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Emotet revisited: pervasive threat still a danger to businesses

March 14, 2019 admin banking Trojan, Botnet, cybercrime, emotet, EternalBlue, information stealer, malware, Ryuk Ransomware, SMB vulnerabilities, trickbot, Trojan

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Emotet is often mentioned as one of the most annoying, effective, and costly present-day malware infections. We discuss the reasons why and the proper way to remove it.

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2019 State of Malware report: Trojans and cryptominers dominate threat landscape

January 23, 2019 admin 2019 State of Malware report, AI, byos, cryptominers, CTNT report, emotet, information stealers, IoT, labs report, Malwarebytes news, ransomware, state of malware report, trickbot, trojans

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:01:36 +0000

The 2019 State of Malware report is here. Learn what Malwarebytes Labs researchers discovered about the top global threats for businesses and consumers in 2018, and predictions for 2019.

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Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays

January 8, 2019 admin attribution, BitPaymer ransomware, christmas, cybercrime, data resolution, dataresolution.net, emotet, exploit, Hermes, Holiday, Lazarus, malicious office documents, malspam, malware, malwarebytes anti-exploit, malwarebytes anti-ransomware, NORTH KOREA, Onslow water and sewer authority, OWASA, protection, ransom, ransomware, ryuk, stats, Tips, tribune publishing, trickbot

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:49:45 +0000

Over the holiday, a little-known ransomware family called Ryuk caused serious damage to numerous organizations. The attacks leave a lot of questions unanswered. What do we know so far?

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Tags: attribution BitPaymer ransomware Christmas data resolution dataresolution.net emotet exploit Hermes holiday Lazarus malicious office documents malspam malwarebytes anti-exploit malwarebytes anti-ransomware North Korea Onslow water and sewer authority OWASA protection ransom ransomware ryuk stats tips tribune publishing trickbot

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New ‘Under the Radar’ report examines modern threats and future technologies

December 5, 2018 admin apac, Artificial Intelligence, behavioral detection, blocking at delivery, emea, emotet, EternalBlue, Exploits, fileless, fileless malware, future of cybercrime, malicious spam, Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes news, Powershell, report, SamSam, sorebrect, Texas, trickbot, under the radar, web blocking, web protection, worm

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:01:44 +0000

Malwarebytes released a new report called “Under the Radar: The Future of Undetected Malware” that takes a look at current threats using next generation tricks, and how current security technologies stand up to these threats, as well as the threats to come.

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A week in security (November 12 – 18)

November 19, 2018 admin a week in security, air traffic control, business automation, christmas threats, cryptocurrency scams, hijack, recap, secret sister scam, Security world, smart jewelry privacy, smart jewelry security, trickbot, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:08:50 +0000

A roundup of security news from November 12 to 18, including TrickBot, smart jewelry, Secret Sisters scam, and the compromise of air traffic control.

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TrickBot takes over as top business threat

November 14, 2018 admin 101, banking Trojan, banking trojans, Business, emotet, smb vulnerability, trickbot, trojans

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:00:37 +0000

There’s a newer, more sophisticated banking Trojan in town attempting to penetrate business networks and giving Emotet a run for its money. And its name is TrickBot. Learn how this threat is giving organizations a run for their money.

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What’s new in TrickBot? Deobfuscating elements

November 12, 2018 admin BotKey, gandcrab, gandcrab ransomware, IFL plugin, Malwarebytes news, pkcs11.txt, Powershell, profiles.ini, SecurityPreloadState.txt, svchost, svchost.exe, trickbot, trickbot_config_decoder.py, Trojan.TrickBot, XOR layer

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:00:22 +0000

Trojan.TrickBot has been present in the threat landscape from quite a while. We wrote about its first version in October 2016. From the beginning, it was a well organized modular malware, written by developers with mature skills. It is often called a banker, however its modular structure allows to freely add new functionalities without modifying…

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Tags: BotKey gandcrab gandcrab ransomware IFL plugin pkcs11.txt powershell profiles.ini SecurityPreloadState.txt svchost svchost.exe trickbot trickbot_config_decoder.py Trojan.TrickBot XOR layer

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This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots

November 9, 2018 admin Apache Struts, Current News, cybercriminals, Movil Secure, Security, Shellbot, trickbot

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:48:47 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how the adoption of mobile banking services has grown as an opportunity for scammers with fake banking apps. Also, see how Trickbot steals access from several…

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Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign

September 21, 2018 admin campaign, cybercrime, emotet, EternalBlue, malicious documents, malicious spam, malware, threat statistics, trickbot, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 22:55:12 +0000

Over the last few days, we’ve noticed a large increase in malicious spam spreading Emotet, as well as a higher number of detections from our customers. Looks like we’re in the middle of an active Emotet campaign.

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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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