SophosLabs Uncut – Page 13 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: calladoum| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:00:35 +0000

We investigate the WASM engine, which operates in a “portable and sandboxed” virtual machine inside the browser<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/7OQiHYrYqCQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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August 6, 2018 admin

Understanding WebAssembly, and its hackability (video)

Credit to Author: calladoum| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:00:35 +0000

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July 31, 2018 admin

SamSam guide to coverage

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:20:42 +0000

Links to work we’ve published related to the SamSam ransomware. On the Technical Papers section of our website: SamSam: The (Almost) Six Million Dollar Ransomware (July, 2018) SamSam Ransomware Chooses Its Targets Carefully (April, 2018) On Naked Security: SamSam: The (almost) $6 million ransomware On SophosLabs Uncut: SophosLabs releases SamSam ransomware report<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2c23jM9WZJM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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July 31, 2018 admin

SophosLabs releases SamSam ransomware report

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:15:22 +0000

This culmination of more than six months’ work is a comprehensive look at the ransomware, its peculiar attack method, and its sky high ransom demands<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-s3aB0bFMpk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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July 30, 2018 admin

Finally, A Way To Send Malicious PDFs With URLs In Russian Letters

Credit to Author: Jason Zhang| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:08:01 +0000

Spammers increasingly use PDF’s ability to embed hyperlinks into documents to direct recipients of malicious PDFs to open malicious Web sites. We’ve discovered a spam campaign using internationalized URLs embedded in PDF document attachments.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/m7P5mGmCiUk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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July 26, 2018 admin

Spearphishers tool up for attack targeting builders

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:01:24 +0000

A sophisticated spearphishing attack targets construction contractors in Boulder County, Colorado in the latest iteration of a months-long campaign.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jUtfsWaE0Zc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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July 23, 2018 admin

Red Alert 2.0: Android Trojan targets security-seekers

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 07:00:26 +0000

A malicious, counterfeit version of a VPN client for mobile devices targets security-minded victims with a RAT.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CepPz89IThs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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July 15, 2018 admin

Doozy of a Patch Tuesday As Microsoft, Adobe Clean House

Credit to Author: Jason Zhang| Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 06:01:33 +0000

Microsoft released 53 updates on Tuesday, classifying 18 as critical, while Adobe fixed 107 bugs, nearly half of which are also classified as critical. By Jason Zhang Two software titans threw a patch party on Tuesday, and the whole world was invited. Microsoft released fixes for Windows and 14 other Windows-adjacent software packages, including an update […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/RWYGPOG-T-c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>