TrickBot

Microsoft hobbles app installer to protect Windows users from active attack

Threats and Risks

Microsoft hobbles app installer to protect Windows users from active attack

Malicious actors were exploiting a bug in the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler to inject malware like Emotet and Trickbot

clock 08 February 2022 • 2 min read

Threats and Risks

Notorious Emotet botnet taken down following international police operation

Servers taken down and multiple arrests made

clock 28 January 2021 • 3 min read

Hacking

Toymaker Mattel reveals ransomware attack

Perpetrators were not able to steal any 'sensitive business data' the company says

clock 05 November 2020 • 2 min read

Threats and Risks

A quarter of cyber security incidents are Covid-related, NCSC

Security agency reports a 20 per cent increase in the total number of incidents compared with the annual average

clock 03 November 2020 • 3 min read

Threats and Risks

US hospitals under 'imminent threat' of ransomware attack, say CISA and the FBI

'Brazen, heartless and disruptive threat actors' deliberately targeting health facilities during the pandemic

clock 29 October 2020 • 2 min read

Threats and Risks

New Trickbot campaign using brute force attacks to target telecoms firms uncovered by researchers

Operators are using a new module to target Remote Desktop Protocols

clock 19 March 2020 • 2 min read

Threats and Risks

TrickBot group exploiting PowerShell-based backdoor to target high-value organisations

New TrickBot backdoor is designed for persistence, stealth, and reconnaissance on compromised machines

clock 10 January 2020 • 2 min read

Security

ForcePoint: TrickBot spreading using Necurs botnet

TrickBot malware shifts from malvertising to Necurs botnet to spread, warns Malwarebytes

clock 12 June 2017 • 2 min read