Tag: Cybercrime
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a common attack method used by hacker groups and individuals to severely hamper or shut down an organization’s online services, causing both monetary and reputation losses. While DDoS attacks have been common since the late 2000s, attack sizes have increased significantly in the past few years. Our new normal…
Read MoreThe Dridex authors frequently release updates such as new functions obfuscation and new configuration encoding to continue evading detection and mitigation techniques of security vendors. They have shifted the focus of their malware from targeting European financial institutions to new banking institutions in the United States. Evidently, the developers of the malware display great proficiency…
Read MoreIn the event that you have a WAF in place and are hacked (likely, in the scenario where you have implemented the solution in monitoring/listen-only mode), the collection of the post data will be your primary evidence source that indicates how your application was exploited. This information is critical in your investigation and remediation…
Read MoreAuthor update: July 2016 — My lifelong fascination with cryptography inspired this story, which I had the pleasure of writing two years ago. That’s a long time in “Internet” years, yet the story is still as relevant today as it was then. The data I’ve continued to collect since 2014 indicates a strong preference for…
Read MoreRisk is a calculated measurement involving a number of factors including likelihood of occurrence and the impact if exploited. We all know that we could be hit by a bus and suffer dire consequences while crossing the road today, but the likelihood of that occurring is so low that most of us consider it a…
Read MoreIn May 2016, we detected a generic form grabber and IBAN (International Bank Account Number) swap script injection targeting financial institutions across the world. IBAN swapping is a technique fraudsters use to first obtain access to an account, then exchange a legitimate account number with the attacker’s destination mule account number before a funds transfer…
Read MoreThe encapsulated IP packet header uses the same parameters as the encapsulating IP header. The Transport Layer protocol for the encapsulated IP packet is UDP. Most public routers will pass along the GRE packet because it’s a widely used protocol for generating VPN connections. We speculate that GRE might be the protocol of choice due to…
Read MoreThe latest evolution of cyber weaponry is brought to you by the default passwords in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. That includes just about every conceivable modern electronic device—from home thermostats, lighting systems, refrigerators, cars, and water meters, to personal fitness devices, toasters, bicycle helmets, toys, and even shoes and clothing. Today, the number…
Read MoreAccording to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), it takes an average of 312 days for security pros to discover software vulnerabilities such as viruses, malware, and other attacks. In hacker time, that’s a virtual eternity in which bad actors can wreak havoc within infected systems and steal information, all without being noticed. DARPA…
Read MoreRecently there have been several reports of a financial malware named TrickBot; this malware's code looks similar to Dyre. Source link lol
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