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COVID-19 Cybercrime Capitalizing on Brazil’s Government Assistance Program

July 7, 2020 jbiscaya 1 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Brazil, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Phishing, Spam, Spam Emails, Threat Intelligence, Threat Research, X-Force IRIS

IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) has been tracking cybercrime capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic since January, and

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X-Force IRIS Overcomes Broken Decryption Mechanism in Jest Ransomware

May 14, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Cybercrime, Encryption, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Incident Response, Incident Response (IR), Indicator of Compromise (IoC), Malware, Malware analysis, Ransomware, Security Services, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, X-Force

IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) recently helped a company fend off a ransomware attack by building a

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New Study Shows Consumers Could Be Vulnerable to COVID-19 Spam

April 23, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Banking, Banking & Financial Services, Banking Security, email, Fraud, Fraud Prevention, Fraud Protection, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Multifactor Authentication (MFA), Phishing, scam, Security Awareness, Social Engineering, Spam, Spam Emails, Threat Intelligence, X-Force

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, IBM X-Force has observed a

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TA505 Continues to Infect Networks With SDBbot RAT

April 14, 2020 jbiscaya 6 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Command-and-Control (C&C), Cybercrime, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Incident Response, macros, Malware, Malware analysis, open source, Remote-Access Trojan (RAT), targeted attacks, Threat Intelligence, Trojan, X-Force

IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) responds to security incidents around the globe. During analysis and comparison of

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ITG08 (aka FIN6) Partners With TrickBot Gang, Uses Anchor Framework

April 7, 2020 jbiscaya 7 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, banking trojan, Collaboration, Command-and-Control (C&C), Cybercrime, Cybercriminals, e-commerce, Finanacial Malware, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), IBM X-Force Research, Malware analysis, Organized Crime, Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems, POS malware, Ransomware, Threat Intelligence, TrickBot, Trojan, X-Force

The past two years have borne witness to the increasing collaboration between organized cybercrime groups to avoid duplication of efforts

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Why Adversarial Examples Are Such a Dangerous Threat to Deep Learning

March 27, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, machine learning, Security Awareness, Threat Detection

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks are driven by deep learning — machine learning algorithms that get “smarter”

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Recalibrate Insider Threat Controls When Your Employees Are Off the Corporate Network

March 25, 2020 jbiscaya 3 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Cyberthreats, Identity & Access, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Insider Threats, machine learning, Security Awareness, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Intelligence & Analytics, Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Detection, Threat Prevention

In recent years, remote work has become a growing trend. In 2018, however, only 3.6 percent of Americans worked entirely

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TrickBot Pushing a 2FA Bypass App to Bank Customers in Germany

March 24, 2020 jbiscaya 1 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Android, Android malware, Android Security, Banking Malware, Banking Security, banking trojan, Command-and-Control (C&C), Credentials Theft, Cybercrime, Data Exfiltration, Data Protection, Fraud, Fraud Protection, Mobile Banking, Mobile Devices, Mobile Fraud, Mobile Security, One-Time Password (OTP), Personal Data, Risk Management, SMS, SMS Malware, Threat Intelligence, TrickBot, Trojan, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

IBM X-Force researchers recently analyzed an Android malware app that’s likely being pushed to infected users by the TrickBot Trojan.

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EnigmaSpark: Politically Themed Cyber Activity Highlights Regional Opposition to Middle East Peace Plan

March 18, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Command-and-Control (C&C), Cybercrime, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Indicator of Compromise (IoC), Malware, Malware analysis, middle east, Remote-Access Trojan (RAT), Security Research, Threat Intelligence, X-Force

In recent analysis of malicious activity likely targeting entities based in the Middle East, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence

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IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity Brief: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 17, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Patch Management, Phishing, Phishing Email, Threat Intelligence, Threat Research, X-Force

Global events such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) make all of us attractive targets for cybersecurity criminals. Whether it’s phishing

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