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Events and News

2021-01-11

VMRay Appoints Marcus Conroy As New Vice President Of Sales, Americas

Former Cofense Sales Executive Joins Leading Malware Analysis and Detection Solutions Company to Drive Growth in the Americas Region Boston, MA – Jan 13, 2021 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced the appointment of Marcus Conroy as its new Vice President of Sales

Events and News

2020-12-22

VMRay Signs Agreement with Factor Group to Expand Into Russian Market

Bochum, Germany – Dec 22, 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Factor Group, one of the largest value-added distributors in the Russian Federation. The new agreement will allow Factor Group to resell and integrate VMRay’s

Malware Analysis

2020-12-15

Malware Analysis Spotlight – Hentai Oniichan Ransomware (Berserker Variant)

In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, we analyze the Berserker variant of Hentai Oniichan Ransomware. We’ve observed at least two different variants of Hentai Oniichan Ransomware in-the-wild, King Engine, and Berserker. What we found interesting in our analysis of the Berserker variant is its attempts to make recovery difficult by deleting

Events and News

2020-12-10

VMRay Closes $25 Million Series B

Digital+ Partners Leads Continuation Funding Round in Growing Automated Threat Analysis & Detection Provider, Closing its Series B Round at US $25 Million Bochum, Germany – Dec 10, 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated threat analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has closed the second round of

Product Features

2020-12-03

VMRay Platform v4.1.0 Release Highlights

Something New to Usher in the New Year As the world prepares to say “Goodbye (and good riddance!) to 2020,” VMRay is looking ahead to the New Year by unveiling VMRay Platform Release v4.1.0, which builds on major innovations introduced in September. VMRay Platform Platform v4.1.0 incorporates dozens of new

Malware Analysis

2020-11-18

Malware Analysis Spotlight: AZORult Delivered by GuLoader

Earlier this year, in one of our blog posts we covered GuLoader, a downloader outfitted with advanced anti-analysis techniques that has delivered FormBook, NanoCore, LokiBot, and Remcos among others. Recently, we’ve observed GuLoader delivering AZORult. Active for many years, AZORult is an information stealer that has seen many iterations and

Malware Analysis

2020-10-19

Malware Analysis Spotlight: Warzone RAT – Automatically Peeling Away the Layers

10/21/2020: The classification of the malware in this Threat Spotlight has been corrected from “Ave_Maria” to “Warzone RAT”. The source of the distinctive “Ave_Maria” substring can be attributed to the open-source TinyNuke malware, which was reused in some Warzone RAT samples. In TinyNuke the string “AVE_MARIA” is transmitted in the

Product Features

2020-10-08

Explained: VMRay Verdict System

When users submit a file or URL to VMRay for analysis, they are usually most interested in answering the question “Is this malware? Yes or no.” Previous to our most recent 4.0 release, this question was answered in the VMRay Platform with a severity score (or VTI Score, explained here).

Events and News

2020-10-06

VMRay Signs U.S. Distribution Agreement With Ingram Micro

Expanded Alliance Extends Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro for Fast-Growing Provider of Malware Analysis and Detection Solutions Boston, MA – March 3, 2021 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced it has expanded its strategic alliance with Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest distributor

Malware Analysis

2020-10-06

[SANS Webcast Recap] Power! Unlimited Power! Understanding the Techniques of Malicious Kernel-Mode Code

Kernel-mode malware is among the most difficult to detect and remove. In this post—condensed from a SANS webcast featuring SANS analyst Jake Williams and VMRay Sr. Threat Researcher Tamas Boczan present an introduction into kernel-mode rootkits, explaining why attackers use them, how they bypass mitigations built into Windows and break

Malware Analysis

2020-10-01

Malware Analysis Spotlight: Formbook (September 2020)

A Fresh Look at an Old Problem Formbook is a well-known malware family of data stealers and form grabbers. Sold as “malware-as-a-service” on hacking forums since early 2016, anyone so inclined can purchase a subscription and use the Formbook tool. It is usually distributed using malspam containing malicious attachments and

Malware Analysis

2020-09-15

Malware Analysis Spotlight: Qbot’s Delivery Method

The Re-Emergence of Qbot After more than a decade in operation, the Qbot Trojan is back in the news. A modified version of the malware which now extracts email threads from Outlook to use in phishing attacks was used in a prominent campaign that ran from March to the end

Events and News

2020-09-14

VMRay Signs Partnership with Sababa Security to Expand into Italian Cybersecurity Market

Bochum, Germany – Sept 15, 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Sababa Security, a cybersecurity vendor based in Milan, Italy. The new agreement will enable Sababa Security to integrate VMRay’s solutions into its security

Events and News

2020-09-09

VMRay Signs Partnership with Deepcase to Expand Into the Growing Turkish Cybersecurity Market

Bochum, Germany – Sept 9, 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed a strategic reseller partnership with Deepcase, a provider of threat hunting, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), and other threat intelligence services headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. The

2020-09-08

VMRay Platform v4.0.0: Link Detonation, Smart Caching, Enhanced IOC Extraction, and more

With the September release of VMRay Platform v4.0.0, we’re pleased to introduce significant improvements to all three of our products ‑ Analyzer, Detector, and Email Threat Defender (ETD), particularly in matters related to handling malicious links. These enhancements include: The launch of a powerful and unique new method of dynamic

Events and News

2020-09-02

VMRay Signs Technology Partnership With Anomali Featuring Free Daily Malware Reports To Customers

Leading Malware Analysis Solution Available Via Anomali ThreatStream Opens the Door for Security Teams to Unlock Unprecedented Threat Intelligence and Visibility Boston, MA – September 2, 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced a free-of-charge offering to all Anomali ThreatStream customers. The offering

Malware Analysis

2020-08-20

Threat Bulletin: WastedLocker Ransomware

Targeted ransomware is a common occurrence nowadays. Recently Garmin confirmed to have been the target of a ransomware attack on July 23, 2020, which led to the interruption of many of their online services. According to Bleeping Computer, the ransomware has been confirmed to be WastedLocker. The article goes on

Events and News

2020-08-19

VMRay Signs Distribution Agreement with RAH Infotech to Expand Reach In The Growing APAC Market

Leading Malware Analysis & Detection Provider Signs Agreement with India’s Fastest Growing Value-Added Distributor Bochum, Germany – Aug 26 2020 – VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed a strategic distribution partnership with RAH Infotech, one of India’s fastest-growing value-added distributors

Malware Analysis

2020-08-17

SANS Webcast Recap: Defense Against Dark Arts – Dissecting Sandbox Evasion Techniques

If you are of a certain age, you might remember Mad Magazine’s satirical Spy v. Spy comic strip in which two agents – one dressed completely in white and the other in black – would try and outwit and annihilate each other on a weekly basis. Malware authors and the

Malware Analysis

2020-08-11

Malware Analysis Spotlight: MassLogger’s Noisy Stealing Attempts

In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, the VMRay Labs Team will examine MassLogger, a Spyware/Stealer that was first publicly observed in-the-wild at the end of April. During our analysis, we monitored a significant amount of behavioral matches for techniques that MassLogger uses to discover the host machine and to steal sensitive

Malware Analysis

2020-07-22

Malware Analysis Spotlight: The Return of Emotet

After a long time of being inactive, the infamous malware delivery framework Emotet is back – the three Emotet botnets started pushing malicious spam on Friday, July 17. In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, we will take a look at one of the Microsoft Word documents used in the campaign (Figure

2020-07-16

Decoding the Verizon DBIR Report: An Insider’s Look Beyond the Headlines

This blog post was originally posted on Dark Reading. To truly understand cybersecurity trends, we must look beyond the headlines and ask more of the data. What you learn might surprise you. For the past 13 years, Verizon’s “Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) has been the industry’s definitive resource for

Featured Posts Malware Analysis

2020-07-09

Threat Bulletin: Dissecting GuLoader’s Evasion Techniques

Editor’s Note: This blog post was updated on August 10, 2020. Over the last couple of months, we observed a new downloader called GuLoader (also known as CloudEyE) that has been actively distributed in 2020. In contrast to prototypical downloaders, GuLoader is known to use popular cloud services such as

Malware Analysis

2020-07-01

Threat Bulletin: Cutting-off the Command-and-Control Infrastructure of CollectorGoomba

A Primer on Spyware-as-a-Service The rise in spyware-as-a-service allows cyber-criminals to choose a specialty, whether improving spyware, infecting users, or maximizing the profit derived from stolen information. The business model for spyware-as-a-service starts with an individual or team to developing the initial spyware and standing up any necessary infrastructure that

Product Features

2020-06-25

Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and Artifacts: What’s the Difference?

In the world of malware analysis, there is sometimes confusion between the terms “artifacts” and “indicators of compromise (IOCs).” This is understandable because many malware analysis engines don’t distinguish between the two. First, let’s define the terms. When a malware sandbox dynamically analyzes a threat, it collects pieces of forensic

Malware Analysis

2020-06-17

Malware Analysis Spotlight: Phishing Site Spread through SMS

In this Malware Analysis Spotlight, the VMRay Labs looks at the behavior of a phishing site distributed through an SMS message. Based on the content of the SMS message, this does not seem to be part of a targeted attack but rather part of a massive phishing campaign that aims

Malware Analysis

2020-06-15

SANS Webcast Recap: Dissecting Living off the Land Techniques

Living off the Land Binaries – aka LOLBins – represent one of the more creative and insidious malware threats today. Attackers use LOLBins to evade detection by manipulating legitimate systems and processes for malicious purposes. In this post—condensed from a SANS webcast featuring SANS Analyst Jake Williams and VMRay Sr.

Malware Analysis

2020-06-08

Threat Bulletin: RagnarLocker Ransomware

In April 2020, the systems of Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP) were encrypted by RagnarLocker Ransomware. The operators of RagnarLocker demanded a ransom of 1580 Bitcoin ($10.9M). Based on the ransom notes left on EDP’s systems (Figure 1) which directly mentioned the company, it’s clear that it

Malware Analysis

2020-06-03

VMRay & Anomali: Deliver Seamlessly Integrated Threat Analysis & Intelligence

In April 2020, the systems of Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP) were encrypted by RagnarLocker Ransomware. The operators of RagnarLocker demanded a ransom of 1580 Bitcoin ($10.9M). Based on the ransom notes left on EDP’s systems (Figure 1) which directly mentioned the company, it’s clear that it

Product Features

2020-05-14

Move Fast and Don’t Break Things (Part 2): Automated Malware De-obfuscation by Accurate API Monitoring

In our previous blog post, we showed how hypervisor-based API monitoring can achieve accurate logging of API calls at high performance, resulting in a more detailed view of the malware’s internal behavior. In this blog post we show three practical examples of how this more detailed view can be used

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