Tag: Kaspersky Lab

North Korea’s Lazarus Tied to Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting MacOS

North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus is believed to be behind a recent crypto jacking attack on several banks with an unexpected twist–the use of a Trojan that tricked a company employee into downloading malware, according to Kaspersky Lab.

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Kaspersky Deems Crypto-jacking the New Ransomware as Crypto-miners up Their Game

Because of its potential to earn hackers millions in a steady stream of cash, Kaspersky Labs has deemed crypto-jacking the new ransomware in a report that arrived  just as researchers spotted two new types of malware targeting the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies.

‘Olympic Destroyer’ resurfaces; targets financial organizations, chemical-threat-prevention labs

The Olympic Destroyer malware behind an attack on the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Seoul resurfaced with new targets in its sites: financial organizations and biological and chemical threat prevention laboratories, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab.

Report: Chinese Ties to US Tech Firms put Federal Supply Chain at Risk

China poses a serious and immediate cybersecurity threat to the federal supply chain in part because of connections Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have to key tech companies working in the government sector, a report recently issued by the U.S. China Commission has found.

Kaspersky: Malware Attacks on IoT More Than Double Those in 2016

In-brief: As of May 2017, Kaspersky Lab researchers have observed more than 7,200 different samples of malware for IoT devices in honeypot activity—more than double the number from last year–demonstrating that IoT devices are becoming increasingly vulnerable on a number of fronts, including passwords, firmware, and telnet/SSH ports.