As digital currencies have grown, so have cryptocurrency scams, posing significant user risks. The rise of AI and deepfake technology has intensified scams exploiting famous personalities and events by creating realistic fake videos. Platforms like X and YouTube have been especially targeted, with...
Researchers from Avast have discovered a flaw in the cryptographic schema of the DoNex ransomware and its predecessors. In cooperation with law enforcement organizations, we have been silently providing the decryptor to DoNex ransomware victims since March 2024. The cryptographic weakness was...
Introduction Code reuse is very frequent in malware, especially for those parts of the sample that are complex to develop or hard to write with an essentially different alternative code. By tracking both source code and object code, we efficiently detect new malware and track the evolution of...
Nearly 90% of Threats Blocked are Social Engineering, Revealing a Huge Surge of Scams, and Discovery of the Lazarus APT Campaign
Avast discovered and analyzed GuptiMiner, a malware campaign hijacking an eScan antivirus update mechanism to distribute backdoors and coinminers.
Key Points Avast discovered a new campaign targeting specific individuals through fabricated job offers. Avast uncovered a full attack chain from infection vector to deploying “FudModule 2.0” rootkit with 0-day Admin -> Kernel exploit. Avast found a previously undocumented Kaolin...
The Lazarus Group is back with an upgraded variant of their FudModule rootkit, this time enabled by a zero-day admin-to-kernel vulnerability for CVE-2024-21338. Read this blog for a detailed analysis of this rootkit variant and learn more about several new techniques, including a handle table entry...
HomuWitch is a ransomware strain that initially emerged in July 2023. Unlike the majority of current ransomware strains, HomuWitch targets end-users - individuals - rather than institutions and companies.
The team at Avast has developed a decryptor for the Rhysida ransomware and released it for public download. The Rhysida ransomware has been active since May 2023. As of Feb 2024, their TOR site lists 78 attacked companies, including IT (Information Technology) sector, healthcare, universities, and...
10 Billion Attacks Blocked in 2023, Qakbot's Resurrection, and Google API Abused