Labs Notes Monthly Recap – Dec/2016

  • January 12, 2017

Last month there were a number of interesting website hacks being analyzed by our Malware Research Team (MRT) and Incident Response Teams (IRT).

The Sucuri Labs website provides technical analysis and industry updates directly from our teams on the front line. You can read past monthly recaps for an overview of the posts we’ve released each month, going back to September.

The theme this month seems to be obfuscation – the ways that hackers are evolving their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection by website owners and security scanners. As expected over the holidays, we continued to see advances in website malware that specifically targets ecommerce websites. This was consistent with the rise in malware campaigns aiming to steal sensitive information such as credit card data, logins, and credentials.

Estevao Avillez is Sucuri’s Senior Director of Security Research, who joined the company in 2013. Estevao’s main responsibilities include leading the Research Group, which includes the Malware, Vulnerability and WAF/Sucuri Infrastructure. His professional experience covers 15 years with planning, project and operations management. Estevao has also worked in various areas such as logistics and supply chain, media and communication, telecommunications, and trading relationships with customers. He’s worked as a consultant in financial, strategic and operational management. When Estevao isn’t keeping our customers safe, you might find him taking care of his kids and running. Connect with him on Twitter.

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