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Threat Research May 20, 2015

Storm Kit – Changing the rules of the DDoS attack

Background Distributed denial of service (DDoS) is one of the most commonly used cybercriminal methods. It’s easy, cheap and difficult to trace, and “service providers” can be found throughout the “dark” Web. As a result,…

Threat Research April 16, 2015

Check Point Threat Alert – Simda

Overview The Simda botnet is a network of computers infected with self-propagating malware which has compromised more than 770,000 computers worldwide. Since 2009, cyber criminals have been targeting computers with unpatched software and…

Threat Research April 15, 2015

Check Point Threat Alert: AAEH/Beebone

Overview AAEH, also known as BeeBone, is a family of polymorphic downloaders created with the primary purpose of downloading other malware, including password stealers, rootkits, fake antivirus, and ransomware. AAEH is often propagated across…

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Storm Kit – Changing the rules of the DDoS attack

Check Point Threat Alert – Simda

Check Point Threat Alert: AAEH/Beebone