Latest Intelligence for June 2017
A rise in instances of a particular bitcoin mining malware for Macs, the chaos causing Petya outbreak, and an increase in phishing emails for the third month in a row.Read More
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday – July 2017
This month the vendor has patched 54 vulnerabilities, 19 of which are rated Critical.Read More
View ArticleAttackers are increasingly living off the land
The use of fileless threats and dual-use tools by attackers is becoming more common.Read More
View ArticleLatest Intelligence for July 2017
Email malware rate continues to increase and WannaCry, Petya inspire other threats to add self-spreading components.Read More
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday – August 2017
This month the vendor has patched 48 vulnerabilities, 26 of which are rated Critical.Read More
View ArticleMobile malware factories: Android apps for creating ransomware
Mobile ransomware can now be created automatically without the need to write code.Read More
View ArticleLatest Intelligence for August 2017
August saw increases in the malware and spam rates, and new phishing warnings from the IRSRead More
View ArticleLatest Intelligence for September 2017
September saw Symantec uncover new activity by the Dragonfly group, and the start of several new Locky spam campaigns.Read More
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday – October 2017
This month the vendor has patched 62 vulnerabilities, 27 of which are rated Critical. Read More
View ArticleKRACKs: What you need to know about the new Wi-Fi encryption vulnerabilities
Wi-Fi security under threat from newly discovered WPA2 vulnerabilitiesRead More
View ArticleNecurs attackers now want to see your desktop
The Necurs botnet is back again, this time spreading a downloader that takes screen grabs of victims’ desktops and reports encountered errors back to the attackers.Read More
View ArticleAndroid malware on Google Play adds devices to botnet
Symantec has found eight apps infected with the Sockbot malware on Google Play that can add compromised devices to a botnet and potentially perform DDoS attacks.Read More
View ArticleBadRabbit: New strain of ransomware hits Russia and Ukraine
BadRabbit is self-propagating and has many similarities to the June 2017 Petya / NotPetya outbreak.Read More
View ArticleRamnit worm: Still turning up in unlikely places
Over 90 Ramnit-infected apps removed from Google Play.Read More
View ArticleSowbug: Cyber espionage group targets South American and Southeast Asian...
Group uses custom Felismus malware and has a particular interest in South American foreign policy.Read More
View ArticleLatest Intelligence for October 2017
Symantec research shows users to be twice as likely to encounter threats through email as any other infection vector, and the spam rate declines slightly for the second month in a row.Read More
View ArticleFinancial malware more than twice as prevalent as ransomware
Three Trojans dominated the financial threat landscape in 2016 and attackers increased their focus on corporate finance departmentsRead More
View ArticleCriminals increasingly using malvertising to direct victims to exploit kits
Once popular exploit kit redirection campaigns see a significant decline as redirection through malvertising increasesRead More
View ArticleLatest Intelligence for May 2017
The WannaCry outbreak dominated the news cycle, while the phishing rate reached a high for 2017.Read More
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday – June 2017
This month the vendor has patched 94 vulnerabilities, 18 of which are rated Critical.Read More
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