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Latest Intelligence for December 2016

The number of web attacks blocked per day were up by almost 100,000, and Symantec helps law enforcement crack down on cybercrime.Read More

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Airport boarding gate display leaks booking codes, puts passenger data at risk

Attackers could gain full control over passenger bookings, cancel flights, and steal sensitive information with leaked booking codes.Read More

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – January 2017

This month the vendor has released four bulletins, one of which is rated Critical.Read More

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Greenbug cyberespionage group targeting Middle East, possible links to Shamoon

Greenbug may answer the question of how Shamoon obtains the stolen credentials needed to carry out its disk-wiping attacks.Read More

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Tech support scams increasing in complexity

Tech support scammers have begun using code obfuscation to avoid detection.Read More

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Flash Player zero-day being exploited in targeted attacks

Adobe patches vulnerability (CVE-2016-7855) which was being used in a limited number of targeted attacks.Read More

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Android ransomware gets around auto-start restrictions by pretending to be a...

The latest Android.Lockscreen variants declare their activity as part of the launcher category to get around Android's security restrictions.Read More

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Mirai: what you need to know about the botnet behind recent major DDoS attacks

Botnet has grown by exploiting weak security on a range of IoT devices.Read More

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – November 2016

This month the vendor is releasing 14 bulletins, six of which are rated Critical.Read More

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New BEC scams seek to build trust first, request wire transfer later

Business email compromise scammers have gradually changed their tactics to improve their scam success rate.Read More

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Latest Intelligence for October 2016

Number of new malware variants rises to over 96 million and global spam hits highest rate in nearly a year.Read More

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Android banking malware whitelists itself to stay connected with attackers

New Android.Fakebank.B variants use social engineering to bypass a battery-saving process and stay active in the background.Read More

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Gatak: Healthcare organizations in the crosshairs

Mysterious threat group infects organizations using malicious key generators for pirated software.Read More

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Mirai: New wave of IoT botnet attacks hits Germany

New variant of malware used in attacks that knocked 900,000 home internet users offline.Read More

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Shamoon: Back from the dead and destructive as ever

Malware hit targets in Saudi Arabia and was configured to wipe disks on November 17.Read More

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Avalanche malware network hit with law enforcement takedown

Symantec plays part in takedown of the Avalanche malware-hosting network.Read More

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PowerShell threats surge: 95.4 percent of analyzed scripts were malicious

Symantec analyzed 111 threat families that use PowerShell, finding that they leverage the framework to download payloads and traverse through networks.Read More

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2016

This month the vendor is releasing 12 bulletins, six of which are rated Critical.Read More

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Latest Intelligence for November 2016

Email malware nearly doubles to one in 85 emails and spam rate rises for third month in a row.Read More

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Bayrob: Three suspects extradited to face charges in US

Symantec’s assistance paves way for long-running FBI investigation into gang that stole up to $35 million from victims.Read More

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