Volodya/BuggiCorp Windows exploit developer: What you need to know
Check Point researchers unveiled the identity of two authors responsible for zero-day attacks on Windows using a novel technique that allows them to recognize...
Pedro Tavares
Pedro Tavares is a professional in the field of information security working as an Ethical Hacker, Malware Analyst and a Security Evangelist. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the security computer blog seguranca-informatica.pt.
In recent years, he has invested in the field of information security, exploring and analyzing a wide range of topics, such as malware, reverse engineering, pentesting (Kali Linux), hacking/red teaming, mobile, cryptography, IoT, and security in computer networks. He is also a Freelance Writer.
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MRBMiner malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
MrbMiner is a recent malware discovered and documented by the Tencent Team last September. It targets MSSQL databases and implants cryptomining modules on target...
Fileless Windows Error Reporting (WER) malware attack: Technical overview and walkthrough
In October 2020, a newly uncovered malware named Kraken was observed in the wild. This malicious piece of malware is abusing the Windows Error Reporting service...
Bandook malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it
Bandook malware is a remote access trojan (RAT) first seen in 2007 and active for several years.
Bandook RAT, written in both Delphi and C++, was first seen...
Ghimob Trojan Banker: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Introduction
Malware is a popular term used to classify software with bad proposes that is part of our lives these days. Ghimob Trojan Banker is one of the...
SonicWall firewall VPN vulnerability (CVE-2020-5135): Overview and technical walkthrough
A critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) VPN. In this article, we will address the...
Stantinko Trojan: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
The number of threats attacking Linux systems have exploded in recent days. Within this context, a botnet that impacted several countries in the past, including...
Vizom malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
The Vizom Trojan is an active piece of malware targeting online banking users in Brazil that takes advantage of the window overlay technique to steal user’s...
Exploiting built-in network protocols for DDoS attacks
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable to users, usually by temporarily interrupting or suspending...
Zerologon CVE-2020-1472: Technical overview and walkthrough
Zerologon is the name of an elevation of privilege vulnerability in which an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a Domain...