WithSecure™ Labs: With great research comes great responsibility

With the rapid emergence of new malware variants, accurately classifying and attributing malware samples has become more challenging than ever. To address this, WithSecure developed a machine learning model that classifies Windows binaries and identifies connections between similar samples.

AWS access keys have been the subject of research over the past few years. This page documents the findings, observations and open questions from our analysis into the access key ID component of an AWS access key.

We fine-tuned Llama3-8B to improve its resistance to indirect prompt injection attacks on question/answer tasks involving emails and articles. Reproducible fine-tuning scripts, along with the model and a quantized version, are available on Hugging Face and Ollama for testing and experimentation.

This comprehensive analysis uncovers the business mechanics of ransomware groups, their ecosystems, and how they interact. The report not only provides a clear picture of the current ransomware situation but also reveals some unexpected trends.

In our latest research paper, Tim West, W/Intelligence’s Director of Threat Intelligence and Outreach, has looked into the cyber threats facing the Paris 2024 Olympics. As one of the world’s greatest events, there is always going to be unwanted interest, but how much should we worry and who are the main antagonists?

This report will explore the trend of mass exploitation of Edge Services and Infrastructure and will put forward several theories as to why they have been so heavily and successfully targeted by attackers.