Kaspersky has assisted an INTERPOL-coordinated action, which has led to Brazilian authorities arresting five administrators behind a Grandoreiro banking trojan operation. According to conservative estimates, the banking trojan operators are believed to have defrauded victims …
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58 percent of malware families sold as a service are ransomware
The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team presented a new study that reveals ransomware as the most widespread Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) over the past seven years. The study is based on research conducted on 97 malware families …
Continue readingMalware that steals credentials and credit card details abuses the biggest new games
In the first half of 2022, Kaspersky researchers detected increased activity of cybercriminals abusing gamers. The number of users attacked by malicious software, which gathers sensitive data and spreads under the guise of some of …
Continue readingKaspersky detects increased spread of the Ad-Fraudsters, “SilentFade” malware in Southeast Asia
Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a significant growth of the malware used by SilentFade, the gang responsible for $4 million fraud on Facebook in 2019. Just last January 2021, experts from the global cybersecurity company …
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Popular films gain the attention of cybercriminals, no less than movie fans, with the Oscars in the calendar only upping the stakes. To better understand how cybercriminals try to capitalize on our interest in high-profile …
Continue readingMalware hides behind top music award nominees
Cybercriminals are actively exploiting the names of artists and songs nominated for Grammy 2020 awards, to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies detected a 39% rise in attacks (attempts to download or run malicious files) under …
Continue readingThe sky-rise of droppers: phishing and malware attacks surface amid premiere of famous space-saga
Popular films are often used by cybercriminals as bait to distribute malware, and the latest movie saga from “a galaxy far, far away” is no exception. This year, the latest, and last film of the …
Continue readingHow Can Malware Impact Your Business?
Malware is the use of software to infiltrate computers and online sources. Everyone has heard of hackers and identity thieves who have invaded people’s email accounts, personal accounts and e-commerce websites. Your business suffers losses …
Continue readingRussian-speaking APTs Turla and Sofacy share malware delivery scheme, and overlap some targets in Asia
Kaspersky Lab researchers monitoring the various clusters of the long standing, Russian-speaking threat actor, Turla (also known as Snake or Uroburos) have discovered that the most recent evolution of its KopiLuwak malware is delivered to …
Continue readingAmount of malware targeting smart devices more than doubled in 2017
The total number of malware samples targeting smart devices has reached more than 7,000, with over half of these emerging in 2017, according Kaspersky Lab’s researchers. With over 6 billion smart devices being used across …
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