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Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report

February 16, 2021 admin 2021 state of malware report, Android, assurance wireless, barnes & noble, bitcoinminer, bitcoinminters, covid-19, crytek, dridex, egregor, egregor ransomware, emotet, hacktools, hiddenads, k-mart, kms, Monitor, monitoring app, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, potentially unwanted programs, pups, ransomware, Ransomware as a Service, reports, spyware, stalkerware, State of Malware, state of malware 2021 report, state of malware report, thiefquest, trickbot

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Through the chaos and devastation of 2020, one form of business seems to have thrived—the creation and operation of malicious software.

Categories: Reports

Tags: 2021 State of Malware report Android Assurance Wireless Barnes & NOble BitCoinMiner BitCoinMinters covid-19 Crytek dridex egregor egregor ransomware emotet hacktools HiddenAds K-Mart KMS monitor monitoring app monitoring applications monitoring apps potentially unwanted programs PUPs ransomware Ransomware as a Service spyware stalkerware State of Malware State of Malware 2021 report state of malware report ThiefQuest trickbot

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Microsoft Security

What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

February 1, 2021 admin attacker email infrastructure, cybersecurity, dridex, emotet, makop, microsoft defender for office 365, Microsoft security intelligence, necurs, phishing, trickbot

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:00:06 +0000

Sweeping research into massive attacker infrastructures, as well as our real-time monitoring of malware campaigns and attacker activity, directly inform Microsoft security solutions, allowing us to build or improve protections that block malware campaigns and other email threats, both current and future, as well as provide enterprises with the tools for investigating and responding to email campaigns in real-time.

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (January 25 – January 31)

February 1, 2021 admin a week in security, babku ransomware, babuk, catfishing, coronavirus scams, coronavirus vaccination scam, data privacy day, DuckDuckGo, eff, emotet, federated learning of cohorts, floc, GDPR, Grindr, instagram scam, lock and code, lock and code podcast, Mozilla, netwalker, nhs scam, office 365 phish, phishing, ransomware, SCAM, steam, steam scam, trickbot

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:15:34 +0000

A privacy week special on Malwarebytes Labs with a special episode of our Lock & Code podcast, FLoC, Grindr, Emotet, and more.

Categories: A week in security

Tags: Babku ransomware Babuk catfishing coronavirus scams coronavirus vaccination scam data privacy day DuckDuckGo EFF emotet Federated Learning of Cohorts floc gdpr grindr Instagram scam lock and code lock and code podcast mozilla NetWalker NHS scam Office 365 phish phishing ransomware scam steam steam scam trickbot

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Independent Krebs

International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware

January 27, 2021 admin emotet, Europol, Ne'er-Do-Well News, operation ladybird, ransomware, ryuk, trickbot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:20:16 +0000

Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said they’d seized control over Emotet, a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million Microsoft Windows systems currently compromised with malware tied to Emotet infections.

MalwareBytes Security

The story of ZeroLogon

January 19, 2021 admin cve-2020-1472, elevation of privilege, Exploits and vulnerabilities, lateral movement, netlogon, patch, ryuk, secure rpc, trickbot, Vulnerability, zerologon

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:37:09 +0000

ZeroLogon is a treasure for cybercriminals, an ongoing struggle for Microsoft, and a headache for everyone caught in the middle.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: cve-2020-1472 elevation of privilege lateral movement netlogon patch ryuk secure rpc trickbot vulnerability zerologon

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MalwareBytes Security

The most enticing cyberattacks of 2020

December 30, 2020 admin Agent Tesla, coronavirus, credit card skimmer, credit card skimming, emotet, extortion, extortion-based ransomware, Fallout, Fallout EK, kraken, malspam, maze, ransomware, ransomware attack, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, Security world, trickbot, tupperware, who, World Health Organization

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:00:55 +0000

These are the most enticing—or the most impossible-to-ignore—cyberattack lures and cyberattack capabilities of 2020. They can’t be gone soon enough.

Categories: Security world

Tags: Agent Tesla coronavirus credit card skimmer credit card skimming emotet extortion extortion-based ransomware Fallout Fallout EK kraken malspam Maze ransomware ransomware attack ryuk Ryuk ransomware trickbot tupperware WHO World Health Organization

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MalwareBytes Security

Emotet returns just in time for Christmas

December 22, 2020 admin christmas, come back, cybercrime, emotet, malware, ransomware, Return, ryuk, trickbot

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:02:02 +0000

Guess who’s back right for the holidays? Emotet of course.

Categories: Cybercrime Malware

Tags: Christmas come back emotet ransomware return ryuk trickbot

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MalwareBytes Security

Hospital ransomware: Gangs are back to target healthcare

November 3, 2020 admin bazarbackdoor, bazarloader, brian honan, cisa, conti, FBI, healthcare, HHS, ransomware, ransomware response checklist, ryuk, trickbot, uhs, uniklinikum, universal health services

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:50:03 +0000

With some countries and states heading back in to lockdown due to rising rates of COVID-19 infections, it seems horrible timing that hospital ransomware is back in the news.

Categories:

Ransomware

Tags: BazarBackdoor BazarLoader Brian Honan cisa conti fbi healthcare HHS ransomware Ransomware Response Checklist ryuk trickbot UHS Uniklinikum Universal Health Services

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