Malware April 13, 2020 Grandoreiro Malware Now Targeting Banks in Spain 6 min read - A familiar malware threat called Grandoreiro, a remote-overlay banking Trojan that typically affects bank customers in Brazil, has spread to attack banks in Spain.
April 13, 2020 Weekly Security News Roundup: Dark_Nexus Vies for Supremacy on Compromised Machines 3 min read - A new IoT botnet called "dark_nexus" drew researchers' attention to its efforts to establish and maintain dominance on a compromised machine. Learn what else happened last week in security news.
April 8, 2020 Mshta Replaces PowerShell in New Ursnif Campaign 2 min read - Security researchers observed that a new attack campaign replaced PowerShell with mshta as a means to distribute Ursnif malware.
April 7, 2020 Emotet Brings Down Entire Corporate Network by Overheating Computers 2 min read - Emotet brought down the entire network of a targeted organization by overheating all of its connected computers.
April 7, 2020 Kinsing Malware Hits Container API Ports With Thousands of Attacks per Day 2 min read - A misconfigured API port led to a months-long campaign in which cybercriminals have been launching daily Kinsing malware attacks that number in the thousands, according to security researchers.
April 6, 2020 Weekly Security News Roundup: MS-SQL Servers Targeted by ‘Vollgar’ Campaign 2 min read - Researchers uncovered an attack campaign that spent the past two years targeting Windows machines running MS-SQL servers. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.
April 6, 2020 AZORult Variant, Other Malware Payloads Delivered by Multi-Pronged Attack Campaign 2 min read - Security researchers spotted a multi-pronged attack campaign that delivered a variant of the AZORult family along with other malicious payloads.
Fraud Protection April 1, 2020 Breaking the Ice: A Deep Dive Into the IcedID Banking Trojan’s New Major Version Release 14 min read - Since 2017, the IcedID Trojan has received consistent updates that enable it to continue targeting banks and other businesses. Find out what changes were included in the latest major release.
March 30, 2020 Weekly Security News Roundup: 24 Children’s Gaming Apps Laden With Tekya Clicker 2 min read - Researchers found a new clicker malware called "Tekya" hidden within 24 children's games on the Google Play store. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.
Malware March 30, 2020 Zeus Sphinx Trojan Awakens Amidst Coronavirus Spam Frenzy 7 min read - The renewed Zeus Sphinx activity that IBM X-Force is seeing features a modified variant targeting online banking users in North America and Australia through the use of maldocs themed around COVID-19.