Tag: andrew brandt
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VB2018 paper: Fake News, Inc.
“Fake news” is a term that was little used just a handful of years ago, yet by 2017 it had become so prominent in our everyday vocabulary that it was awarded the honour of the Collins Dictionary ‘s ” word of the year “. fake news ( ˌfeɪk ˈnjuːz ) noun: false, often sensational, information…
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VB2018 paper: Fake News, Inc.
“Fake news” is a term that was little used just a handful of years ago, yet by 2017 it had become so prominent in our everyday vocabulary that it was awarded the honour of the Collins Dictionary ‘s ” word of the year “. fake news ( ˌfeɪk ˈnjuːz ) noun: false, often sensational, information…
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VB2018 video: Behind the scenes of the SamSam investigation
Yesterday, a federal grand jury in the US unsealed an indictment charging two Iranians with being behind the SamSam ransomware. SamSam has been one of the most successful ransomware campaigns in recent years, thanks to the clever targeting of specific organisations, including universities, hospitals and local governments. This targeting allowed the attackers to ensure the…
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VB2018 video: Behind the scenes of the SamSam investigation
Yesterday, a federal grand jury in the US unsealed an indictment charging two Iranians with being behind the SamSam ransomware. SamSam has been one of the most successful ransomware campaigns in recent years, thanks to the clever targeting of specific organisations, including universities, hospitals and local governments. This targeting allowed the attackers to ensure the…
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Tips on researching tech support scams
At one end of the attack spectrum there are attacks that cleverly exploit features of modern processors. At the other end, there are tech support scams that, through some basic social engineering, aim to convince the victim that their PC is infected (or even that their ‘IP address is spreading viruses’) and then charge a…
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Tips on researching tech support scams
At one end of the attack spectrum there are attacks that cleverly exploit features of modern processors. At the other end, there are tech support scams that, through some basic social engineering, aim to convince the victim that their PC is infected (or even that their ‘IP address is spreading viruses’) and then charge a…
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VB2017 video: Turning Trickbot: decoding an encrypted command-and-control channel
Trickbot, first reported a year ago by Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura as the successor of Dyre/Dyreza, has become perhaps the most important banking trojan of 2017. It is known for its regular updates, with its use of SMB for lateral movement particularly noteworthy. Symantec ‘s Director of Threat Research Andrew Brandt is one of many…
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VB2017 video: Turning Trickbot: decoding an encrypted command-and-control channel
Trickbot, first reported a year ago by Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura as the successor of Dyre/Dyreza, has become perhaps the most important banking trojan of 2017. It is known for its regular updates, with its use of SMB for lateral movement particularly noteworthy. Symantec ‘s Director of Threat Research Andrew Brandt is one of many…