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Germans Interested in the Situation in Ukraine Are Attacked by the PowerShell RAT Malware

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMay 18, 2022

An unknown hacker attacked German users who are interested in information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, infecting them with PowerShell RAT malware (more precisely, a remote access trojan) and stealing their data. Let me remind you that we wrote that Hacker groups

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20 Dangerous Types of Cybersecurity Threats 2022

ByStephanie AdlamApril 27, 2022

The cybersecurity threats in 2022 are more considerable than ever. Due to the emergence of efficient ransomware, coin miners, spyware, and so on, hacking has become a consistently profitable business. Knowing about cybersecurity threats is crucial because it livens up the

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Malware vs. Virus. Difference explained

ByStephanie AdlamDecember 22, 2021

The topic of this small post is malware vs. virus conceptual clarification. We remember times when people used to call any harmful program a “virus”. Today this “malware” term popped out! How do these words correlate? People seem to use them freely

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Microsoft patches Windows AppX Installer vulnerability that spreads Emotet malware

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 15, 2021

The latest of this year, December’s patch Tuesday brought fixes for six 0-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, including a bug in the Windows AppX Installer that uses Emotet malware to spread. Microsoft patched 67 vulnerabilities in its products this month, seven

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Coin Miner – What is it?

ByPolina LisovskayaJanuary 27, 2021

Throughout the timeline of trojan virus evolution, it obtained a lot of different forms. Nowadays, they become global malware that can exploit your computer as it wants. In this article, I will tell you about the particular type of trojan virus – Trojan Coin Miners,

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In August, the updated Qbot Trojan first entered the top of the most widespread malware

ByVladimir KrasnogolovySeptember 15, 2020

Check Point has released its monthly Global Threat Index for August 2020. According to the researchers, the updated Qbot Trojan (aka QuakBot, Qakbot and Pinkslipbot) first entered the TOP of the most widespread malware in the world, where it took tenth place. Experts

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BlackRock Trojan steals passwords and card data from 337 applications on Android OS

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJuly 17, 2020

Researchers from ThreatFabric have published a report on the study of a new Trojan on Android OS, called BlackRock. This malware is aimed stealing data from various applications, including dating applications, instant messengers, bank products, social networks and so on. In

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 12, 2020

Researchers from California-based IS company Anomali have discovered 12 fake COVID-19 patient contact tracking apps posing as official programs. Attackers are actively exploiting the panic around the coronavirus pandemic to trick users into revealing their credentials. “Fake

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 14, 2020

Xhelper malware continues to infect Android devices. Moreover, the Xhelper Trojan remains on the device even after deleting or completely resetting device to factory settings. According to Nathan Collier, Senior Malware Intelligence Analyst, Xhelper’s behavior is ushering in

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Trojan Emotet is trying to spread through available Wi-Fi networks

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 10, 2020

Binary Defense analysts noticed that the new version of the Emotet Trojan behaves like a Wi-Fi worm, as it tries to spread and infect new victims through Wi-Fi networks available nearby. Researchers say that to detect the nearest Wi-Fi networks, the malware uses wlanAPI.dll