Check Point May 2019 Top 10 malware in Greece

Check Point Research, the Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. research division, published the latest World Threat Index for 2019 in May.

The map also contains the most prevalent malicious threats identified in Greece in May of 2019.

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agent Tesla - AgentTesla is an advanced RAT that works as and as password-stealing software infecting computers since 2014. AgentTesla has the ability to monitor and collect the victim's keyboard entries and system clipboard, take screenshots, and remove credentials from software installed on the victim's machine ( including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and the Microsoft Outlook email client). AgentTesla is sold as a legitimate RAT with interested parties paying $15 – $69 for a single user license.

JSEcoin - Λογισμικό παραγωγής που μπορεί να ενσωματώνεται σε ιστότοπους. Με το JSEcoin, μπορείτε να εκτελείτε το λογισμικό παραγωγής απευθείας στο πρόγραμμα περιήγησης με αντάλλαγμα μια εμπειρία περιήγησης χωρίς διαφημίσεις, νομίσματα παιχνιδιών και άλλα κίνητρα.

Lokibot - Lokibot is a spyware software that spreads primarily through phishing email and is used to intercept data such as e-mail credentials, as well as passwords to electronic cryptographic wallets and FTP servers.

Trickbot - Trickbot is a variation of Dyre that appeared in October of 2016. Since then, it has been primarily targeted at banking users in Australia and the United Kingdom, and has recently started appearing in India, Singapore and Malaysia.

Cryptoloot - Cryptocurrency mining software that uses the power of the central unit (CPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU) and the victim's existing resources to generate cryptocurrency – adding transactions to the blockchain and generating new coins. Competing with Coinhive.

Ramnit – Ramnit is a worm that infects and spreads primarily through removable drives and files uploaded to public FTP services. The malware creates a copy of itself to infect removable and permanent predriving. The malware also acts as a backdoor.

Emotet - Sophisticated modular trojan that replicates itself. Emotet once operated as a Trojan horse bank account data and was recently used to distribute other malicious software or malware propagation campaigns. It uses many avoidance methods and techniques to stay in the system and avoid detection. Additionally, it can spread through unwanted phishing emails that contain attachments or links to malicious content.

XMRig - XMRig is an open-source mining CPU software used for the Monero Cryptography process and was first released in May in 2017.

Nivdort – Nivdort is a family of software Trojans that target Windows. Συλλέγει κωδικούς πρόσβασης και πληροφορίες συστήματος ή ρυθμίσεις όπως την έκδοση των Windows, τη διεύθυνση IP, τη διαμόρφωση του λογισμικού και την κατά προσέγγιση τοποθεσία. Ορισμένες εκδόσεις αυτού του κακόβουλου λογισμικού συλλέγουν στοιχεία πληκτρολόγησης.

AZORult – AZORult is a trojan that collects and removes data from the infected system. Once the malware is installed on a system (usually delivered by an exploit kit like RIG), it can send saved passwords, local files, crypto-wallets, and computer profile information to a remote command & server.

10 most widespread malware threats in Greece for May 2019

Family of malware

Global impact

Effect Greece

agent Tesla

1.25%

12.38%

Jsecoin

3.62%

11.15%

Lokibot

2.11%

8.98%

Trickbot

1.88%

8.67%

Cryptoloot

4.13%

8.05%

Ramnit

2.72%

7.12%

Emotet

2.99%

4.95%

XMRig

4.00%

4.95%

Nivdort

1.80%

4.64%

AZORult

0.69%

4.64%

The World Threat Impact Catalog and the CheckPoint ThreatCloud chart are based on Check Point's ThreatCloud intelligence, the largest cybercrime cooperation network that provides data on threats and trends in attacks, utilizing a global network threat detectors.

The database ThreatCloud includes more than 250 million addresses analyzed to detect bot, more than 11 million signatures of malware and more than 5,5 millions of infected sites, while recognizing millions of types of malware every day.

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