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Why Ransomware Works: Arrival Tactics

  • Posted on:June 27, 2016 at 7:42 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Ransomware, Spam
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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Apart from understanding the ransomware tactics and techniques beyond encryption, it is equally important to understand how they arrive in the environment. Our recent analysis reveals that majority of ransomware families can be stopped at the exposure layer—web and email. In fact, Trend Micro has blocked more than 66 million ransomware-related spam, malicious URLs, and threats from January to May 2016.

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Tags: Angler Exploit KitCERBERcrypto-ransomwareCryptXXXexploit kitsLockyNeutrino exploit kitpetyarig exploit kitTeslacryptTorrentLocker

Why Ransomware Works: Tactics and Routines Beyond Encryption

  • Posted on:June 16, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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How do companies regardless of size and industry prepare for ransomware attacks? A recent study revealed that businesses are considering saving up Bitcoins, just in case they get hit by these threats and can recover their confidential files in a short span of time. While we don’t recommend succumbing to the ransom payment as it doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get your files back plus you’ll be prone to more ransomware attacks, we can’t also blame these large organizations and businesses for doing so.

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Tags: crypto-ransomwareCryptXXXCRYPWALLpetyaPowerWareransomwareSAMSAMTeslacryptZCRYPT

Tax Day Extortion: PowerWare Crypto-ransomware Targets Tax Files

  • Posted on:March 31, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware, Spam
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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As we are certain about some aspects of life, the same can be said about cybercrime. Tax Day draws closer in the U.S., and as millions of Americans are in the process of filing their taxes, cybercriminals are also stepping in to make this task profitable for them and difficult for their victims. We have seen recent incidents of organizations falling for business email compromise (BEC) schemes related to tax filing; now, it looks like online extortionists have joined the fray as well.

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Tags: crypto-ransomwaremacro malwarespam mail

Hacking Team Flash Zero-Day Integrated Into Exploit Kits

  • Posted on:July 7, 2015 at 7:07 pm
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Brooks Li (Threats Analyst)
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Feedback from the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ has allowed us to learn that the Angler Exploit Kit and Nuclear Exploit Pack have been updated to include the recent Hacking Team Flash zero-day. In addition, Kafeine said, Neutrino Exploit Kit also has included this zero-day. The existence of this particular vulnerability was just leaked from Hacking Team; Adobe has…

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Tags: adobe flashAnglerexploit kitHacking TeamNeutrinoNuclearzero day

Fake Judicial Spam Leads to Backdoor with Fake Certificate Authority

  • Posted on:March 30, 2015 at 4:20 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher) and Dark Luo/Kenney Lu (Threats Analysts)
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Recently, we’ve come across an interesting spam campaign aimed at French users. The campaign itself uses a well-crafted lure that is likely to catch the attention of its would-be victims. In addition, the malware used – the GootKit backdoor – contains several unusual technical characteristics. Both of these highlight how this campaign was quite well thought-out…

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Tags: FranceGootkitjudicial spam
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