In the late summer of 2020, the Bitdefender Active Threat Control team noticed a surge of Remcos malware, with most of the attacks taking place in Colombia. While the malware family has been known for quite a while to cyber-criminals and malware...
Author - Janos Gergo SZELES
János Gergő Széles is a senior software engineer at Bitdefender. Passionate about malware behaviour analysis, he is continuously looking for new tricks employed by malicious actors. When not glued to the computer, he likes to spend time in nature and to take care of his bonsai. He believes that with perseverance, even the most challenging riddles can be solved.
Crypto-miners have been around for several years, in all forms and shapes, and distributed via various attack avenues. Increased competition from other cyber...
The e-currency boom in late 2017 sparked a new type of “gold rush”, as cyber-criminals started racing to infect home computers and data centers with...
Bitdefender researchers Janos Gergo SZELES and Ruben Andrei CONDOR have documented a new Metamorfo campaign that uses legitimate software components to...
In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, malware normally gets a brief period in the spotlight before it falls into oblivion. This is not the case with...