Several apps on Google Play posing as legitimate voice messenger platforms have automated functions such as fake survey pop-ups and fraudulent ad clicks. Observed variants were deployed one by one since October, with its evolution including evasive techniques and its infection behavior divided into several stages, as well as botnet codes possibly indicative of future attacks.
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Cybercriminals make use of old file types in brand-new ways in spam attachments, proving that they are regularly experimenting to evade spam filters.
Read More We recently found a malware that abuses two legitimate Windows files — the command line utility wmic.exe and certutil.exe, a program that manages certificates for Windows — to download its payload onto the victim’s device. What’s notable about these files is that they are also used to download other files as part of its normal set of features, making them susceptible to abuse for malicious purposes.
Read More A spam campaign we observed in September indicates attackers are angling towards a more sophisticated form of phishing. The campaign uses hijacked email accounts to deliver URSNIF as part of or as a response to an existing email thread.
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With the increasing popularity and real-world use of cryptocurrencies and the fact that cybercriminals will always try to exploit something that can make money for them, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that malware targeting Bitcoin ATMs have started appearing in underground markets.
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