IEEE Spectrum May 18, 2020 To understand how Android malware has evolved over time, an international team of researchers (US, USA – Boston University) analyzed over 1.2 million malware samples that belonged to 1.28K families over a period of eight years (from 2010 to 2017). The analysis framework relied on collective repositories and recent advances on the systematization of intelligence extracted from multiple anti-virus vendors using differential analysis to isolate software components that are irrelevant to the campaign and studied the behavior of malicious riders alone. They found that since its infancy in 2010, the Android malware ecosystem has changed […]
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Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading
MIT technology Review March 5, 2019 Triton malware came to light in 2017 when hackers took over the safety instrumented systems of a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. Fortunately, a flaw in the code gave the hackers away before they could do any harm. The malware has not been deconstructed and the hacking group’s identity has not been established with certainty. The hackers behind Triton had tested elements of the code used during the intrusion to make it harder for antivirus programs to detect. Researchers are still digging into the malware’s origins. Experts are urging companies to revisit all their […]
A fast-evolving new botnet could take gadgets in your home to the dark side
MIT Technology Review January 31, 2018 Since December, security researchers have been tracking a malware called Satori, which hijacks internet-connected devices and turns them into “zombies” that can be remotely controlled in unison. After finding a weak point in a device’s defenses, Satori probes to see if the owner has kept default passwords and settings, hoping to exploit these to gain control of the machine. If it succeeds, it then looks for other devices on a network and tries to infect them too. Some of Satori’s source code appear to be the same as that of Mirai, a botnet that […]