ElevenPaths New report: Malware attacks Chilean banks and bypasses SmartScreen, by exploiting DLL Hijacking within popular software ElevenPaths has spotted an enhanced and evolving Brazilian banking trojan (probably coming from KL Kit,) through using a new technique to bypass the SmartScreen reputation system and avoid detection...
ElevenPaths New tool: Neto, our Firefox, Chrome and Opera extensions analysis suite In the innovation and laboratory area at ElevenPaths, we have created a new tool which is used to analyze browser extensions. It is a complete suite (also extensible with...
ElevenPaths You’ve got mail? You’ve got malware A few weeks ago I was ‘compromised’. A well-known vulnerability was exploited and I was left financially exposed, with my reputation potentially at risk. “What happened?” I hear you...
ElevenPaths #CyberSecurityPulse: Monero and EternalRomance, the perfect formula Last year’s release by ShadowBrokers about tools belonging to the National Security Agency continues to be a talking point. A new malware which utilizes the EternalRomance tool has appeared...
ElevenPaths Facebook changes the logic of their TLS policy (partly due to our research), by implementing a ‘two-way’ HSTS Facebook and privacy. The recent scandal from the social network within the last few weeks does not exactly make it the best example in regards of privacy or secure...
ElevenPaths In search of improved cryptocurrency privacy with Dash, Zcash and Monero When we talk about cryptocurrencies we often find ourselves with the belief that their use is completely anonymous. However, those who have investigated a little about them (because it...
ElevenPaths AMSI, one step further from Windows malware detection At the beginning it was a virus; pieces of assembly code which connected to the files, so that they could modify the “entrypoint”. Afterwards, this technique was twisted and...
ElevenPaths #CyberSecurityPulse: From the bug bounties (traditional) to the data abuse bounties Social networks image The Internet giants are going to great lengths to be transparent with their communication about the information they are gathering from their users. In the case...
ElevenPaths Monero says goodbye to the ASIC miners (at least for now) Last Friday, 6th April marked an important date for the community of Monero users and developers, as one of the cryptocurrencies led the defense of anonymity for its users. As already commented...
ElevenPaths Accelerating European cyber security between the United Kingdom and Telefonica (Wayra) – Part one of two The GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) is not very well known outside of the United Kingdom. The governmental organization is almost a century old (it will celebrate its 100th anniversary...
ElevenPaths Wannacry chronicles: Messi, korean, bitcoins and ransomware last hours It is hard to say something new about Wannacry, (the ransomware itself, not the attack). But it is worth investigating how the attacker worked during last hours before the...
Florence Broderick Another month, another new rooting malware family for Android Several months ago there was a media explosion about Android-rooting malware on Google Play. Those families were discovered by Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab, Check Point, Lookout, FireEye,...
Florence Broderick Quick and dirty script in Powershell to check certificate fingerprints Malware is using signed binaries to attack Windows systems. Malware needs it to get into the roots of the operative system. So attackers steal or create their own certificates....
Florence Broderick Evil FOCA is now Open Source We are really happy to announce that Evil FOCA is now Open Source. We have received lots of comments and feedback about how you are using Evil FOCA, or how...
Florence Broderick How to bypass antiXSS filter in Chrome and Safari (discovered by ElevenPaths) Modern browsers usually have an antiXSS filter, that protects users from some of the consequences of this kind of attacks. Normally, they block cross site scripting execution, so the...