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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:31 +0000

We take another look at the Neutrino bot, known for its diverse feature set ranging from snooping on victims to performing DDos attacks. This latest version includes a hardened protective layer aimed at defeating sandboxes and hiding the bot from discovery.

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February 21, 2017 admin

Rogue Chrome extension pushes tech support scam

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:22:42 +0000

Google Chrome may be one of the more secure browsers but an increasing number of malicious extensions are being forced onto users. The one we analyze can hide itself and receive commands from a remote server in order to hijack the browser with incessant offers, fraud and even tech support scams.

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Tags: chrome Chrome Extension extension fake chrome extension Google Google Chrome malvertising tech support scam

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January 31, 2017 admin

A look back at the Zyns iframer campaign

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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Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

Kovter becomes almost file-less, creates a new file type, and gets some new certificates

Trojan:Win32/Kovter is a well-known click-fraud malware which is challenging to detect and remove because of its file-less persistence on infected PCs. In this blog, we will share some technical details about the latest changes we have seen in Kovter’s persistence method and some updates on their latest malvertising campaigns. New persistence method Since June 2016,…

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January 18, 2017 admin

Vetting your vendors: money isn’t everything

Vetting vendors doesn’t have to be painful – if you know your risk tolerance posture, and have a mature communication channel with your own security team.

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Tags: cyber threats cybersecurity infosec malvertising phishing scams vendors

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January 18, 2017 admin