Sci & Tech
Past Three Months, Banking Malware Have Sharp-Shooted. According to JS/Spy.Banker
The global banking sector witnessed an increase in malware attacks in quarter one of 2020 amid adoption of online banking following the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The attacks were dominated by ‘JS/Spy.Banker’, which accounted for more than a third of all banking malware detections.
They target sensitive banking and credit card information from victims’ browsers.
“Win/Spy.Ursnif saw the most significant change — a jump from 5.9 percent of banking malware detections in quarter four 2019 to 13 percent in quarter one 2020,” latest Threat Report shows.
Ursnif, a variant of the Gozi malware, is a high-profile and active banking malware that specialises in credential and data theft. It is spread via email through malicious links and attachments as well as exploit kits.
The uptick in detections is attributed to malicious spam attachments that were observed at the beginning of the year.
“These spam messages claimed to be about legislative changes for 2020, while the executable attachments were disguised as PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) or Poryable Docjment Format (PDF) files,” it says.
However, the reports states quarter one recorded an overall drop in ransomware with January 2020, seeing the most action despite a slow start after New Year’s Eve.
“The uptick in January was caused by two major campaigns: one by the Crysis family (12.9 percent of all Filecoder1 detections in January) and another targeting South African users by the Sodinokibi family (13.4 percent of all Filecoder detections in January),” it adds.
WannaCryptor dominated the top 10 ransomware family ranking throughout the first quarter of 2020, even though it is almost three years since its largest outbreak in May 2017.
Kenya Insights allows guest blogging, if you want to be published on Kenya’s most authoritative and accurate blog, have an expose, news TIPS, story angles, human interest stories, drop us an email on [email protected] or via Telegram
Ruto Set to Dominate ODM@20 in Mombasa, Positioning Himself as Raila Odinga’s Political Heir Ahead of 2027
Peter Agoro Legal Battles Reveal How EACC Framed a Whistleblower to Protect Corrupt Elites
ODM Shuts Door on Gachagua Alliance, Signals Long-Term Deal with Ruto Ahead of 2027
Museveni Brands Kenyan Activists ‘Riot Experts’ After 38-Day Detention
Businessman Adan Haji Isaack on Spot for Allegedly Harassing City Professor Over Disputed Land
You Can Now Sue Employer Who Takes Too Long Or Refuses To Give You The Results Of Your Interview
At Least 240 Charged With Treason After Tanzania Election Violence
EXCLUSIVE: The $1.7 Billion Oil Heist That’s Starving South Sudan While Elites Feast on Blood Money
Ex-British Soldier Fights Extradition Over Kenyan Woman’s Murder
Kenyan Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo Released After 38 Days in Ugandan Custody
Plane Carrying Raila Odinga Becomes World’s Most Tracked Flight as Kenya Airways Honors Him With Special Call Sign ‘RAO001’
Safaricom’s Sh115 Trillion Data Breach Scandal: How Kenya’s Telecom Giant Sold Out 11.5 Million Customers
DEATH TRAPS IN THE SKY: Inside the Sordid World of West Rift Aviation’s Deadly Corruption Cartel
Billionaire: Inside Raila Odinga’s Vast Wealth
I Used To Sleep Hungry, But Today I Employ The Same People Who Once Laughed At My Poverty
Maurice Ogeta, Raila’s Bodyguard: The Shadow Who Became The Story
Inside 17 Minutes: CCTV Footage Reveals Murdered State House Guard Was Well Known to The Killer
SAFARICOM’S M-SHWARI MELTDOWN: TERRIFIED KENYANS FLEE AS BILLIONS VANISH INTO DIGITAL BLACK HOLE
Court Fines Orengo’s Law Firm For Wrongful Dismissal of Lawyer
Why Kenyan Investors Should Pay Attention to the U.S. Stock Market (US30 Index)
-
Business1 week agoSAFARICOM’S M-SHWARI MELTDOWN: TERRIFIED KENYANS FLEE AS BILLIONS VANISH INTO DIGITAL BLACK HOLE
-
Business2 weeks agoLloyd Masika Probed for Fraud as Stanbic Bank Exposed for Incompetence in Due Diligence
-
News1 week agoHow A Fake Firm Was Awarded A Sh230 Million Tender By Kiambu County
-
News2 weeks agoRaila Was Aware His Time Was Coming To An End Nearly A Year Before His Death, Longtime Aide Reveals
-
News1 week agoLANDLORD FROM HELL: Daniel Agili Ojijo’s Empire of Evictions, Unpaid Wages, and Sham Auctions Leaves Trail of Terrorized Tenants
-
Business1 week agoSafaricom Blocks Telegram Access in Kenya
-
News2 weeks agoHow INTERPOL and US Government Helped Kenya Navy Capture Iranian Drug Traffickers in Mombasa
-
News2 weeks agoTop Lawyers Unite to Oust Justice Wasilwa After Police Recruitment Ruling