Sales and marketing. ROI. Quarterly performance statements. Reports to investors. And, salaries, bonuses, expense accounts, and petty cash for employee birthday parties. It’s all part of the day-to-day running of a business — any business, including those in the hacking industry. And a big industry it is: Hacking “companies” can be worth many millions, and a good hacker can…
Over the last few weeks, we collaborated with ClearSky and uncovered several indicators that were researched and found to be related to a new hacking campaign targeting large Vietnamese organisations. This campaign was found to be connected to the same party which previously targeted Vietnam Airlines and some other high profile targets possibly led by the Chinese 1937CN group. In this post we…
Over the last few weeks, we collaborated with ClearSky and uncovered several indicators that were researched and found to be related to a new hacking campaign targeting large Vietnamese organisations. This campaign was found to be connected to the same party which previously targeted Vietnam Airlines and some other high profile targets possibly led by the Chinese 1937CN group. In this post we…
Attack details A new strain of ransomware has been discovered in-the-wild – and it features some unique tricks to keep itself below antivirus and security solutions.The infection chain most likely begins with an email containing a Windows Script File (WSF) attachment. We say “most likely” because no such email has surfaced yet – but as…
Led by support for protection against AutoCAD malware, the new release drives forward Votiro’s vision of delivering products best suited to the needs of its customers in specific geographic markets across range of industries. Read more here.
Malicious actors are always on the hunt for new vulnerabilities to exploit in order to infect machines worldwide. While hunting for vulnerabilities is not an easy task, there are other infection vectors that cyber criminals can use to achieve a successful attack. One might suggest that the best infection vector lies within a software feature…
A massive ransomware attack has hit businesses around the world, causing major companies to shut down their computer systems. Researchers are still investigating the software behind the attack, warning that it’s more sophisticated than the WannaCry worm that struck hundreds of thousands of computers across the globe last month. “WannaCry was a tremendous failure. It was a lot…
On Tuesday, a number of Ukrainian banks and financial firms, including the state power distributor, were hit by a cyber attack disrupting operations, according to the Ukrainian National bank who said an “unknown virus” was to blame. We will share some of our findings, explaining why Votiro’s customers are protected from that attack. Today, the…
The Necurs botnet, mentioned in our blog last month, has been used as a way to spread the JAFF ransomware and, has since been spotted once again. This time it’s spreading the TrickBot banking Trojan. The infection chain is still the same as it was with the JAFF campaign, by using an email with a…