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The recent FBI announcement of the Dridex botnet take-down and the arrest of its administrator doesn’t mean email users will see the last of Dridex. We might see the reuse of similar phishing tactics with future malware. We have seen an overall slowdown in Dridex in recent months ever since its first noticeable Dridex campaigns in early 2015.

Just over a month ago, iOS users were warned of the threat to their devices by the XcodeGhost malware. Apple quickly reacted, taking down infected apps from the App Store and releasing new security features to stop malicious activities. Through continuous monitoring of our customers’ networks, FireEye researchers have found that, despite the quick response, the threat of XcodeGhost has maintained persistence and been modified.

FireEye mobile researchers recently discovered potentially “backdoored” versions of an ad library embedded in thousands of iOS apps originally published in the Apple App Store. The affected versions of this library embedded functionality in iOS apps that used the library to display ads, allowing for potential malicious access to sensitive user data and device functionality.