Spam and phishing in 2017
Figures of the year
The share of spam in mail traffic came to 56.63%, down 1.68% against 2016.
The biggest source of spam remains the US...
A vulnerable driver: lesson almost learned
Recently, we started receiving suspicious events from our internal sandbox Exploit Checker plugin. Our heuristics for supervisor mode code execution in the user address...
Gas is too expensive? Let’s make it cheap!
A few months ago, while undertaking unrelated research into online connected devices, we uncovered something surprising and realized almost immediately that we could be...
Every little bitcoin helps
It often happens that inventions and technologies that start out good end up turning into dangerous tools in the hands of criminals. Blockchain is...
Cybercriminals target early IRS 2018 refunds now
On Monday, Jan 29th, IRS officially opened its 2018 season. Some taxpayers already filed their taxes and cybercriminals know it too. So, right after...
Denis and Co.
In April 2017, we published a detailed review of a malicious program that used DNS tunneling to communicate to its C&C. That study prompted...
Skygofree: Following in the footsteps of HackingTeam
At the beginning of October 2017, we discovered new Android spyware with several features previously unseen in the wild. In the course of further...
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Metasploit Wrap Up 05/29/2026
More Linux LPEsHark the age of the Linux LPE has arrived. This week’s release follows up on recent work bringing new Linux LPEs to...
Dexcom Warns Stolen G7 Glucose Sensors May Pose Infection, Reading Risks
Dexcom says stolen G7 sensors from two scrapped lots were sold through unauthorized channels, creating infection and reading-failure risks.
The post Dexcom Warns Stolen G7...
DNS-AID will make AI agents easier to discover, says Linux Foundation
As AI agents become more numerous and more communicative, keeping track of where to find them is becoming increasingly important....
Ransomware Uses SYSTEM Scheduled Task to Encrypt Local Drives With Elevated Privileges
A newly analyzed ransomware strain called The Gentlemen is raising serious alarms across the cybersecurity community. Built in the Go programming language and...
