List of “Malware”

  • PoisonIvy adapts to communicate through Authentication Proxies Malware
    PoisonIvy adapts to communicate through Authentication Proxies
    Hi, it’s Shusei Tomonaga again from the Analysis Center. PoisonIvy, a Remote Access Tool/Trojan (RAT) often used in targeted attacks, had been widely seen until around 2013. Since then, the number of cases using PoisonIvy in such attacks decreased, and there was no special variant with expanded features seen in the wild. However, recently, we have observed cases where PoisonIvy with expanded features in its communication function were used for...

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  • Malware with a Fake Thumbnail Preview Malware
    Malware with a Fake Thumbnail Preview
    Hello all, this is Yohei Tanaka from Analysis Center. In this article, I will introduce how recent malware tries to trick users with fake thumbnail previews – I hope this information prevents you from encountering troubles. The majority of malware distributed via email nowadays are executable files (.exe) or compressed executable files, rather than document files that attempt to leverage software vulnerabilities. We at JPCERT/CC have seen cases where users...

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  • A New UAC Bypass Method that Dridex Uses Malware
    A New UAC Bypass Method that Dridex Uses
    NOTE: This article, originally published on 13 February, 2015, was updated as of 12 May, 2015 (See below). Hello all, this is You Nakatsuru (“TSURU”) from Analysis Center again. Today, I would like to describe a new UAC bypass method that has been used by the Dridex malware since December, 2014. Introduction Dridex is a banking trojan, which is a bot that communicates with a CC server through HTTP. Most...

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  • Analysis of a Recent PlugX Variant - “P2P PlugX” Malware
    Analysis of a Recent PlugX Variant - “P2P PlugX”
    This is Shusei Tomonaga at Analysis Center. PlugX, a Remote Access Tool (RAT) often seen in many APT cases, has been in the wild for some years. Various sectors in Japan have been suffering from this type of attack from 2012, and Analysis Center has been working to catch up on the evolution of the PlugX family since then. In this blog post, I will write about a recent PlugX...

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  • Increase in Possible Scan Activity from NAS Devices Malware
    Increase in Possible Scan Activity from NAS Devices
    Happy holidays to all, this is Tetsuya from Watch and Warning Group. Today, I would like to share a recent, remarkable trend discovered through TSUBAME sensors. In TSUBAME, we have observed a significant increase in packets destined to 8080/TCP since December 5th, 2014. When accessing source IP addresses using a web browser, the admin login screen for NAS devices provided by QNAP was seen in many cases for IP addresses...

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