Darkhotel APT attacks dated 2014 and earlier are characterized by the misuse of stolen certificates, the deployment of .hta files with multiple techniques, and the use of unusual methods like the infiltration of hotel Wi-Fi to place backdoors in targets’ systems. In 2015, many of these techniques and activities remain in use. However, in addition […]

Old tricks never die, and bad guys know that. We recently saw a big wave of malicious VBE files targeting Brazilian users, distributed via email messages. Most of the files are downloaders which, after they are executed, try to install a series of badness that goes from traditional banking Trojans to RATs to Boleto malware. […]

Due to the increasing prevalence of cyber-attacks resulting in massive data leaks, it is of utmost importance that we keep our profiles under lock and key so as to avoid becoming another victim. We have already commented on this on more than one occasion – enabling a two-step verification for all services that we use […]

Phishing attacks against business is escalating. You cannot afford to be complacent where computer / network security is concerned. In Q2 of 2015, phishing attacks have increased by 38 percent.   This is the result of sophisticated types of phishing attacks that is ever-growing. These phishing attacks are specifically designed to access corporate information.     […]

Blackhat and Defcon 2015 are being held in Las Vegas this year in the Mandalay Bay and Paris hotels, with 9,000 people in Blackhat attendance and more at Defcon. While attending Blackhat is far more expensive, you are almost assured a spot at the talks you intend on attending. At Defcon, it appears that most […]

Networking firm Ubiquiti Networks Inc. disclosed this week that cyber thieves recently stole $46.7 million using an increasingly common scam in which crooks spoof communications from executives at the victim firm in a bid to initiate unauthorized international wire transfers. Ubiquiti, a San Jose based maker of networking technology for service providers and enterprises, disclosed […]