Overview of Automated Malware Analysis in the Cloud
Malicious attackers are constantly on the lookout for new and advanced attacks, which they use to spread malware around the world. There are a vast number of...
Malware analysis
SoakSoak Malware and How to Protect Your WordPress Website
If you follow security news, I am sure you have heard of SoakSoak malware. It has been in the news for the past few days because it affects more than 100,000+...
Evolution of Banking Malwares, Part 2
This technique is used in scenarios where critical information such as Social Security Number (SSN) or Personal Identification Number (PIN) is otherwise not...
Evolution of Banking Malwares, Part 1
Why are malware authors so interested in banking malware? Simply because this is where the money is! Nowadays, banking malware, specifically banking Trojans,...
A History of Malware: Part Three, 1993-1999
In my previous article, I explained what happened to the evolution of malware when microcomputers started to become a major presence in small offices and households....
A History of Malware: Part Two, 1989-1992
In my previous article, I told the story of the very first worms and viruses. Interestingly, a groundbreaking mathemetician, John von Neumann, and a science...
A History of Malware: Part One, 1949-1988
These days, malware is an everyday concern, even among ordinary end users. A countless amount of money is lost every year worldwide due to malware, possibly...
NSA Backdoor Part 2, BULLDOZER: And, Learn How to DIY a NSA Hardware Implant
This article is the second part of a series on NSA BIOS Backdoor internals. This part focuses on BULLDOZER, a hardware implant acting as malware dropper and...
Portable Malware Lab for Beginners – Part 2
In the previous article, "Portable Malware Lab for Beginners," I spoke about nested virtual machines, i.e., deploying a virtual machine with QEMU and Cuckoo....
The Hunt for Memory Malware
Memory forensic is a skill to find out all the artifacts in the memory that is present in the running computer. It is an interesting method to find out what...