Whitepapers

Interplanetary Storm Botnet Shows Signs of Anonymization-Purpose Proxy-for-Hire Infrastructure

While botnets have been used for anything from performing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to stealing data and even sending spam,…

2 months ago

LemonDuck Crypto-Miner – a KingMiner Successor

Crypto-miners have been around for several years, in all forms and shapes, and distributed via various attack avenues. Increased competition…

2 months ago

How Well Are Enterprises Handling Web Application Security?

Enterprises are continuously battling criminals on many fronts. It’s an all-out war against enemies that are well-hidden and remain unpredictable.…

3 months ago

APT Hackers for Hire Used for Industrial Espionage

Bitdefender recently investigated an APT-style cyberespionage attack targeting an international architectural and video production company, pointing to an advanced threat…

4 months ago

Smart Locks Not So Smart with Wi-Fi Security

The rise of online property rental in an increasingly competitive sharing economy has had a severe impact on the adoption…

4 months ago

Kingminer Botnet Keeps up with the Times

The e-currency boom in late 2017 sparked a new type of “gold rush”, as cyber-criminals started racing to infect home…

5 months ago

StrongPity APT – Revealing Trojanized Tools, Working Hours and Infrastructure

Bitdefender researchers have recently found the APT group StrongPity has been targeting victims in Turkey and Syria. Using watering hole…

5 months ago

BitterAPT Revisited: the Untold Evolution of an Android Espionage Tool

In 2016, a sophisticated malware campaign targeting Pakistani nationals made headlines. Dubbed Bitter, the Advanced Persistent Threat group (also known…

6 months ago

Banking Trojan Metamorfo Hijacks Trusted Apps to Run Malware

Bitdefender researchers Janos Gergo SZELES and Ruben Andrei CONDOR have documented a new Metamorfo campaign that uses legitimate software components…

6 months ago

Iranian Chafer APT Targeted Air Transportation and Government in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Bitdefender researchers have found attacks conducted by the Chafer APT threat group – known to have an apparent Iranian link…

7 months ago