Malware

Towards the end of September, the makers of the infamous Locky ransomware have launched a new campaign to spread a new version of the crypto malware. The most obvious difference is the file extension: to identify encrypted personal files, it will be changed to *.odin. Otherwise it bears much…

A lot of things have been said and written about Dridex in the past few months. It has risen and fallen in prevalence and it was rumored that its makers collaborate with the makers of Locky. Dridex is a well-known banking Trojan steals banking data through a Man-in-the-Browser attack (MITB-attack).…

In an upcoming series of articles on the intricacies of targeted attacks, G DATA’s Marion Marschalek and Raphael Vinot of the Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg (CIRCL) will shine a light on the internal workings of modern APTs and present their findings during the Troopers Conference in…

Most of the bigger players in the ransomware industry seem to put significant effort into gaining and maintaining a certain reputation for their ransomware. For instance, the people behind Cerber are known for their excellent customer service…

By now, everybody has passwords for something, just like keys to different doors. The more doors you have to unlock, the bigger your keychain is going to be. This in turn pokes holes in pockets and every now and then one of those keys may just slip away. The same applies to passwords. Though they…

Some may still know the adorable little pocket critters that were all the rage in the late 90s. Now they’re back as an Augmented Reality game for smartphones. Attackers try to use the popularity of this brand new game for themselves and prey on impatient gamers who cannot wait for the game to be…

During the past few days and weeks reports surfaced according to which a new type of malware has infected millions of smartphones and tablet PCs worldwide. The malware in question is highly lucrative for its makers – each month they can rake in up to 300.000 Euros in revenue. The makers of this…

There is hardly anything more annoying than error messages and the associated trouble with programs that crash, work that has been lost and the like. Microsoft appears to be trying to improve the user experience with its blue screen errors. However, they have not got rid of the infamous “BSOD”, but…

Since G DATA SecurityLabs have just reported about the risks posed by Dridex, there have been new alerts. In the latest campaigns, attackers are trying to take files from computers as "hostages". They do so by distributing ZIP archives with malicious content via email. If the user opens the files,…

The next wave of finance malware is doing the rounds – and this time the attackers of German-speaking targets have switched to using typical subjects for the end of the year to lure victims into their trap: tax refunds and overdue invoices aimed at private individuals. However, they are also sending…