SC Media’s 30th Anniversary – Then and Now: Malware

More advanced obfuscation techniques have been adopted by a new Hijack Loader malware variant, the SHELBY malware, and the Emmenhtal Loader to facilitate clandestine compromise, according to The Hacker News.

Updated Triada trojan compromises thousands of Android devices BleepingComputer reports that at least 3,000 Android devices that are counterfeits of widely known smartphones, most of which are in Russia, were confirmed to have been pre-installed with the latest iteration of the modular and stealthy Triada trojan.

Attacks with the novel Python-based Anubis backdoor have been deployed by Russian advanced persistent threat operation FIN7.