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Emotet Trojan Changes Tactics…Again
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Emotet Trojan Changes Tactics…Again

The group behind the Emotet trojan developing a reputation for deploying the malware as a banking trojan. Not content to be a one trick pony those behind the malware are continually developing the trojan. In the latest iteration of Emotet a module has been included that is capable of stealing a vict

Bushido Botnet Offered as MaaS
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Bushido Botnet Offered as MaaS

Hackers offering Malware-as-a-Service (Maas) is not a new trend by any means. Since the first detections of such schemes, their popularity has not seemed to dwindle of the years. This is in part because they allow those less technically minded, or too lazy to develop their own malware, with an optio

GandCrab Decryption Tool Released
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GandCrab Decryption Tool Released

Last week this publication published an article detailing the show of sympathy from the GandCrab ransomware developers to the people of Syria who had been infected. This show of sympathy took the form of the developers releasing the decryption keys for Syrians infected with GandCrab. On the face of

FireEye links Triton Malware to Russian Research Institute
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FireEye links Triton Malware to Russian Research Institute

Security Researchers at FireEye have tracked the development of Triton to a research institute owned by the Russian government. In a report published on Tuesday 23 October, researchers claim that they have uncovered a strong link between the Triton malware and the Central Scientific Research Institu

Chinese Cyber Espionage Group using Datper Trojan
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Chinese Cyber Espionage Group using Datper Trojan

In a recent article published by Cisco Talos team, researchers have seen a Chinese linked cyber espionage group using the Datper Trojan. The group called Tick, who have also been called Redbaldknight and Bronze Butler in the past, have been launching espionage campaigns targeting those in Japan and

GandCrab Hackers show some Heart
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GandCrab Hackers show some Heart

Syria was at one stage known for being one of the birthplaces of human civilization. Recently the beleaguered nation is more known for the terrible civil war. As of April 2018, more than 465,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting, over a million injured, and over 12 million, that being half

Iceland hit by Biggest Cyber Attack on Record
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Iceland hit by Biggest Cyber Attack on Record

The small island nation, known for its small population and giant-slaying football team, hardly ever makes the headlines in cybersecurity publications. That was until October 12, when cybersecurity news sites began publishing articles detailing how Iceland had just experienced its biggest attack yet

Patch your MikroTik Router, Seriously
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Patch your MikroTik Router, Seriously

Security experts often sound like the worst stuck record ever. “Update your software,” “update your hardware,” “update your operating system,” are said verbatim and on repeat constantly. The reason for all the repetition is that users to do not follow this simple advice. Updates are seen as an incon

The Tiny Chip Saga
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The Tiny Chip Saga

On Thursday, October 4, 2018, Bloomberg published an article which claimed that Chinese spies were able to gain privileged access to just under 30 major US companies. This access was granted through the spies planting tiny microchips inside motherboards used for Supermicro servers that eventually ma

LoJax: First UEFI Malware seen in the Wild
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LoJax: First UEFI Malware seen in the Wild

Most hackers and threat actors are often content to copy the work of others. This means that most of the world’s cyber-attack campaigns are conducted using tried and tested tactics and already existing, if slightly modified, malware variants. When a new and original method of attack becomes apparent