An extremely sophisticated IoT botnet has recently been discovered and dubbed “Torii.” One of Torii malware’s many advanced capabilities is running on just about every type of smartphone, computer and tablet, with over 100 malware variants supporting over 15 different architectures.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2017. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

Several new malware families have made recent appearances on the Bambenek Consulting feeds and are now tracked also by ThreatSTOP. These malware families are different in action and in their targets.

Nao_sec provides cyber security research dedicated to Exploit Kits. In campaigns that include Exploit Kits, landing pages with malicious code are used in an attempt to exploit a specific vulnerability on the victim's device.

Certain versions of Xshell contain a backdoor that could allow for data exfiltration.

Point of Sale (POS) malware is a growing field of concern for the retail industry. From the large scale attack on Target in 2014 to smaller attacks that are going unreported. POS malware is an evolving field of study for security researchers.

It's not unusual for brands to occasionally have to re-envision themselves. Apparently this applies to legitimate and illicit brands equally.

Hancitor Downloader has seen many campaigns this year. Malware-Traffic-Analysis, a security research blog operated by Brad Duncan, has published over 40 related articles since the beginning of 2017. Each article covers malspam delivering the downloader, with no sign of the campaigns' wavering.