Financial threats

Research

Inside the Gootkit C&C server

In September 2016, we discovered a new version of Gootkit with a characteristic and instantly recognizable feature: an extra check of the environment variable ‘crackme’ in the downloader’s body. Just as interesting was the fact that we were able to gain access to the bot’s C&C server, including its complete hierarchal tree of folders and files and their contents.

Research

The “notification” ransomware lands in Brazil

Unlike the previously reported and now decrypted Xpan ransomware, this same-but-different threat from Brazil has recently been spotted in the wild. This time the infection vector is a more massively propagated malicious campaign relying on traditional spam email.

Publications

The Hunt for Lurk

In June, 2016, the Russian police arrested the alleged members of the criminal group known as Lurk. The police suspected Lurk of stealing nearly three billion rubles. The story of Lurk gives some idea of the amount of work that has to be done to obtain enough evidence to arrest and prosecute suspects.

Reports

APT trends report Q3 2024

The report features the most significant developments relating to APT groups in Q3 2024, including hacktivist activity, new APT tools and campaigns.

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