New Skype spam leads to Trojan download
Today, we’ve been alerted about an ongoing spam campaign against Skype users. The majority of those affected are in India, Japan, and the Philippines. Below is what the message looksRead More →
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Today, we’ve been alerted about an ongoing spam campaign against Skype users. The majority of those affected are in India, Japan, and the Philippines. Below is what the message looksRead More →
Today, we have encountered a new threat that’s a blast from the past. The Petya Trojan (detected by Kaspersky Lab products as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Petr) infects the MBR preventing normal system loading,Read More →
We recently came across a cyber attack that used a remote access Trojan (RAT) called Lost Door, a tool currently offered on social media sites. What also struck us theRead More →
CryptMix is a mashup of CryptXXX and CryptoWall. A new type of ransomware created and distributed by a group of crooks calling themselves the Charity Team is trying to encourage usersRead More →
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch ofRead More →
A SMOKE DETECTOR that sends you a text alert when your house is on fire seems like a good idea. An internet-connected door lock with a PIN that can beRead More →
A new ransomware called Alpha Ransomware was discovered and analyzed this week by Katja Hahn, S!Ri, MalwareHunterTeam, and Michael Gillespie. This ransomware encrypts your data with AES-256 encryption and then demands $400 USDRead More →
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had to shut down systems, phone lines in response to a ransomware-based attack. The Lansing Board of Water & LightRead More →
Our research team has recently seen a large amount of activity in our cloud related to an Android infostealer disguised as a Google Chrome update. This malware is capable ofRead More →
Compromised websites and spear-phishing emails used to infect targets with Daserf Trojan. A longstanding cyberespionage campaign has been targeting mainly Japanese organizations with its own custom-developed malware (Backdoor.Daserf). The group, known to SymantecRead More →