Tag: warren mercer
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VB2019 paper: DNS on fire
The “phonebook of the Internet” has well outlived physical phonebooks, but that doesn’t mean DNS is without its issues. There is a joke among incident responders that, even when you’re sure the problem isn’t DNS, it still ends up being DNS. Aside from configuration issues, DNS is also a very valuable target for adversaries. In…
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VB2018 paper: Who wasn’t responsible for Olympic Destroyer?
It may be hard to believe, but it was only eight months ago that the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were targeted by malware named Olympic Destroyer. Though not the first time the Olympic Games had been the target of malware, Olympic Destroyer, as its name suggests, did appear to be destructive in nature. Cisco…
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VB2018 paper: Who wasn’t responsible for Olympic Destroyer?
It may be hard to believe, but it was only eight months ago that the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were targeted by malware named Olympic Destroyer. Though not the first time the Olympic Games had been the target of malware, Olympic Destroyer, as its name suggests, did appear to be destructive in nature. Cisco…
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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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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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Olympic Games target of malware, again
The organisers of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have confirmed a malware attack against their computer systems. Though the attack affected the Wi-Fi during Friday’s opening ceremony and knocked the event’s website offline for a few hours, no permanent damage appears to have been done. Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres have performed a…
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Olympic Games target of malware, again
The organisers of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have confirmed a malware attack against their computer systems. Though the attack affected the Wi-Fi during Friday’s opening ceremony and knocked the event’s website offline for a few hours, no permanent damage appears to have been done. Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres have performed a…