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Android RAT malware spreading via torrents
In the last few days we observed a number of new attacks targeting the Polish Android users. Many Polish and foreign blogs reported the phishing e-mails using Kaspersky brand to convience user to install an apk file. Below some details of this attack, including the malware analysis, are provided. Thanks …
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AutoIt scripts are the new black for malware startups
AutoIt scripts use becomes more and more fashionable for malware obfuscators, cryptors and alike. Especially among the not-so-sophisticated malicious software. Recently we described the phishing attack targeted at Polish users using Booking.com and Allegro.pl. This attacked used AutoIt script (called RazorCrypt) in one of its stages in order …
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E-mail trojan attack on Booking.com and online auction website Allegro.pl clients
During the last few days, we have observed an attack on Polish users of auction website Allegro.pl and a hotel reservation portal – Booking.com. These attacks were directed at Polish users. Victims received a personalized e-mail that informed them that their account has been blocked either due to the …
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A look on the VBKlip “battlefield”
On multiple occasions we informed about a new threat to Polish online banking users, which we named VBKlip. This is a new kind of malware that substitutes the bank account number that has been copied to the clipboard. This works when we try to, e.g. pay a bill, and …
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Annual cert.pl report
We have published our annual report, describing CERT Polska activities in 2013. The highlights of the document are: our botnets takeover summary, our malware analyses results, stopping rogue registrar Domain Silver Inc. and results of botnet sizes estimations done using new methodology. Full document in English can be downloaded HERE …
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Estimating size of the botnets in Poland
Annual CERT Polska report will soon be available on our website for download. This year we decided not only to include statistical data (which will be moved to a separate section), but also describe trends and events that were important according to us and were observed in the last year …
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New .NET banking malware (VBKlip): no network usage, no registry entries and no AV detection
We recently blogged about a new strain of malware called VBKlip. This malware was aimed at Polish online banking users. In the last few days a new, revised version of this malware has resurfaced. This new version is written in .NET and has a few new ideas which seem to …
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OTP stealer Android app masquerading as mobile antivirus targets Polish users
The E-Security mobile malware appeared at the beginning of this year. This malware was targeting Polish online banking users, with the goal of stealing One Time Passwords (OTPs) used to confirm banking transactions. The attack was part of a bigger scheme. When the user computer was infected, it displayed an …
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A quick look at a (new?) cross-platform DDoS botnet
At the beginning of December we started to observe a new botnet spreading on both Linux and Windows machines. In case of the Linux operating systems, the bot was installed through an SSH dictionary attack. The attacker logged in to compromised server and simply downloaded and executed a bot file …
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What’s new, security-wise, in Android KitKat?
On the 31st of October Google released a new version of the Android Operating System – 4.4 called KitKat. This version introduces a number of new features, including a handful of security improvements. It also introduces a new approach to SMS and MMS handling, which breaks the compatibility of some …
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