June 24, 2020

Glupteba malware hides in plain sight

A worm focused on concealment and stealth may keep malware payloads hidden from view

SophosLabs Uncut

June 09, 2020

Cryptomining criminals under the spotlight – a SophosLabs report

A new SophosLabs report takes you inside a cryptomining gang.

Naked Security

May 18, 2020

The RATicate gang – implanting malware in an industry near you

These days, "What does this malware do?" is the question that has dozens of possible answers... here's how and why.

Naked Security

March 24, 2020

Russia’s FSB wanted its own IoT botnet

If you thought the Mirai botnet was bad, what about a version under the control of Russia's military that it could point like an electronic cannon at people it didn't like?

Naked Security

March 12, 2020

Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft

Necurs, one of the world's biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide.

Naked Security

November 25, 2019

Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware

The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.

Naked Security

September 05, 2019

Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty

He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.

Naked Security

August 30, 2019

Botnet targets set-top boxes using Android OS

Production systems aren't supposed to have the ADB turned on, but some set-top boxes do.

Naked Security

February 04, 2019

FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet

The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.

Naked Security