
Raccoon emerged as Malware as a Service (MaaS) last April 2019. Despite its simplicity, Raccoon became popular among cybercriminals and was mentioned as a notable emerging malware in underground forums in a malware popularity report.
Read MoreRaccoon emerged as Malware as a Service (MaaS) last April 2019. Despite its simplicity, Raccoon became popular among cybercriminals and was mentioned as a notable emerging malware in underground forums in a malware popularity report.
Read MoreA recently discovered watering hole attack has been targeting iOS users in Hong Kong. The campaign uses links posted on multiple forums that supposedly lead to various news stories. While these links lead users to the actual news sites, they also use a hidden iframe to load and execute malicious code. The malicious code contains exploits that target vulnerabilities present in iOS 12.1 and 12.2. Users that click on these links with at-risk devices will download a new iOS malware variant, which we have called lightSpy.
Read MoreA root privilege escalation and remote execution vulnerability (designated as CVE-2020-8794) has been discovered in the free and open-source Unix Daemon, OpenSMTPD. The flaw originates from an out-of-bounds read, which attackers can take advantage of to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems.
Read MoreWe 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 telemetry, Operation Overtrap has been active since April 2019 and has been solely targeting online banking users located in Japan.
Read MoreFollowing the unexpectedly long list of fixes included in last month’s Patch Tuesday, March brings an even longer one, albeit less eventful. A total of 115 vulnerabilities were fixed, 26 of which were identified as Critical as they could lead to remote code execution (RCE). 88 were classified as Important and included patches for various Windows components such as Microsoft Office, Work Folders, and Network Connections Service. One final vulnerability was classified as Moderate. None of this month’s listed vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild before they were patched this month.
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