Tag Archives: Threat Research

As Covid-19 has forced many of us to stay home more than usual, an increasing number has started looking for in-house entertainment. Putting it simply, people are gaming — a lot.

Recently, our research team looked into the account security of app companions belonging to ten IP cameras. Each of these cameras have been listed on Amazon’s “hot new releases” and “best seller” categories. 

On Friday, August 21, 2020, we began detecting fake Malwarebytes installation files containing a backdoor that loads a Monero miner based on XMRig onto infected PCs. The most prevalent filename under which one of the installation files is being distrib…

On Friday, August 21, 2020, we began detecting fake Malwarebytes installation files containing a backdoor that loads a Monero miner based on XMRig onto infected PCs. The most prevalent filename under which one of the installation files is being distrib…

One of the longest-running and more lethal malware strains has once again returned on the scene. Called Emotet, it started out life as a simple banking Trojan when it was created back in 2014 by a hacking group that goes by various names, including TA5…

In the last few days, our Mobile Threat Labs team at Avast discovered a Cerberus banking Trojan on Google Play that was targeting Android users in Spain. As is common with banking malware, Cerberus, disguised itself as a genuine app in order to access …

Avast researchers have discovered a large campaign of HiddenAds on the Google Play Store. HiddenAds refers to a family of Trojans that disguise as safe and useful applications, but in fact only serve to display intrusive ads to the user. The discovered…

Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and Baidu are some of the world’s top search engines and serve as the starting point for millions of internet users seeking information. Most people probably don’t browse past the first two or three pages of search result…

Working together with Slovakia-based security company ESET, Avast researchers analyzed samples used by an APT group to target Central Asian entities including a telecommunications company, a gas company, and a governmental institution. The attackers in…

Beware of another attempt by scammers to use the coronavirus pandemic to their advantage, in this case by selling you an e-book for $37, which actually is available for download for free. The title of the book is Pandemic Survival and it contains a c…