Posts Tagged ‘exfiltration’

How Is Your Data Getting Out?

Sep

2015

Most reports on data theft events concentrate on how the bad guys got into the organization, what failed to stop them, and what information was taken. I often think about how the information was taken out, or exfiltrated, and who the likely #culprits were. #intel Security recently published a research study that addresses these questions. […]

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Custom Attachment Names and Passwords for Trojans

Jul

2013

Websense® Security Labs™ researchers, using our Websense ThreatSeeker® Intelligence Cloud, recently noticed an increased use of custom-generated attachment file names, and some use of password-protected ZIP files. Emails with banking/financial themes are being sent with executables packed in ZIP files, with file names matching the intended recipient. When the attachment runs on a victim's computer, a Trojan from the Zbot P2P family […]

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AutoIt Used To Spread Malware and Toolsets

May

2013

AutoIt is a very flexible coding language that’s been used since 1999 by coders looking for a fast, easy, and flexible scripting language in Windows. From simple scripts that change text files to scripts that perform mass downloads with complex GUIs, AutoIt is an easy-to-learn language that allows for quick development. The trend for malicious […]

Category General Written by Security Intelligence 0 Comments

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