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Comments: 2 Android applications on Google Playstore found to contain malware
Comments by: Boris Cipot, Senior Security Engineer, Synopsys Software Integrity Group Even though there are safeguards in place on the Google PlayStore to protect Android users against potentially unwanted or malicious apps, you should not place all of your trust in these measures. Google has some ways of checking that applications are not immediately dangerous…
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Comments: Password-stealing Windows malware distributed via ads for cracked software
Comments by: Boris Cipot, Senior Security Engineer, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group Misleading a computer user to install malicious software has always been a significant issue in malware distribution. This is mainly due to people using anti-malware software, especially if it has predictive technology to identify malicious actions on the fly. In the case of…
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Comments: Millions of Apple users warned of malware strain stealing the information of MacOS users
Comments by: Ashutosh Rana, Senior Security Consultant, Synopsys Software Integrity Group Hearing about new malware variants for popular operating systems like Mac or Windows, as well as malware-as-a-service should not be surprising to anyone. This variant (and most other malware) depends on social engineering techniques to infect the host machine. Despite a lot of technical…
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Comments: New Android Malware Disguised as “Netflix” App Spread through WhatsApp Messages
Comments by: Aviran Hazum, Manager of Mobile Intelligence at Check Point Software Technologies The malware’s technique is fairly new and innovative. The technique here is to hijack the connection to WhatsApp by capturing notifications, along with the ability to take predefined actions, like ‘dismiss’ or ‘reply’ via the Notification Manager. The fact that the malware…
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A changing landscape: 2020 sees a global shift in financial malware threats
According to a new Kaspersky report, the financial threat landscape experienced a game-changing pandemic year. In the report, titled Financial Cyberthreats in 2020, it was found that while the overall volume of threats via PCs or mobiles decreased during this period, Kaspersky experts noticed cybercriminals using new and advanced propagation techniques. The geography of attacks has…
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Ghimob: new banking malware from Tétrade threat actor targets mobile users worldwide
When monitoring a Windows campaign from Guildma banking malware, Kaspersky researchers found URLs distributing not only a malicious .ZIP file for Windows, but also a malicious file that appeared to be a downloader to install Ghimob – a new banking Trojan. Upon infiltrating Accessibility Mode, Ghimob can gain persistence and disable manual uninstallation, capture data, manipulate screen content…
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August 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Evolved Qbot Trojan Ranks On Top Malware List For First Time
SINGAPORE – September 10th, 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for August 2020. Researchers found that the Qbot trojan, also known as Qakbot and Pinkslipbot, has entered the top ten malware index for…
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May 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Ursnif Banking Trojan Ranks On Top 10 Malware List for First Time, Over Doubling Its Impact On Organisations
SINGAPORE – June 16, 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2020. Researchers found several malicious spam campaigns distributing the Ursnif banking trojan, which caused it to jump up 19 places to…
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February 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Increase in Exploits Spreading the Mirai Botnet to IoT Devices
SINGAPORE – MARCH 12TH, 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for February 2020. February saw a large increase in exploits targeting a vulnerability to spread the Mirai botnet, which is notorious for infecting…
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Kaspersky blocks over 1 million Android attacks in Southeast Asia between January and September 2019
A recent Android mobile malware report by Kaspersky showed that Southeast Asia remains a target for cybercriminal attack campaigns. Of the more than 1 million attacks that Southeast Asia has seen, Kaspersky has blocked a total of 26,836 mobile malware attacks on Android users in Singapore for the period of January to September this year.…