Unveiling the Dominance of Scams Amidst a 24% Surge in Blocked Attacks
Let's have a look at the threats brought by introduction of .zip TLD
Despite risks to their own data and devices, some users continue to be lured into downloading illegal versions of popular paid-for software, disregarding the potentially more severe repercussions than legitimate alternatives. We have analyzed how cybercriminals deploy HotRat, a remote access trojan...
Researchers for Avast have developed a decryptor for the Akira ransomware and released it for public download. The Akira ransomware appeared in March 2023 and since then, the gang claims successful attacks on various organizations in the education, finance and real estate industries, amongst others.
Social Engineering Dominance, Rising Tide of Information-Stealers, and OneNote Abused by Malware Groups
NoName057(16) is still conducting DDoS attacks on the websites of institutions and companies in European countries. The new Go variant of bots implemented an authentication mechanism to communicate with C2 servers and their proxies. Moreover, the mechanism also provides IP address blocklisting...
Zero-day attacks discovered in-the-wild, Arkei Stealer and LimeRAT boosting their presence, and continuation of pro-russian DDoS attacks
Avast discovered an exploit for CVE-2021-38003 was used in the wild to attack Dota 2 players. This exploit achieved remote code execution on other players' machines by taking advantage of Dota's usage of an outdated V8 version. In response to Avast's findings, Valve patched the vulnerability on...
The team at Avast has developed a decryptor for the BianLian ransomware and released it for public download. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, performing targeted attacks in various industries, such as the media and entertainment, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, and raised the...