULY 16, 2021

The risks of malware. The harsh reality is that malware doesn’t only threaten data security – it can also have a direct impact on sustainability initiatives and impede enterprise climate targets. The attack often starts with that suspicious link or download that you accidently click on.

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CTOvision

JUNE 21, 2014

The video at this link and embedded below provides an overview of conclusions from CTOvision research into ways to automate the removal of cyber threats (including malware) from your enterprise. Additional context into this topic is available in our research report downloadable here: . This paper.

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Malware Video Big Data Technical Review 110

TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For example, someone in the process of receiving of an important Word document from a contact would have that file flagged as malware and would end up disabling security software in order to view it. Ramachandran said SquareX is intended as a alternative to VPN, anti-virus, anti-malware and other endpoint security solutions.

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Ooda Loop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Researchers have discovered a disturbingly simple method with which attackers can distribute malicious payloads through the PyPI package repository. The attacker only has to re-register a malicious package on PyPI with the same name as a legitimate package that was previously registered but is now removed. Then, the hacker just […]

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CIO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ransomware often starts from something as humble as someone in the organisation downloading the wrong file from an email. This delivers superior protection against kernel-level malware through to browser-based attacks. Finally, AI-driven CPU threat monitoring has been designed to detect malware that has slipped past the anti-virus.

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Malware Hardware Training Network 228

Ooda Loop

MARCH 25, 2024

Employees at US-based organizations are being targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT malware via “nuanced” exploitation and by using an advanced detection evasion method. The phishing emails prompt recipients to download an attached […]

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Organization Malware 59

Xebia

AUGUST 13, 2021

In order to cure cyberattacks like malware, data sniffs, virus attacks, and hacking, website designers should adopt a high standards company. Well, malware targets network vulnerability. The same installations create a pathway for malware flooding. The same installations create a pathway for malware flooding.

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CTOvision

JUNE 10, 2014

We believe this is the only way to reduce the impact of malware and breaches in a cost effective way. Download “Automating Removal Of Advanced Threats” Automating-Removal-of-Malware.pdf – Downloaded 9 times – 918 kB. This approach has been proven to significantly improve enterprise defenses. This paper.

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Malware Technical Review Architecture Mobile 109

AlienVault

JULY 31, 2018

In this blog series, we’ll analyze different malware families, looking at the types of events generated on the endpoint and how we can use Osquery to detect them. The dropper spreads through email phishing and downloads the malware using a malicious Office macro. Let's start! File samples: [link].

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Lacework

JUNE 7, 2022

As of this writing we have observed active exploitation by known Cloud threat malware families such as Kinsing, “Hezb”, and the Dark.IoT botnet. One interesting development was the use of a new malware host – 195.2.79.26 Several malware components were observed, the first of which was an XMRig miner installed as “Hezb”.

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The Daily WTF

JUNE 20, 2024

"This malware scanner works to detect malware from the future too (the screenshot is from 2024-02-16)", he explained. Download today! ." Past Beast predicted we'd post this after the events in question out of an abundance of caution, lest we provoke a paradox and disappear in a flash of logic. He was right. "This

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Tenable

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. That’s according to the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which this week released its “Top 10 Malware Q3 2023” list. SocGholish, which didn’t make the list last quarter, shot up to the top spot, accounting for 31% of malware incidents in the third quarter.

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Tenable

MAY 24, 2024

5 - SocGholish rides wave of fake update attacks SocGholish continues reigning supreme among malware variants, with a 60% share of malware incidents in the first quarter of 2024, as attackers deploy it in fake software update campaigns.

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Netskope

JULY 18, 2018

The complexity of different types of malware continues to grow and zero-day malware is often missed by traditional security solutions. Here’s use case #19: Block and quarantine zero-day malware in the cloud. Support quarantine workflows that are malware-centric.

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Tenable

MAY 17, 2019

Tenable Researcher David Wells discovered a vulnerability in Slack Desktop for Windows that could have allowed an attacker to alter where files downloaded within Slack are stored. Tenable Research discovered a download hijack vulnerability in Slack Desktop version 3.3.7 Users should ensure their Slack desktop application is up to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Psst, some Russian hackers are believed to be behind the “WhisperGate” data-stealing malware being used to target Ukraine, Carly reports. However, this new malware is even more of a pain. ChatGPT does a Bing good : Sarah reports that Bing saw a 10x jump in downloads following yesterday’s Microsoft-ChatGPT news.

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The Parallax

JUNE 18, 2018

On May 25, the FBI issued a clarion call to a broad swath of Wi-Fi router owners: To clear out a potential botnet malware infection, reboot your router. The malware, VPNFilter, allowed hackers to snoop on all traffic passing through the router, including stealing website log-ins, as well as disable the device.

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