An unusual malicious bundle (a collection of malicious programs distributed in the form of a single installation file, self-extracting archive or other file with installer-type functionality) recently caught our eye. Its main payload is the widespread RedLine stealer. Discovered in March 2020, RedLine is currently one of the most common Trojans used to steal passwords and credentials from browsers, FTP clients and desktop messengers. It is openly available on underground hacker forums for just a few hundred dollars, a relatively small price tag for malware.
In August 2022, the Vectra Protect team identified an attack path that enables malicious actors with file system access to steal credentials for any Microsoft Teams user who is signed in.
Traffickers in Southeast Asia force thousands of people into perpetrating cyberscams that defraud Americans out of millions of dollars. Here’s how they do it.
Our recent investigation at Certfa Lab, the APT42 has been running multiple phishing campaigns since late 2021 and some of them are ongoing and still active.
Hack of FishPig distribution server used to install Rekoobe on customer systems.
Governments and state-owned organizations are the latest targets of a well-established threat actor.
A distinct group of espionage attackers who were formerly associated with the ShadowPad remote access Trojan (RAT) has adopted a new, diverse toolset to mount an ongoing campaign against a range of government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries. The attacks, which have been underway since at least early 2021, appear to have intelligence gathering as their main goal.
Delivers Payload Using Post Exploitation Framework
During our routine threat-hunting exercise, Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) came across a Twitter post wherein a researcher mentioned an interesting infection chain of the Bumblebee loader malware being distributed via spam campaigns.
Bumblebee is a replacement for the BazarLoader malware, which acts as a downloader and delivers known attack frameworks and open-source tools such as Cobalt Strike, Shellcode, Sliver, Meterpreter, etc. It also downloads other types of malware such as ransomware, trojans, etc.
Analysts at the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) have recently analyzed an email asking users to download a “Proof of Payment” as well as other documents. While it is important to never click on the link(s) or download the attachment(s) of any suspicious email, if the recipient interacts with the link, it downloaded the malware Lampion.
In this intrusion from May 2022, we observed a domain-wide compromise that started from a malware ridden Excel document containing the never-dying malware, Emotet. The post-exploitation started ver…
While working a recent ransomware incident, BlackBerry identified a group whose name and TTPs mimicked the long-standing, popular ransomware crew Conti. Furthermore, the encryptor payload used in the attack was taken from the original group and modified for use with this new group. Who was this doppelganger?
A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, EFF has learned. This personal data isn’t gathered from cell phone towers or tech giants like Google — it’s obtained by the broker via thousands of different apps on Android and iOS app stores as part of the larger location data marketplace.
Mandiant attributes the ransomware attack against the Albanian government network in July of 2022 to an Iranian threat actor.
La violazione dell'account WhatsApp di un magistrato della Corte dei Conti ha un effetto domino: hacker hanno accesso a diverse informazioni
Une campagne de phishing d’Instagram cible spécifiquement les utilisateurs de la plateforme afin de subtiliser leurs informations personnelles et identifiants de compte.
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Portuguese NATO documents caught for sale on the darkweb
The extent of the damage is still being investigated by the National Security Office, but suspicions of the breach of security that facilitated the exfiltration of secret NATO documents fall on EMGFA, secret military and MDN computers.
Shortly after the destructive cyberattacks on the Albanian government in mid-July, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) was engaged to lead an investigation into the attacks.
Partially encrypting victims' files improves ransomware speed and aids evasion. First seen in LockFile, the technique is now being widely adopted.
L'Albanie a décidé de rompre ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Iran, a annoncé le Premier ministre albanais Edi Rama dans une allocution télévisée le 7 septembre. Il l'accuse d'avoir engagé "quatre groupes pour monter une cyberattaque" qui a paralysé les services gouvernementaux le 15 juillet dernier.
Whether Conti has rebranded as Monti in a bid to mock the former strain or it is just another new ransomware variant on the block.
Selon les premiers éléments de l’enquête technique conduite par l’Anssi, l’assaillant accédait déjà au système d’information du CHSF de Corbeil-Essonnes, via l’accès VPN, 10 jours avant de déclencher le ransomware.
