As we report more fully below, in the wake of Russian battlefield losses to Ukraine this fall, Moscow has intensified its multi-pronged hybrid technology approach to pressure the sources of Kyiv’s military and political support, domestic and foreign. This approach has included destructive missile and cyber strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Ukrainian and now foreign-based supply chains, and cyber-enabled influence operations[1]—intended to undermine US, EU, and NATO political support for Ukraine, and to shake the confidence and determination of Ukrainian citizens.

A handful of markets were responsible for trafficking most of the data.

Discover the anti-analysis techniques of the Mafalda implant, a unique, feature-rich backdoor used by the Metador threat actor.

As the amount of new memory-unsafe code entering Android has decreased, so too has the number of memory safety vulnerabilities. From 2019 to 2022 it has dropped from 76% down to 35% of Android’s total vulnerabilities. 2022 is the first year where memory safety vulnerabilities do not represent a majority of Android’s vulnerabilities.

Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence detects exploitation attempts of CVE-2022-40684, and CRIL observes Fortinet Access distribution in cybercrime forums.

LastPass says unknown attackers breached its cloud storage using information stolen during a previous security incident from August 2022.

The company added that, once in, the threat actors also managed to access customer data stored in the compromised storage service.

Reverse-engineering reveals close similarities to BlackMatter ransomware, with some improvements

Years-old domains, compromised JS libraries and worldwide-localized content among tactics of this sophisticated attacker.

The five-member FCC said it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology products that pose security risks to U.S. critical infrastructure.

Cyber threat intelligence largely involves the tracking and studying of the adversaries outside of your network. Gaining counterintelligence about your adversaries' capabilities and weaponry is one of the final building blocks for managing a strong cyber defense. In the pursuit of performing this duty, I have been studying how to discover adversary infrastructure on the internet. One good way of doing this has been via leveraging the scan data available through the popular Shodan search engine. If you've not used it before, Shodan periodically scans the entire internet and makes it available for users to query through. It is often used to monitor networks, look for vulnerabilities, and ensure the security of an organization's perimeter.

Someone is allegedly selling up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. A data sample investigated by Cybernews likely confirms this to be true.

The latest FortiGuard Labs Threat Signal Ransomware Roundup covers the Cryptonite ransomware, along with protection recommendations. Read more.

Key Takeaways

• Nighthawk is an advanced C2 framework intended for red team operations through commercial licensing.
• Proofpoint researchers observed initial use of the framework in September 2022 by a likely red team.
• We have seen no indications at this time that leaked versions of Nighthawk are being used by attributed threat actors in the wild.
• The tool has a robust list of configurable evasion techniques that are referenced as “opsec” functions throughout its code.
  P* roofpoint researchers expect Nighthawk will show up in threat actor campaigns as the tool becomes more widely recognized or as threat actors search for new, more capable tools to use against targets.

ViperSoftX is a multi-stage stealer that exhibits interesting hiding capabilities. Other than stealing cryptocurrencies, it also spreads the VenomSoftX browser extension, which performs man-in-the-browser attacks.

A common theme we've noticed in the last few months consists of malicious apps
distributed directly from the Google Play Store.

A Russian zero-day exploit purchase site is interested in tools for hacking of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. This raises a number of questions. Why would anybody want to hack such targets? Also, why would Russian entities (in particular) be interested in such targets? The best answer to these is “good question!”, and let's put politics aside. Let’s explore the potential cybersecurity risks of electric vehicle charging station, assuming the ability of compromising them at a scale, having some kind of tools. It turns out that this is a fascinating security problem!

VirusTotal can be used to collect large amounts of credentials without infecting an organization or buying them online, researchers found.

Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs analyzes the recent surge in users being infected by Browser Hijackers using Chrome plugins.

Since September 2022, Aurora malware is advertised as an infostealer and several traffers teams announced they added it to their malware toolset.

A 500-page document reviewed by WIRED shows Corellium engaged with several controversial companies, including spyware maker NSO Group.