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Targeted ransomware is a common occurrence nowadays. Recently Garmin confirmed to have been the target of a ransomware attack on July 23, 2020, which led to the interruption of many of their online services. According to Bleeping Computer, the ransomware has been confirmed to be WastedLocker. The article goes on
Leading Malware Analysis & Detection Provider Signs Agreement with India’s Fastest Growing Value-Added Distributor Bochum, Germany – Aug 26 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed a strategic distribution partnership with RAH Infotech, one of India’s fastest-growing value-added distributors
If you are of a certain age, you might remember Mad Magazine’s satirical Spy v. Spy comic strip in which two agents – one dressed completely in white and the other in black – would try and outwit and annihilate each other on a weekly basis. Malware authors and the
In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, the VMRay Labs Team will examine MassLogger, a Spyware/Stealer that was first publicly observed in-the-wild at the end of April. During our analysis, we monitored a significant amount of behavioral matches for techniques that MassLogger uses to discover the host machine and to steal sensitive
After a long time of being inactive, the infamous malware delivery framework Emotet is back – the three Emotet botnets started pushing malicious spam on Friday, July 17. In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, we will take a look at one of the Microsoft Word documents used in the campaign (Figure
This blog post was originally posted on Dark Reading. To truly understand cybersecurity trends, we must look beyond the headlines and ask more of the data. What you learn might surprise you. For the past 13 years, Verizon’s “Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) has been the industry’s definitive resource for
Editor’s Note: This blog post was updated on August 10, 2020. Over the last couple of months, we observed a new downloader called GuLoader (also known as CloudEyE) that has been actively distributed in 2020. In contrast to prototypical downloaders, GuLoader is known to use popular cloud services such as
A Primer on Spyware-as-a-Service The rise in spyware-as-a-service allows cyber-criminals to choose a specialty, whether improving spyware, infecting users, or maximizing the profit derived from stolen information. The business model for spyware-as-a-service starts with an individual or team to developing the initial spyware and standing up any necessary infrastructure that
In the world of malware analysis, there is sometimes confusion between the terms “artifacts” and “indicators of compromise (IOCs).” This is understandable because many malware analysis engines don’t distinguish between the two. First, let’s define the terms. When a malware sandbox dynamically analyzes a threat, it collects pieces of forensic
In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, the VMRay Labs looks at the behavior of a phishing site distributed through an SMS message. Based on the content of the SMS message, this does not seem to be part of a targeted attack but rather part of a massive phishing campaign that aims
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