Hackers do not need computer science geniuses to carry out successful cyber-attacks or scams, with many attacks relying on the work and malware developed by previous threat actors. When a seemingly advanced hacker group which uses its own tools begins to attack financial institutions warning flags s
Last week this publication covered how the Cerberus banking trojan was filling a gap in the malware-as-a-service market (MaaS) left by a crackdown on other similar trojans. The threats posed by MaaS schemes was briefly looked at in that article. As if to put a finer point on threat security research
Banking trojans, malware-as-a-service (MaaS), and others are just some of the terms used by security researcher’s to define malware types and cybercrime. This jargon can come to be a headache for some and a nightmare for others when they find out their bank accounts have been cleaned out. With the e
Researchers based at ESET, the well-known Slovakian security firm, have published an article detailing the emergence of a new spambot targeting those residing within the borders of France. A spambot is a malicious program designed to collect email addresses, once a list is created spam email is sent
State-sponsored actors have long known that hiding malware in images, a technique called steganography, is an effective way to distribute and infect users with malware. Steganography can be defined as the technique of hiding secret data within an ordinary, non-secret, file or message to avoid detect
Often in the InfoSec community, a lot of attention is given to new and innovative malware variants and how they infect a user to turn them from daily user to victim. This has led to a view that most hackers and cybercriminals are incredibly tech-savvy and can code lines at a rate of hundreds per min
The business of protecting users, networks, and entire systems from hackers and state-sponsored threat groups has never been a stagnant industry or boring. New threats in the form of malware are expected but how to detect them and ultimately prevent them from causing havoc is not an easy task. Secur
Continuing the trend with government and law enforcement been targeted by ransomware operators, news broke that the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) has been struck by a ransomware infection. According to Fox News 5, the infection began on Friday, July 26. The infection was discovered when
An online group of anonymous cybersecurity researchers called Intrusion Truth has revealed who exactly is behind the advanced persistent threat APT group codenamed APT 17, or often also referred to as Deputy Dog or Axiom. The group has been linked to numerous hacks on private companies and governmen
Good news when it comes to matters concerning cybersecurity is in the vast minority when compared to data breaches, ransomware infections, state-sponsored attacks, and the like. Often vast amounts of money are stolen, defrauded, and extorted from victims and with such a torrent of threats and inform