A malware family Rarog is out in the internet and being excessively used by the cyber criminals to execute cryptocurrency mining operations. Reseachers claim it to be an appealing option for hackers due to its low cost, easy configurations and support for multiple cryptocurrencies. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team, which posted a blog on Wednesday […]
An APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) malware, Slingshot, attacks victims by entering via routers and gaining kernel access to control the device entirely. According the Kaspersky researchers, this malware has unique tactics into entering the network as well as effectively stealing sensitive information by hiding itself in the plain day light. It is created by advanced […]
India is growing, while economy is set to hit the $10trillion mark in a decade or so, clearly it is a great story but with this growth, digitization becomes great responsibility. The onus of making a robust infrastructure which helps in protecting the cyber services and digital information of the company is massive. Nearly 40% […]
Within less than a month, 2 new version of Locky ransomware have been released. YKCOL, locky spelled backwards and ASASIN extension. It came to light in a spam blast to 3 million mail-boxes on 19th September within 3 hours. ASASIN another variant has appeared on 10th October. The ykcol ransomware follows the same convention as […]
ANUBI is another malicious code making rounds, infecting machines. Not much is known about the attack tactics used by the underworld to spread the ransomware as of now. It is more like a ransomware into the wild, maybe its building up the attack and testing waters before it strikes. It was first detected by a […]
Advanced Ransomware Threats are well planned by cyber criminals in order to acquire highest gains. Cyber criminals takes in the most sensitive data in their possession and makes sure that no copy of it is available with the victim to restore systems to normal. In general, following are the 5 stages of ransomware attack 1. Reconnaissance […]
A new mobile malware Xafecopy Trojan has been detected in India, Kaspersky said in a report. It steals money from victim’s mobile phones via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) billing payment method. Victim’s mobile currency is used without his knowledge. Around 40 % audience of this malware has been detected in India. Xafecopy Trojan is disguised […]
Indian government issued a warning about Locky ransomware attack on September 2, 2017. According to the researchers, this ransomware is mainly spreading via massive email spam campaigns circulating with the common subject lines like “please print”, “documents”, “photo”, “Images”, “scans” and “pictures” in an attempt to convince victims into infecting themselves with Locky ransomware. However […]
Cyber-criminals are now targeting Small and medium business enterprises to extort fees. Ransomware, a kind of malware that, usually, limits user to gain access to their file on the machine. Some of the malware, also known as crypto ransomware can lock very important files on the system and ask for ransom (fee) for the decryption […]
Many ransomwares continue to spread because email is ubiquitous and users are not cautious to maintaining cyber security. Such is an example of the latest ransomware – Diablo6, a variant of an older Locky ransomware. A spam mail with subject as E [random date]( random number). docx and an attachment of a Zip with the […]
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