malware

Definitions

Examples

• Malwarebytes mobile malware researcher Nathan Collier was at first puzzled.

• After remaining undetected for months, they inserted malware in new updates between February and June 2020.

• In theory, elements within the seditious uprising or other actors using the rioters as cover might attempt to install malware on, say, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desktop.

• Thousands of private companies worldwide also were potentially affected, many in sensitive industries, after they uploaded software patches that were infused with malware, reportedly by Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the SVR.

• The malware disguises its network traffic as the “Orion Improvement Program” and stores data inside legitimate files in order to better blend in.

• These attacks had distinct similarities with the malware used against Sony.

• Perhaps the most interesting and indeed relevant of this is the C2 (or Command and Control) addresses found in the malware.

• Increasingly, criminals actually lease their malware from a group that guarantees their malware against detection.

• These addresses were used by whoever carried out the attack to control the malware and can be found in the malware code itself.

• Furthermore, checking online IP reputation services reveals that they have been used by malware operators in the past.