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New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns

September 3, 2019 admin Domen, eitest, FakeUpdates, hoeflertext, NetSupport, Rat, SocGholish, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:15:33 +0000

We discovered a web social engineering toolkit that allows crooks to create fake update notification campaigns on both desktop and mobile in up to 30 different languages.

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Tags: Domen eitest FakeUpdates hoeflertext NetSupport rat SocGholish Social Engineering

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The numeric Tech Support Scam campaign

June 13, 2017 admin eitest, exploit kit, malvertising, SCAM, Social engineering, tech support, tech support scam, Threat analysis, TSS

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:00:21 +0000

A new tech support scam campaign is being pushed in lieu of exploit kits. We take a look at its distribution method and how it is able to bring browsers to their knees.

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Tags: eitest exploit kit malvertising scam Social Engineering tech support tech support scam TSS

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A week in security (Apr 24 – Apr 30)

May 1, 2017 admin Adware, eitest, OSX.Dok, Security world, tech support scams, Terror EK, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 17:07:19 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 24th of April to the 30th. We covered a lot of different subject, exploit kits, adware, Tech Support Scams, Android and Mac threats. And how to fight security fatigue.

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Tags: adware eitest OSX.Dok tech support scams Terror EK weekly blog roundup

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A story of fonts by the EITest HoeflerText campaign

April 26, 2017 admin chrome, cybercrime, eitest, font, hoeflertext, malware, ransomware, Social engineering, Spora Ransomware

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:45:58 +0000

The HoeflerText campaign is known for a fake font download that delivers the Spora ransomware. But did you know it also uses special characters in the dropper’s file name?

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Tags: chrome eitest font hoeflertext malware ransomware Spora Ransomware

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Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

April 13, 2017 admin Adware, Android malware, celebgate, Cerber, Chris Boyd, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dridex, eitest, exit scam, exploit kit, fappening, Findzip, hiddenads.lck, hoeflertext, intra market fraud, jisut, Locky, mac malware, malspam, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, necurs, potentially unwanted programs, Powershell, PUP, Q1 2017, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, sage, Social engineering, spora, survey scams, tech support scammers, Threat analysis, vault 7, windows malware, WWE dump

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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Tags: adware android malware celebgate cerber Chris Boyd cybercrime cybercrime tactics and techniques dridex eitest exit scam exploit kit fappening Findzip hiddenads.lck hoeflertext intra market fraud jisut Locky mac malware malspam Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs necurs potentially unwanted programs powershell PUP Q1 2017 ransomware RIG exploit kit sage Social Engineering Spora survey scams tech support scammers vault 7 windows malware WWE dump

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A look back at the Zyns iframer campaign

January 31, 2017 admin campaign, eitest, exploit kits, Exploits, iframe, malvertising, malware, ransomware, Threat analysis, Zyns iframer

Behind compromised sites or malvertising, you will often find trails that can take you back years and see how infection chains evolved, or didn’t, over time.

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Tags: campaign eitest exploit kits iframe malvertising malware ransomware Zyns iframer

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