FortiGuard Labs recently caught a phishing campaign with a malicious Excel document attached to the phishing email. Analysts performed a deep analysis on the campaign and discovered that it delivers a new variant of Snake Keylogger. Snake Keylogger (aka “404 Keylogger” or “KrakenKeylogger”) is a subscription-based keylogger with many capabilities. It is a .NET-based software originally sold on a hacker forum. Once executed on a victim’s computer, it can steal sensitive data, including saved
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Keyloggers have been around for decades. They have constantly adapted to the changing technology landscape and remain an effective method used by attackers to obtain information about computer users. In this report we take a look at what keyloggers do, how they have changed, and what keyloggers to look out for going forward.
Keyloggers are software or hardware devices used to record keyboard inputs by users on a computer. They were originally invented for corporations to monitor employee comput
New samples of the Ekans ransomware have revealed how today's cyber attackers are using a variety of methods to compromise key industrial companies. Researchers from our friends at FortiGuard Labs have uncovered two samples of the Ekans ransomware strain that offer some additional insight into how the crypto-locking malware targets industrial control systems.[1]
Ekans, which is also referred to as Snake[2], was first identified in February 2020 and early reports indicated that it had been desi
