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Agent Tesla trojan finds new ways to sneak past defences Updated versions of Agent Tesla Rat include new techniques that fiddle with code to disable endpoint protection tools on target systems Share this item with your network: By Published: 02 Feb 2021 14:00 Two updated versions of Agent Tesla, the widely used information stealer and remote access trojan (Rat), now contain new evasive techniques designed to disable endpoint protection tools on target systems before delivering malware payloads, according to research published by Sophos. The new versions of Agent Tesla, which in general a...

On Tuesday, Sophos researchers said that two new variants of the Remote Access Trojan (RAT) are targeting Microsoft Anti-Malware Software Interface (AMSI), scanning and analysis software designed to prevent malware infections from taking hold.  Agent Tesla operators will now attempt to tamper with AMSI to degrade its defenses and remove endpoint protection at the point of execution. If successful, this allows the malware to deploy its full payload.  First discovered in 2014, Agent Tesla is a commercial RAT written in .NET and includes and is a well-known information stealer. The malware is...

Customers of top oil & gas firms ‘open to email fraud’ DUBAI, February 1, 2021 Only 25 of the top 50 oil & gas companies that have operations in the Middle East have a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) record in place, leaving customers at risk of email fraud, a report said. The lack of a DMARC record makes companies potentially more susceptible to cybercriminals spoofing their identity and increasing the risk of email fraud targeting their customers, said the report from Proofpoint, a leading cyber security and compliance company. Perhaps more worryi...

Share ESET researchers uncover attacks targeting Colombian government institutions and private companies, especially from the energy and metallurgical industries In 2020 ESET saw several attacks targeting Colombian entities exclusively. These attacks are still ongoing at the time of writing and are focused on both government institutions and private companies. For the latter, the most targeted sectors are energy and metallurgical. The attackers rely on the use of remote access trojans, most likely to spy on their victims. They have a large network infrastructure for comman...

minute read Share this article: The infamous keylogger has shifted its targeting tactics and now collects stored credentials for less-popular web browsers and email clients. Six-year-old keylogger malware called Agent Tesla has been updated again, this time with expanded targeting and improved data exfiltration features. Agent Tesla first came into the scene in 2014, specializing in keylogging (designed to record keystrokes made by a user in order to exfiltrate data like credentials and more) and data-stealing. Since then keylogger has only gained momentum – showing up in more ...