Distribution of malicious JAR appended to MSI files signed by third parties
Microsoft Windows keeps the Authenticode signature valid after appending any content to the end of Windows Installer (.MSI) files signed by any software developer. This behaviour can be exploited by attackers to bypass some security solutions that rely on Microsoft Windows code signing to decide if files are trusted. The scenario is especially dangerous when […] more…Scaling up a tech startup in Europe is hard — ‘EU Inc.’ aims to help
Europe produces a large number of new tech startups each year – 28 crossed the $1 billion valuation mark in 2025 alone – yet few become global technology leaders. Many that do succeed look elsewhere to scale, particularly in the US. Founders point to multiple barriers to growing their business in the European Union (EU), […] more…Inside of the WASP’s nest: deep dive into PyPI-hosted malware
Photo by Matheus Queiroz on Unsplash In late 2022 we decided to start monitoring PyPI, arguably the most important Python repository, as there were a number of reports on it hosting malware. PyPI took exceptional relevance amongst all repositories as, historically, it was trusted by default by many software developers. Any security breach or abuse […] more…APT43: An investigation into the North Korean group’s cybercrime operations
Introduction As recently reported by our Mandiant’s colleagues, APT43 is a threat actor believed to be associated with North Korea. APT43’s main targets include governmental institutions, research groups, think tanks, business services, and the manufacturing sector, with most victims located in the United States and South Korea. The group uses a variety of techniques and […] more…IT threat evolution Q3 2021
IT threat evolution Q3 2021 IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. PC statistics IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. Mobile statistics Targeted attacks WildPressure targets macOS Last March, we reported a WildPressure campaign targeting industrial-related entities in the Middle East. While tracking this threat actor in spring 2021, we discovered a newer version. It contains […] more…IT threat evolution Q3 2020. Non-mobile statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,416,295,227 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. 456,573,467 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Attempts to run malware […] more…The Tetrade: Brazilian banking malware goes global
Introduction Brazil is a well-known country with plenty of banking trojans developed by local crooks. The Brazilian criminal underground is home to some of the world’s busiest and most creative perpetrators of cybercrime. Like their counterparts’ in China and Russia, their cyberattacks have a strong local flavor, and for a long time, they limited their […] more…Operation Overtrap Targets Japanese Online Banking Users Via Bottle Exploit Kit and Brand-New Cinobi Banking Trojan
By Jaromir Horejsi and Joseph C. Chen (Threat Researchers) We recently discovered a new campaign that we dubbed “Operation Overtrap” for the numerous ways it can infect or trap victims with its payload. The campaign mainly targets online users of various Japanese banks by stealing their banking credentials using a three-pronged attack. Based on our […] more…Glupteba Campaign Hits Network Routers and Updates C&C Servers with Data from Bitcoin Transactions
by Jaromir Horejsi and Joseph C. Chen We recently caught a malvertising attack distributing the malware Glupteba. This is an older malware that was previously connected to a campaign named Operation Windigo and distributed through exploit kits to Windows users. In 2018, a security company reported that the Glupteba botnet may have been independent from […] more…Demystifying Blockchain: Sifting Through Benefits, Examples and Choices
You have likely heard that blockchain will disrupt everything from banking to retail to identity management and more. You may have seen commercials for IBM touting the supply chain tracking benefits of blockchain.[i] It appears nearly every industry is investing in, adopting, or implementing blockchain. Someone has probably told you that blockchain can completely transform […] more…SLUB Gets Rid of GitHub, Intensifies Slack Use
by Cedric Pernet, Elliot Cao, Jaromir Horejsi, Joseph C. Chen, William Gamazo Sanchez Four months ago, we exposed an attack that leveraged a previously unknown malware that Trend Micro named SLUB. The past iteration of SLUB spread from a unique watering hole website exploiting CVE-2018-8174, a VBScript engine vulnerability. It used GitHub and Slack as […] more…Criminals, ATMs and a cup of coffee
In spring 2019, we discovered a new ATM malware sample written in Java that was uploaded to a multiscanner service from Mexico and later from Colombia. After a brief analysis, it became clear that the malware, which we call ATMJaDi, can cash out ATMs. However, it doesn’t use the standard XFS, JXFS or CSC libraries. […] more…VirusTotal MultiSandbox += Yoroi: Yomi sandbox
We are excited to welcome Yomi: The Malware Hunter from Yoroi to the mutisandbox project. This brings VirusTotal upl to seven integrated sandboxes, in addition to VT’s own sandboxes for Windows, MacOS, and Android. In their own words: Yomi engine implements a multi-analysis approach able to exploit both static analysis and behavioral analysis, providing ad […] more…SettingContent-ms can be Abused to Drop Complex DeepLink and Icon-based Payload
by Michael Villanueva Microsoft’s SettingContent-ms has become a recent topic of interest. In July, we saw one spam campaign use malicious SettingContent-ms files embedded in a PDF to drop the remote access Trojan FlawedAmmyy, a RAT also used by the Necurs botnet. That campaign was mostly targeting banks in different countries across Asia and Europe. SettingContent-ms […] more…Roaming Mantis part III: iOS crypto-mining and spreading via malicious content delivery system
In Q2 2018, Kaspersky Lab published two blogposts about Roaming Mantis sharing details of this new cybercriminal campaign. In the beginning, the criminals used DNS hijacking in vulnerable routers to spread malicious Android applications of Roaming Mantis (aka MoqHao and XLoader), spoofing legitimate applications such as Facebook and Chrome. During our research, it became clear […] more…Confucius Update: New Tools and Techniques, Further Connections with Patchwork
by Daniel Lunghi and Jaromir Horejsi Back in February, we noted the similarities between the Patchwork and Confucius groups and found that, in addition to the similarities in their malware code, both groups primarily went after targets in South Asia. During the months that followed in which we tracked Confucius’ activities, we found that they […] more…More information
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