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Machine learning vs. social engineering

July 8, 2018 admin antispam, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, fileless malware, JavaScript, machine learning, macro malware, macros, malware, Next-gen antivirus, non-PE threats, phishing, phishing attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Social engineering, VBScript, windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:00:56 +0000

Machine learning is a key driver in the constant evolution of security technologies at Microsoft. Machine learning allows Microsoft 365 to scale next-gen protection capabilities and enhance cloud-based, real-time blocking of new and unknown threats. Just in the last few months, machine learning has helped us to protect hundreds of thousands of customers against ransomware,

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Microsoft Office macro malware targets Macs

February 10, 2017 admin apple, cybercrime, Mac, macro malware, malware, Microsoft Office

Macro malware have been around for quite some time, but have mostly just been a nuisance to Mac users. Unfortunately, that has now changed.

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Been shopping lately? Fake credit card email can spook you into downloading Cerber ransomware

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, AppLocker Group Policy, Cerber, Device Guard, macro malware, Macro-based malware, malware, malware research, MMPC, ransomware, Social engineering, spam, Windows Defender

As the shopping sprees become increasingly frenetic during holiday season, it’s hard not to worry about how much credit card debt we’re piling. Some of us rely on email notifications from our banks to track the damage to our finances. So what happens when we suddenly get notified about charges for things we never bought?…

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Link (.lnk) to Ransom

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, detect ransomware, macro malware, OneDrive backup, prevent ransomware, ransomware, ransomware detection, ransomware prevention, ransomware recovery, recover from ransomware attack, spam email infection vector, Windows Defender, worm, worm-like ransomware, wormable ransomware

We are alerting Windows users of a new type of ransomware that exhibits worm-like behavior. This ransom leverages removable and network drives to propagate itself and affect more users. We detect this ransomware as Ransom:Win32/ZCryptor.A. Infection vector Ransom:Win32/ZCryptor.A is distributed through the spam email infection vector. It also gets installed in your machine through…

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Where’s the Macro? Malware authors are now using OLE embedding to deliver malicious files

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, CAPTCHA, Cerber, Donvibs, macro malware, Macro-based malware, malicious JS scripts, malicious VB files, Microsoft Office, office, OLE-embedded objects, ransomware, TrojanDownloader:VBS/Donvibs, TrojanDownloader:VBS/Vibrio, Vibrio

Recently, we’ve seen reports of malicious files that misuse the legitimate Office object linking and embedding (OLE) capability to trick users into enabling and downloading malicious content. Previously, we’ve seen macros used in a similar matter, and this use of OLE might indicate a shift in behavior as administrators and enterprises are mitigating against this…