2020 Threat Summary
Our 2020 threat summary reflects an unprecedented year in so many ways. The global threat ...
Vulnerability update – late 2020
In our latest update, Avira’s Vulnerability Detection Team takes a…
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Q4 and 2020 Malware Threat Report
Welcome to our combined Q4 and 2020 Malware Threat Report. We will look at how the threat landscape changed in Q4 and take a more in-depth look at the malware that dominated 2020. Our previous malware threat report for Q3 2020 saw a significant rise – nearly 50% – in traditional malware, exploit based threats,
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A Gafgyt variant that exploits Pulse Secure CVE-2020-8218
When the world started to work-from-home, cybercriminals changed their focus. VPN technology, such as Pulse ...
Wroba Android banking trojan targets Japan
The mobile banking trojan Wroba has been around since 2010. It previously targeted smartphone users, ...
Malware Threat Report: Q3 2020 Statistics and Trends
Welcome to our Q3 2020 Malware Threat Report. Our previous malware threat report for Q2 ...
Katana: a new variant of the Mirai botnet
Avira’s IoT research team has recently identified a new variant of the Mirai botnet. It ...
TA505 targets the Americas in a new campaign
In late September 2020, researchers at Avira Protection Labs identified a Powershell script originating from ...
How to choose a RuleSpace replacement?
URL or domain reputation - as found in Symantec's RuleSpace web categorization database - is ...
New Mirai variant targets Tea LaTeX 1.0
Introduction Avira’s IoT Labs continues to look for new variants of the Mirai botnet. Recently ...
