ESET Research has published a summary of what happened with the Emotet botnet since its comeback after a limited takedown. Emotet is a malware family active since 2014, operated by a cybercrime group known as Mealybug or TA542. Although it started as a banking trojan, it later evolved into aRead More…
The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team presented a new study that reveals ransomware as the most widespread Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) over the past seven years. The study is based on research conducted on 97 malware families been distributed on the dark web and other resources. Additionally, the researchers found that cybercriminalsRead More…
In the first quarter of 2023 Kaspersky Plus, Kaspersky Small Office Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business were tested along with other 15 vendors by the SE Labs test for anti-malware protection of users’ devices. All these Kaspersky products received the highest scores, confirming 100 percent anti-malware effectiveness, andRead More…
ESET researchers have revealed details about a prevalent cryptor malware, AceCryptor, which operates as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families. This threat has been around since 2016, and has been distributed worldwide, with multiple threat actors actively using it to spread packed malware in their campaigns. During 2021Read More…
AmiViz, the Middle East region’s first enterprise B2B marketplace, today announced that the company has joined hands with PolySwarm, a first-of-its-kind marketplace for malware intelligence. PolySwarm has been onboarded to the AmiViz B2B PlatformRead More…
Kaspersky uncovered three new variants of Prilex malware, made by a group of cybercriminals, that was named after the most advanced Point-of-Sales (PoS) malware back in 2022. The discovered Prilex modifications can now block contactless near-field communication (NFC) transactions on infected PoS-terminals, forcing customers to use their physical credit cards,Read More…
In January 2023 Kaspersky researchers reported on a new domain name system (DNS) changer functionality used in the Roaming Mantis campaign. Now cybercriminals can use compromised Wi-Fi routers in cafes, airports hotels and other public places to potentially infect more Android smartphones with the Wroba.o malware. At the moment, theRead More…
Netskope has unveiled new research showing that over 400 distinct cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, nearly triple the amount seen in the prior year. Netskope researchers also found that 30% of all cloud malware downloads in 2022 originated from Microsoft OneDrive. In the Middle East, the report shows aRead More…
ESET researchers discovered a new wiper and its execution tool, both attributed to the Iran-aligned Agrius APT group. The malware operators conducted a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy their new wiper, Fantasy, and a new lateral movement and Fantasy execution tool, Sandals.Read More…
Email security researchers from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre have found attackers to be leveraging FIFA and football-based campaigns to target organisations in Arab countries and consequently, the volume of malicious emails in Arab Countries was observed to have increased by 100 per cent in the month of October.Read More…
ESET researchers recently identified a new version of the Android malware FurBall being used in a Domestic Kitten campaign conducted by the APT-C-50 group. The Domestic Kitten campaign is known to conduct mobile surveillance operations against Iranian citizens, and this new FurBall versionRead More…
ESET researchers Robert Lipovský and Anton Cherepanov recently presented breakthrough research into Industroyer2 during a Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, along with Victor Zhora, the Deputy Director of Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP).Read More…
