Digital Shadows

Digital Shadows’ Research team discusses record DDoS attacks using Memcached servers, disinformation campaigns, a proof of concept exploit for the Spectre vulnerability, and new details of a historical network intrusion affecting the German government.

The Digital Shadows research team provides an overview of the latest news this week, including CVE-2018-4878 that’s now being used in a spam campaign, 23,000 website certificates set to be revoked, Memecached Server Used for DDoS Reflection, and updates on SamSam and DataKeeper ransomware variants.

The Digital Shadows research team provides an overview of the latest news this week, including new SWIFT attacks, more Business Email Compromise activity, the return of extortionist “thedarkoverlord”, Sam Sam and Saturn ransomware variants, and new reporting on APT-37.

The Digital Shadows Research team provides our analysis of the fascinating Lazarus Group, attacks on the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, the problems with attribution, the theft of $170 million from the Bitgrail exchange, and two newly discovered Outlook vulnerabilities.

The Digital Shadows Research team provides our analysis of the espionage-driven campaign Operation Pzchao, an Adobe zero-day vulnerability, malware in Winter Olympics spearphishing campaign, a WordPress denial of service vulnerability, and the takedown of the notorious “Infraud Forum”.

The Digital Shadows Research team discuss how criminal actors have capitalized on the increased interest in cryptocurrencies. The podcast looks at different approaches to mining fraud, account takeover and Initial Coin Offering fraud. Download a copy of the research here: https://info.digitalshadows.com/TheNewGoldRushCryptocurrency-Podcast.html

The Digital Shadows Research team provides our analysis of the $530 million Coincheck cryptocurrency heist, recent DDoS attacks against Dutch financial services organizations, renewed OpCatalunya activity, updates on the Spectre and Meltdown flaws, and a potentially serious vulnerability affecting Cisco VPNs.

The Digital Shadows Research Team provides an update on Dridex malware, Dark Caracal, Turla, and Cozy Bear.

The Digital Shadows Research team provides an analysis of the last seven days, including an update on Spectre and Meltdown, a new MS Office vulnerability, Mirai Okiru, the targeting of Bancomext, and Triton malware targeting industrial control systems.

The Digital Shadows team discusses the highlights of the past seven days, including the crypto currency mining “CoffeeMiner”, new Turla activity, and cyber threats to the Winter Olympics.

The Digital Shadows team discusses the highlights of the past seven days, including Meltdown and Spectre, the release of Satori code, OpNetNeutrality, OpIcarus and Monero mining malware.