Who IsErIk: A Resurface of an Advanced Persistent Adware?

mood · Sep 23, 2019

Who IsErIk: A Resurface of an Advanced Persistent Adware?
September 23, 2019
https://labs.bitdefender.com/2019/09/who-iserik-a-resurface-of-an-advanced-persistent-adware/

As the malware industry expands, new tricks added to the cyber-criminal arsenal show up on a daily basis. Our Advanced Threat Control team has identified a massive expansion of the malicious repertoire meant to resurface old, but not-forgotten threats.

The main focus of this analysis is an adware loader, first discovered in 2016, which has kept such a low profile that researchers still haven’t agreed to a common denomination, generically identifying it as APA – Advanced Persistent Adware.
Bitdefender researchers have discovered a new large scale malware campaign dubbed IsErik – a family of Advanced Persistent Adware that features advanced evasion mechanisms, as well as the ability to execute remote code received from the command and control server.
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"Who IsErIk: A Resurface of an Advanced Persistent Adware?"
(PDF - 3.75 MB): https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/284/Bitdefender-WhitePaper-Erik-CREA3910-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf

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