Ransomware may have experienced a decline in 2018, but it seems to be getting back on track — only this time, attacks are looking to be more targeted. Coming on the heels of news about a ransomware attack against a U.S. beverage company which addressed the company by name in the ransom note, this blog post looks into a BitPaymer ransomware variant (detected by Trend Micro as Ransom.Win32.BITPAYMER.TGACAJ) that hit a U.S. manufacturing company.
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We analyzed a malicious Monero miner using multiple methods for propagation and infection to systems and vulnerable databases. While initially found infecting systems in China beginning of the year, the malware is expanding to other countries with more infiltration techniques like EternalBlue and PowerShell abuse.
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Microsoft’s April security update includes fixes for 74 CVEs, including two vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild. Of the vulnerabilities patched in this update, 13 are rated Critical and 61 are rated Important.
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Following Apple’s March release of patches, Trend Micro reported two of the discovered vulnerabilities. Left unpatched, these macOS flaws can be used by attackers in escalating admin privileges to access restricted information or open systems to attacks.
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While doing a search for phishing pages with unique log-in characteristics, we came upon a phishing attack that involves using a legitimate tool called SingleFile as the obfuscation method to avoid detection.
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