Tag: Securelist

DDoS attacks in Q4 2019

Resulta llamativo que en el último trimestre del año la cantidad de ataques y de servidores de comando fuera mucho menor, mientras que el número de ataques muy largos (de más de 400 horas) supera los índices históricos.   Advertise…

KBOT: sometimes they come back

We recently discovered malware that spread through injecting malicious code into Windows executable files; in other words, a virus. It is the first “living” virus in recent years that we have spotted in the wild. We named it KBOT.  …

KBOT: sometimes they come back

We recently discovered malware that spread through injecting malicious code into Windows executable files; in other words, a virus. It is the first “living” virus in recent years that we have spotted in the wild. We named it KBOT.  …

Happy New Fear! Gift-wrapped spam and phishing

Shortly before Christmas and New Year scammers send themed spam, and offer fake sales, promotions, and payouts.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Happy New Fear! Gift-wrapped spam and phishing

Shlayer Trojan attacks one in ten macOS users

For close to two years now, the Shlayer Trojan has been the most common threat on the macOS platform: in 2019, one in ten of our Mac security solutions encountered this malware at least once.   Advertise on IT Security…

Smartphone shopaholic

Cybercriminals use Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Shopper.a to boost certain app’s rating and increase the number of installations and registrations. All this can be used, among other things, to dupe advertisers.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Smartphone shopaholic

Operation AppleJeus Sequel

To attack macOS users, the Lazarus group has developed homemade macOS malware, and added an authentication mechanism to deliver the next stage payload very carefully, as well as loading the next-stage payload without touching the disk.   Advertise on IT…