It is a classic move of any developer to reuse code – actually it is a professional move to reuse code that you know works. So it is no surprise that hackers take professional steps to ensure their malware attacks work. Even taking legitimate code from GitHub. Code Reuse In …
A malicious script that only one AV package detected!
SANS Internet Storm is reporting on a simple, non-obfuscated batch file script that evaded detection. A Simple Batch File That Blocks People – SANS Internet Storm Centre
UK’s Defence Academy cyber-attacked
This is a from a Sky News report, who interviewed y someone who was employed at the UK Defence Academy, when the attack is alleged to have happened. There is no attribution for the attack. This article is in The Guardian. Cyber-attack on UK’s Defence Academy caused ‘significant’ damage | …
Welcome to living in Gloucester
In this age of “value for money” councils (and businesses) will opt for the website approach to customer services and avoid having people in the loop (try contacting Apple). This is great when it works, but when the black hats find a way around your “value for money” security expect …
Old malware now new malware
Commercial software has regular updates, of course the bad guys have updates as well. Agent Tesla Updates SMTP Data Exfiltration Technique – SANS Internet Storm Centre
