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Protect Before You Detect: FlawedAmmyy and the Case for Isolation
Ratnesh Pandey | | CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-8570, defence-in-depth, FlawedAmmyy, Florida, Lake City, Microsoft, Protect Before You Detect, Protection first, Ransomware, rat, remediation, research, Riviera Beach, threats, trojan
Posted by Ratnesh Pandey, Alex Holland and Toby Gray. In June 2019, Microsoft issued warnings about a phishing campaign delivering a new variant of the FlawedAmmyy remote access Trojan (RAT), and a ...
How To Avoid a RAT Infestation
Social-Engineer | | Advanced persistent threat (APT), Cybersecurity Training, education, intrusion detection, Malware, PHaaS, Phishing, prevention, Protect Yourself, rat, remote-access Trojan, risk management, Security Awareness, Security leadership, Security Training, social engineering, User Education
This is not a discussion on how to prevent or get rid of those large rodents that cause grown adults to scream like little children when they come scurrying across the floor ...
RAT author jailed for 30 months, ordered to hand over $725k worth of Bitcoin
A US court has sentenced a programmer to 30 months in a federal prison in connection with software that claimed to be a legitimate tool for Windows sysadmins to remotely manage computers, ...
Trojans: What’s the real deal?
We take a fresh look at Trojans: the history of the term, the most popular threats over the years, the different types of Trojans, and their relationship with social engineering. Categories: Cybercrime ...
‘LuminosityLink RAT’ Author Pleads Guilty
BrianKrebs | | Blackshades trojan, [email protected], Colton Grubbs, Colton Ray Grubbs, Hackforums, KFC Watermelon, Luminosity Security Solutions LLC, LuminosityLink, NanoCore RAT, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, plasma rat, rat, remote access tool, Taylor Huddleston
A 21-year-old Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to authoring and distributing a popular hacking tool called "LuminosityLink," a malware strain that security experts say was used by thousands of customers to gain ...
A week in security (June 18 – June 24)
Malwarebytes Labs | | android malware, android rat, android spyware, andy android emulator, cybersecurity skills gap, DNS rebinding, Fake Fortnite, insecure web apps, malicious spam, Mylobot, netflix phish, rat, recruitment portal flaws, samsam ransomware, Security world, skills shortage, Week in security
A roundup of security news from June 18 – 24 that includes the SamSam ransomware, DNS rebinding, a World Cup phishing campaign, and lots and lots of Android malware. Categories: Security world ...
‘FakeUpdates’ campaign leverages multiple website platforms
Jérôme Segura | | Chrome, Chtonic, fake updates, FakeUpdates, Firefox, flash, Joomla, malvertising, Malware, rat, social engineering, Threat analysis, wordpress
Browser update? Do not trust, and do verify before downloading potential malware. Categories: Social engineering Threat analysis Tags: chromeChtonicfake updatesFakeUpdatesfirefoxflashJoomlamalvertisingmalwareratSquarespacewordpress (Read more...) The post ‘FakeUpdates’ campaign leverages multiple website platforms appeared first ...