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Malware
Google Play Apps Drop Anubis, Use Motion-based Evasion

We found malicious apps on Google Play trying to drop a banking malware payload on unsuspecting users. Motion sensor data was used to evade detection.

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AutoIt-Compiled Worm Sends Fileless BLADABINDI/njRAT

BLADABINDI’s customizability and seeming availability in the underground make it a prevalent threat. Last week, we came across a worm (Worm.Win32.BLADABINDI.AA) that propagates through removable drives and installs a fileless version of BLADABINDI.

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Malware
Fake Banking App Found on Google Play Used in SMiShing

As users start to look for apps and other services from their banks, opportunities for scammers also increase. One recent example of this is the app Movil Secure, part of a SMiShing scheme targeting Spanish-speaking users.

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Exploits & Zero-Days
Virtual Patching: Patch Those Vulnerabilities before They Can Be Exploited

The average organization takes over 30 days to patch operating systems and software, and longer for more complex business applications and systems. This infographic shows how virtual patching solutions can help mitigate threats from vulnerabilities.

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Targeted attacks
LoJax UEFI Rootkit Used in Cyberespionage

Security researchers came across a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit in the wild being used for cyberespionage. Named LoJax, the rootkit is reportedly packaged with other tools that modifies the system’s firmware to infect it with malware.

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Cyber crime
.EGG Files in Spam Delivers GandCrab v4.3 Ransomware to South Korean Users

We discovered spam mails abusing EGG (.egg) files to deliver the GandCrab v4.3 ransomware. Additionally, the operators behind the spam mails appear to be specifically going after South Korean users, as evidenced by the use of Hangul in the spam mails.

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Cloud security
Security by Design: A Checklist for Safeguarding Virtual Machines and Containers

Here are some considerations and best practices that developers, IT operations professionals, and system administrators should take into account in securing the infrastructures that power the applications they use.

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Cyber crime
Curbing the BEC Problem Using AI and Machine Learning

Due to BEC’s evolving and treacherous nature, run-of-the-mill best practices and security solutions have become weak to withstand attacks. Find out how advanced solutions that utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning help in defending against BEC.

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Cloud security
Serverless Applications: What They Mean in DevOps

Analysis of over 1,000 open-source serverless applications revealed that 21% of them have critical vulnerabilities or were misconfigured. What does this mean for DevOps?

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Malware
New AndroRAT Exploits Allow for Permanent Rooting

A new variant of Android Remote Access Tool can inject root exploits to perform malicious tasks such as silent installation, shell command execution, WiFi password collection, and more. It targets CVE-2015-1805, a vulnerability disclosed in 2016.

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