Nearly 90% of Threats Blocked are Social Engineering, Revealing a Huge Surge of Scams, and Discovery of the Lazarus APT Campaign Foreword We’re pleased to present the latest edition of our report for the first quarter of 2024, which has been nothing short of eventful. Here are some highlights. Not all heroes wear capes. Just…

Introduction Code reuse is very frequent in malware, especially for those parts of the sample that are complex to develop or hard to write with an essentially different alternative code. By tracking both source code and object code, we efficiently detect new malware and track the evolution of existing malware in-the-wild.  Diamorphine is a well-known…

Researchers from Avast have discovered a flaw in the cryptographic schema of the DoNex ransomware and its predecessors. In cooperation with law enforcement organizations, we have been silently providing the decryptor to DoNex ransomware victims since March 2024. The  cryptographic weakness was made public at Recon 2024 and therefore we have no reason to keep…

― If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. As digital currencies have rapidly grown, so have cryptocurrency scams, presenting significant risks to crypto investors and users. These scams often attract individuals with promises of high returns or use sophisticated schemes to defraud even the most cautious. Understanding these scams is crucial…