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Recent research on web security and related topics. Provided and maintained by members and friends of the Chair for Network and Data Security, Horst Görtz Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum. Do youRead More →
Fraudsters who hack corporate bank accounts typically launder stolen funds by making deposits from the hacked company into accounts owned by “money mules,” willing or unwitting dupes recruited through work-at-home job scams.Read More →
Yesterday, I stumbled on a post where a Reddit user named Haydaddict was alerting people about some hacked Steam accounts spreading malware. As I am always interested in new malware, I took a lookRead More →
Kaspersky posted a great article about their TeamXrat Ransomware analysis and how they were able to create a decryptor for its victims. Reported back in mid September in our forums, I and other security researchersRead More →
Researchers at the Bellingcat agency have been hit with spear phishing attacks and account takeover attempts while investigating flight MH17 crash. Once again cyber security experts warn of a newRead More →
Once unthinkable, 1 terabit attacks may soon be the new normal. Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours following what was believed to be aRead More →
Unlock92 infections going under the radar. A ransomware variant that appeared in early July this year and was initially cracked and decrypted has quietly resurfaced in mid-August and has beenRead More →
The hosting provider OVH continues to face massive DDoS attacks launched by a botnet composed at least of 150000 IoT devices. Last week, the hosting provider OVH faced 1Tbps DDoS attack,Read More →
We recently observed Hancitor attacks against some of our FireEye Exploit Guard customers. The malicious document used to deliver the Hancitor executable was observed being distributed as an attachment inRead More →
PonyForx is a fork of the more popular Pony infostealer. A crook named Cronbot is currently selling a new malware variant on Russian underground hacking forums that appears to beRead More →