Tag: vb2018
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‘North Korea’ a hot subject among VB2018 talks
A few years ago, I somehow got involved in the discussion of a run-of-the-mill malicious spam campaign and ended up speaking to a journalist from the Daily Telegraph . “Is it true that North Korea may be behind this campaign?”, the journalist asked me – I had a hard time trying to keep a straight…
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‘North Korea’ a hot subject among VB2018 talks
A few years ago, I somehow got involved in the discussion of a run-of-the-mill malicious spam campaign and ended up speaking to a journalist from the Daily Telegraph . “Is it true that North Korea may be behind this campaign?”, the journalist asked me – I had a hard time trying to keep a straight…
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XMRig used in new macOS cryptominer
Users complaining on Apple ‘s official discussion forum about processes that use a lot of CPU have led to the discovery of a new piece of cryptocurrency-mining malware on macOS that is based on XMRig, Malwarebytes researcher Thomas Reed writes . The open-source XMRig Monero miner is widely used for both benign and malicious purposes.…
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XMRig used in new macOS cryptominer
Users complaining on Apple ‘s official discussion forum about processes that use a lot of CPU have led to the discovery of a new piece of cryptocurrency-mining malware on macOS that is based on XMRig, Malwarebytes researcher Thomas Reed writes . The open-source XMRig Monero miner is widely used for both benign and malicious purposes.…
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Registration for VB2018 now open!
Registration for VB2018 , the 28th Virus Bulletin Conference, which will take place in Montreal 3-5 October this year, is now open. Last month, we announced an exciting and wide-ranging programme for the conference, with keynotes from John Lambert ( Microsoft ) and Wendy Nather ( Duo Security ), and talks from many renowned speakers including…
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Registration for VB2018 now open!
Registration for VB2018 , the 28th Virus Bulletin Conference, which will take place in Montreal 3-5 October this year, is now open. Last month, we announced an exciting and wide-ranging programme for the conference, with keynotes from John Lambert ( Microsoft ) and Wendy Nather ( Duo Security ), and talks from many renowned speakers including…
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GravityRAT malware takes your system’s temperature
Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagnères recently discovered and analysed ‘GravityRAT’, an advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that appears to have been used in targeted attacks against organizations in India. Analysis of this piece of malware gives an interesting insight into the current state of malware development. The malware is delivered through a…
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GravityRAT malware takes your system’s temperature
Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagnères recently discovered and analysed ‘GravityRAT’, an advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that appears to have been used in targeted attacks against organizations in India. Analysis of this piece of malware gives an interesting insight into the current state of malware development. The malware is delivered through a…
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VB2017 paper: Android reverse engineering tools: not the usual suspects
Within a few years, Android malware has grown from a relatively small threat – the first VB conference talk on Android , in 2011, mentioned fewer than 100 malware families – to a huge problem involving more than three million new malware samples a year. The subject has been a regular one on the VB conference programme,…
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VB2017 paper: Android reverse engineering tools: not the usual suspects
Within a few years, Android malware has grown from a relatively small threat – the first VB conference talk on Android , in 2011, mentioned fewer than 100 malware families – to a huge problem involving more than three million new malware samples a year. The subject has been a regular one on the VB conference programme,…