Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the MedSec/Muddy Waters story, how the Angler EK was traced back to the Lurk Gang, Fairware hitting Linux servers, and the Bashlite IoT malware.
Tag Archives: Kaspersky Lab
Inside the Demise of the Angler Exploit Kit
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today confirmed that the cybercriminals behind the Lurk Trojan were also responsible for the development and distribution of the Angler Exploit Kit
Operation Ghoul Targeting Middle Eastern Industrial, Engineering Organizations
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified an ongoing series of targeted attacks primarily designed to steal sensitive corporate account data from industrial and engineering organizations in the Middle East.
Kaspersky Lab Launches Bug Bounty Program
Kaspersky Lab today at Black Hat USA 2016 announced the launch of a public bug bounty, one of the few offered by a software vendor in the computer security industry.
Attributing Advanced Attacks Remains Challenge For Researchers
Kaspersky Lab researchers participated in a Reddit AMA, touching on topics such as attack attribution, critical infrastructure security, attacker and researcher tradecraft, and the shortage of security talent.
xDedic Hacked Server Market Resurfaces on Tor Domain
The xDedic market has resurfaced, this time on a Tor network domain and with the inclusion of a new enrollment fee.
Threatpost News Wrap, June 24, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Bitcoin phishing campaign, the Kaspersky Lab ransomware report, misconfigured email servers, and a decline in Angler exploit kit traffic.
xDedic Scope May Be Larger Than Originally Thought
New data shared with Kaspersky Lab could enlarge the scope of the xDedic marketplace of hacked servers.
ScarCruft APT Group Used Latest Flash Zero Day in Two Dozen Attacks
The ScarCruft APT gang has made use of a Flash zero day patched Thursday by Adobe to attack more than two dozen high-profile targets in Russia and Asia primarily.
Inside the xDedic Hacked Server Marketplace
The xDedic market provides hackers with an affordable place to buy access to hacked servers in order to quickly mount better attacks.