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What’s New With Separ Malware Family in 2019

What’s New With Separ Malware Family in 2024

February 23, 2019
by Kevin Jones
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Various anti-malware vendors are scrambling to fix their products in order to detect the new variant of Separ malware family. Separ is known as a password stealer virus, with its…

Trickbot, Fast Becoming the Malware Of The Year?

February 14, 2019
by Kevin Jones
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Seems like 2019 is starting to become the year of the Trickbot malware, which received good coverage here in Hackercombat.com for being a nasty fileless virus that typical antivirus software are…

Shamoon Malware from 2016 2017 Evolved With File Wiping Capability Targets Middle East Countries

APT32 Malware’s Use Of New Downloader Critical To Its Propagation Success

February 9, 2019
by Kevin Jones
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APT32 malware has been covered here in Hackercombat recently, and we are set to update you of the latest findings from Palo Alto Networks. KerrDown, the newly developed special downloader…

Web Malware Attack: The Different Stages [Infographic]

February 7, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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Discussing the different stages of web malware attack, explaining how the malware makes its entry, how it gets distributed and then the other stages, namely exploit, infection and the execution….

Cryptojacking Malware Hits 8 Australian Webhosting Companies

February 3, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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Monero mining malware is in full swing now, as eight Australian companies reported that they were compromised with malware. The cybercriminals were able to monetize their Monero mining malware to…

MacOS based Cryptojacking Malware In The Wild Exposed 1

CookieMiner, An Active MacOS-based Cryptojacking Malware In The Wild Exposed

February 1, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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The very prolific Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has made a huge discovery again, as they revealed to the public another cryptocurrency mining malware. Known as CookieMiner, it is a…

Malware Attack Using Google Cloud Computing Platform

January 29, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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Hackers have unleashed a global malware campaign using the Google cloud computing platform via weaponized PDF. Security researchers at the Netskope Threat Research Labs have detected this malware attack, which…

Redaman Banking Trojan of 2015 Resurrects, Targets Russian Email Users

January 27, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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A 2015-era banking trojan is seen actively spreading in the wild again, this time specifically targeting potential victims from a specific country only. Palo Alto Networks detected massive number of…

Mac Users Targeted with Ad-Based Image Malware

January 25, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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Most people think that there’s little if any, Mac malware in the civilized world. Unfortunately, that impression is just wishful thinking. Well, we have seen how things shaped in 2018,…

Alcatel Smartphone Pre-Installed App Infected with Malware

January 11, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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An official Alcatel app, available through Google Play Store, has been found to be malware infected. It’s in a pre-installed weather app on Alcatel smartphones that the malware has been…