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# Bankbot on Google Play
While hunting for malicious applications out there, we found a banking trojan known as Bankbot in Google Play. It was found in an early stage so it didn't have enough time to spread, but the current status is around 500 installations. Behind this "Downloader for videos," we can find that the t... |
# The Return of Fantomas, or How We Deciphered Cryakl
**Authors: Kaspersky**
In early February this year, Belgian police seized the C&C servers of the infamous Cryakl cryptor. Soon afterwards, they handed over the private keys to our experts, who used them to update the free RakhniDecryptor tool for recovering files ... |
# New OpcJacker Malware Distributed via Fake VPN
## Overview
We discovered a new malware, which we named “OpcJacker” (due to its opcode configuration design and its cryptocurrency hijacking ability), that has been distributed in the wild since the second half of 2022. OpcJacker is an interesting piece of malware, sin... |
# 疑似APT-C-56（透明部落）针对恐怖主义的攻击活动分析
360烽火实验室 360威胁情报中心
收录于合集
- APT 80 个
- APT-C-56 透明部落 5 个
- 间谍软件 4 个
- 南亚地区 21 个 |
# ESET Research White Papers
**TLP: WHITE**
**Jumping the Air Gap: 15 Years of Nation-State Effort**
**Authors:** Alexis Dorais-Joncas, Facundo Munõz
**December 2021**
## 1. Executive Summary
Warning: This report contains references to material from the Vault7 leak, which may contain classified information... |
# Human-operated Ransomware Attacks: A Preventable Disaster
Human-operated ransomware campaigns pose a significant and growing threat to businesses and represent one of the most impactful trends in cyberattacks today. In these hands-on-keyboard attacks, adversaries employ credential theft and lateral movement methods ... |
# Who is Mr Dong?
In our last post, we showed how, through WHOIS data, it is possible to identify Wu Yingzhuo, an APT3 operator who registered domain names for the group and advertised online offering help with Trojan development. The story finished with http[.]net, a domain name that we showed was connected to APT3 a... |
# APT40: Examining a China-Nexus Espionage Actor
FireEye is highlighting a cyber espionage operation targeting crucial technologies and traditional intelligence targets from a China-nexus state-sponsored actor we call APT40. The actor has conducted operations since at least 2013 in support of China’s naval modernizati... |
# APT Groups Moving Down the Supply Chain
In August 2018, attackers broke into the network of Visma, a major managed services provider in Norway that does more than $1 billion in business each year. Using stolen Citrix credentials, the intruders made their way into the company’s network, then installed a custom remote... |
# SolarWinds/SUNBURST: DGA or DNS Tunneling?
**By Peter Rydzynski, IronNet Threat Analysis Lead**
**Dec 21, 2020**
As we continue unpacking and analyzing the SolarWinds attack, which FireEye has described as a “highly evasive” Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) incident, we first need to agree on terminology before ... |
# TA570 Qakbot (Qbot) Tries CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) Exploit (ms-msdt)
**Published:** 2022-06-09
**Last Updated:** 2022-06-09 05:50:03 UTC
**by Brad Duncan (Version: 1)**
## Introduction
A threat actor designated by Proofpoint as TA570 routinely pushes Qakbot (Qbot) malware. Malicious DLL files used for Qakbot... |
# APT37 (REAPER): The Overlooked North Korean Actor
## Introduction
On Feb. 2, 2018, we published a blog detailing the use of an Adobe Flash zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) by a suspected North Korean cyber espionage group that we now track as APT37 (Reaper). Recent examination of this group’s activities by Fi... |
# When Cats Fly: Suspected Iranian Threat Actor UNC1549 Targets Israeli and Middle East Aerospace and Defense Sectors
Today Mandiant is releasing a blog post about suspected Iran-nexus espionage activity targeting the aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in Middle East countries, including Israel and the United... |
# Klingon RAT Holding on for Dear Life
With more malware written in Golang than ever before, the threat from Go-based Remote Access Trojans (RATs) has never been higher. Not only has the number of Go malware increased but also the sophistication of these threats. This is a technical analysis of an advanced RAT written... |
# FIN7 Still Active
## Malware Analysis
The script shared by Jamesinthebox uses the online obfuscation tool (obfuscator.io). This content contains two arrays. The first array is used to store the names of variables and sensitive strings for parsing and debug rights. We can observe the debug method using multiple stru... |
# Special Publication 800-123
## Guide to General Server Security
### Acknowledgements
The authors, Karen Scarfone and Wayne Jansen of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Miles Tracy of Federal Reserve Information Technology, wish to thank their colleagues who reviewed drafts of this document... |
# Practical Attacks against Mobile Device Management (MDM)
**Daniel Brodie, Sr. Security Researcher, Lacoon Mobile Security**
## Introduction
Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions are perceived to be the ultimate solution for mobile security in the enterprise. According to Gartner Inc’s October 2012 report: “Over... |
# Newly Found Sugar Ransomware is Now Being Offered as RaaS
While the ransomware landscape is ever filled with a variety of sophisticated ransomware, a new ransomware family, dubbed Sugar, has surfaced lately to wreak havoc.
## What do we know so far?
The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has uncovered the n... |
# How BRATA is Monitoring Your Bank Account
**Federico Valentini, Francesco Iubatti**
## Introduction
In our previous article “Mobile banking fraud: BRATA strikes again,” we described how threat actors (TAs) leverage the Android banking trojan BRATA to perpetrate fraud via unauthorized wire transfers. In this articl... |
# New Variants of Agent.BTZ/ComRAT Found: The Threat
Agent.BTZ–also known as ComRAT–is one of the world’s oldest known state-sponsored threats, mainly known for the 2008 Pentagon breach. Technically speaking, Agent.BTZ is a sophisticated user-mode RAT developed and operated by the Turla group in conjunction with the S... |
# UpdateAgent macOS Malware
Adversaries don’t work 9-5 and neither do we. At eSentire, our 24/7 SOCs are staffed with Elite Threat Hunters and Cyber Analysts who hunt, investigate, contain, and respond to threats within minutes. We have discovered some of the most dangerous threats and nation-state attacks in our spac... |
# The Icefog APT Hits US Targets With Java Backdoor
**Authors**
Vitaly Kamluk
Igor Kuznetsov
Costin Raiu
In September 2013, we published our extensive analysis of Icefog, an APT campaign that focused on the supply chain – targeting government institutions, military contractors, maritime and ship-building grou... |
# Inside Lightning Stealer
**A New Info Stealer Targeting over 30 Browsers**
Cyble Research Labs recently encountered Lightning Stealer – a new Info Stealer variant. An info stealer is a type of malware designed specifically to steal data from the victim’s system. This type of malware has emerged as a serious threat ... |
# EternalRocks (a.k.a. MicroBotMassiveNet)
EternalRocks is a network worm (i.e. self-replicating), emerged in the first half of May 2017, with the oldest known sample `fc75410aa8f76154f5ae8fe035b9a13c76f6e132077346101a0d673ed9f3a0dd` dating to 2017-05-03. It spreads through public (The Shadow Brokers NSA dump) SMB exp... |
# Lucifer: New Cryptojacking and DDoS Hybrid Malware Exploiting High and Critical Vulnerabilities to Infect Windows Devices
**By Ken Hsu, Durgesh Sangvikar, Zhibin Zhang, and Chris Navarrete**
**June 24, 2020**
**Category: Unit 42**
**Tags: Cryptominer, Cryptojacking, DDoS, Lucifer, vulnerabilities**
## Executi... |
# Sage 2.0 Ransomware
## Introduction
On Friday, 2017-01-20, I checked a malicious spam (malspam) campaign that normally distributes Cerber ransomware. That Friday it delivered ransomware I'd never seen before called "Sage." More specifically, it was "Sage 2.0."
Sage is yet another family of ransomware in an alread... |
# PHP Malware Used in Lucky Visitor Scam
**Kota Kino**
June 4, 2021
JPCERT/CC continues to observe cases of websites being compromised and embedded with a malicious page. Visitors are redirected to a scam site or suspicious shopping site by a malicious PHP script (hereafter, “PHP malware”). This article explains ... |
# Malspam Pushing Lokibot Malware
**Published:** 2018-12-04
**Last Updated:** 2018-12-04 02:36:48 UTC
**by Brad Duncan**
## Introduction
I've frequently seen malicious spam pushing Lokibot (also spelled "Loki-Bot") since 2017. This year, I've written diaries about it in February 2018 and June 2018. I most recent... |
# Above the Fold and in Your Inbox: Tracing State-Aligned Activity Targeting Journalists, Media
**Key Takeaways**
- Those involved in media make for appealing targets given the unique access, information, and insights they can provide on topics of state-designated import.
- Proofpoint researchers have observed APT ac... |
# DirtyMoe: Code Signing Certificate
**Abstract**
The DirtyMoe malware uses a driver signed with a revoked certificate that can be seamlessly loaded into the Windows kernel. Therefore, one of the goals is to analyze how Windows works with a code signature of Windows drivers. Similarly, we will also be interested in ... |
# “黑凤梨”（BlackTech）最新APT攻击活动分析
## 概述
“黑凤梨”（BlackTech，T-APT-03）是一个长期活跃在亚洲地区的APT组织，其最早的活动可见于2011年，由2017年5月被国外安全公司进行披露。近期，腾讯御见威胁情报中心抓获了一例该APT组织的最新攻击活动，该次攻击采用office文档为诱饵进行鱼叉攻击，通过最新的0day漏洞来投递载荷。载荷为代号为PLEAD的RAT木马，该木马主体是可直接执行的二进制代码（shellcode），精湛短小，非常容易免杀。从2011年至今，腾讯御见威胁情报中心在跨度长达6年的时间内对该组织进行追踪，总共捕捉到数百个样本和c&c域名。
## 载荷投递
### 本次... |
# Hackers Use Conti's Leaked Ransomware to Attack Russian Companies
A hacking group used Conti's leaked ransomware source code to create their own ransomware for cyberattacks against Russian organizations. While it is common to hear of ransomware attacks targeting companies and encrypting data, Russian organizations h... |
# HIDDEN COBRA – North Korean Trojan: Volgmer
## Systems Affected
Network systems
## Overview
This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Working with U.S. government partners, DHS and FBI identified... |
# Earth Karkaddan APT: Adversary Intelligence and Monitoring (AIM) Report
## Executive Summary
### Brief Definition
APT36, or Earth Karkaddan, is a politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) group primarily focused on compromising Indian military and diplomatic resources. Earth Karkaddan is known for usin... |
# Mokes and Buerak Distributed Under the Guise of Security Certificates
The technique of distributing malware under the guise of legitimate software updates is not new. As a rule, cybercriminals invite potential victims to install a new version of a browser or Adobe Flash Player. However, we recently discovered a new ... |
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Type Observable
Domain orionfile.com
Domain tawaranmurah.com
URL http://www.tawaranmurah.com/home/newitems.php
URL http://www.orionfile.com/rssfeeds/lang1.php
IP 81.4.100.197
Artifact 479b9e6d7a5d35d8854756be... |
# “MSUpdater” Trojan and Ongoing Targeted Attacks
## Overview
Researchers from Zscaler and Seculert separately identified incidents and threats discussed in this report. Within a private security forum, we discussed and determined that we had identified related incidents. Zscaler and Seculert collaborated on this rep... |
# Cobalt Strike Analysis and Tutorial: CS Metadata Encoding and Decoding
**By Chris Navarrete, Durgesh Sangvikar, Yu Fu, Yanhui Jia, Siddhart Shibiraj**
**May 6, 2022**
**Category:** Tutorial
**Tags:** C2, Cobalt Strike, Evasion, malleable C2 profile, post-exploitation
## Executive Summary
Cobalt Strike is c... |
# A41APT Case Analysis of the Stealth APT Campaign Threatening Japan
**Authors:**
Yusuke Niwa, Hajime Yanagishita, Charles Li, Suguru Ishimaru, Motohiko Sato
**Date:** 2020/01/28
**Conference:** Japan Security Analyst Conference 2021
## Agenda
1. Campaign Overview
2. Malware Analysis
3. Characteristics of Intru... |
# BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Government Officials
The likely Chinese government-sponsored threat group uses decoy documents and PlugX malware to compromise targets.
In June and July 2022, Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers identified a PlugX malware campaign targeting computers belonging to government... |
# Pylocky Unlocked: Cisco Talos Releases PyLocky Ransomware Decryptor
This tool was developed by Mike Bautista. PyLocky is a family of ransomware written in Python that attempts to masquerade as a Locky variant. This ransomware will encrypt all files on a victim machine before demanding that the user pay a ransom to g... |
# XORDDoS, Kaiji Variants Target Exposed Docker Servers
We have recently detected variants of two existing Linux botnet malware types targeting exposed Docker servers; these are XORDDoS malware (detected by Trend Micro as Backdoor.Linux.XORDDOS.AE) and Kaiji DDoS malware (detected by Trend Micro as DDoS.Linux.KAIJI.A)... |
# StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware
**Cybersecurity Advisory**
**Release Date:** March 02, 2023
**Alert Code:** AA23-061A
## SUMMARY
This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders detailing various ransomware variants and threat a... |
# A Tale of Two Dropper Scripts for Agent Tesla
January 3, 2022
By Tony Lambert
In this post, I want to look at two script files that drop Agent Tesla stealers on affected systems and show how adversary decisions affect malware analysis and detection. If you want to follow along at home, I’m working with these sa... |
# Malware Attacks Targeting Ukraine Government
January 16, 2022
Today, we’re sharing that we’ve observed destructive malware in systems belonging to several Ukrainian government agencies and organizations that work closely with the Ukrainian government. The malware is disguised as ransomware but, if activated by the ... |
# PureLocker: New Ransomware-as-a-Service Being Used in Targeted Attacks Against Servers
**Analysis by Intezer and IBM X-Force points its origins to a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider utilized by the Cobalt Gang and FIN6 attack groups.**
We have found a new and undetected ransomware threat that is being used for... |
# The Kittens Are Back in Town
## Charming Kitten Campaign Keeps Going On, Using New Impersonation Methods
October 2019
TLP: WHITE
---
## Introduction
## About Charming Kitten
## Attack Vector
### Impersonation Vectors
**First Vector** - A message with a link pretending to be Google Drive
**Second Vector** –... |
# Threat Actor Targeting Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Figures
## Introduction
At the end of October, a person deeply involved in the pro-democracy side of the Hong Kong protests received a spear phishing email from someone claiming to be a law student at a top foreign university, requesting feedback on his supposed thesis... |
# Research, News, and Perspectives
## Exploits & Vulnerabilities
### Celebrating 15 Years of Pwn2Own
Join Erin Sindelar, Mike Gibson, Brian Gorenc, and Dustin Childs as they discuss Pwn2Own's 15th anniversary, what we've learned, and how the program will continue to serve the cybersecurity community in the future.
... |
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# Ongoing Threats Targeting the Energy Industry
**TLP:** CLEAR
**PAP:** CLEAR
## Key findings
In this report are presented:
- The origin of the malware and information about the company running it.
- How multiple companies from the energy sector, including three French companies with branches in Liquified Natura... |
# Abusing Third-Party Cloud Services in Targeted Attacks
**Daniel Lunghi (@thehellu), Jaromir Horejsi (@JaromirHorejsi)**
October 02, 2019, Virus Bulletin, London, UK
## Introduction
- Cloud services abuse is not something new
- “C&C-as-a-Service” presentation at VB in 2015
- This talk focuses on cloud abuse in t... |
# URLZone Zones in on Japan
Recently we’ve seen an interesting trend from several crimeware families that were mainly active in the European region, and have now expanded their activity to Japan. Rovnix is one such family, as recently reported by IBM X-Force. At the same time, we’ve seen another spam campaign break ou... |
# New CaddyWiper Data Wiping Malware Hits Ukrainian Networks
By Sergiu Gatlan
March 14, 2022
Newly discovered data-destroying malware was observed earlier today in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations and deleting data across systems on compromised networks. "This new malware erases user data and partition i... |
# Python Cryptominer Botnet Quickly Adopts Latest Vulnerabilities
**January 14, 2021**
**Research Labs**
Over the last few days, Imperva researchers have monitored the emergence of a new botnet, one whose primary activity is performing different DDoS attacks and mining cryptocurrency. It also acts as a worm trying ... |
# COMPUTER FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF MOBILE BANKING TROJAN
**Ivanov Boris**
Senior Computer Forensics Specialist
LLC «Group-IB»
Graduate student
05.13.19 - Defense methods and systems of information, information security
Kuban State Technological University
## Goals of this workshop
- WTF Computer Forensi... |
# Reviving MuddyC3 Used by MuddyWater (IRAN) APT
**Estimated Reading Time:** 10 minutes
Note: This article contains two parts, one for Blue Teams and the other for Red Teams. Go to the part you are interested in or read both if you are a Purple Team member.
MuddyWater is a well-known threat actor group founded by Ir... |
# Chrome Extensions Steal Roblox Currency, Uses Discord
We discussed how threat actors use the voice/chat client Discord to steal cookies from the running Roblox process on a Windows PC. Since then, we've noticed another attack going after the same information, only this time it is via Chrome extensions (CRX files).
... |
# MTR Casebook: Blocking a $15 Million Maze Ransomware Attack
**Greg Iddon**
**September 22, 2020**
**Customer profile:** An organization with many hundreds of networked devices based in Asia Pacific.
The Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) team was called in to help an organization targeted with Maze ransomware.... |
# From PowerShell to Payload: An Analysis of Weaponized Malware
Click, boom, and your network is compromised. All a hacker needs is one successful exploit and you could have a very bad day. Recently, we uncovered one artifact that we would like to break down and showcase. We will get "into the weeds" here and really d... |
# SWIFT Attackers’ Malware Linked to More Financial Attacks
Symantec has found evidence that a bank in the Philippines has also been attacked by the group that stole US$81 million from the Bangladesh central bank and attempted to steal over $1 million from the Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam. Malware used by the group was ... |
# Silent Librarian: More to the Story of the Iranian Mabna Institute Indictment
March 26, 2018
By Jessica Ellis
Last Friday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of nine Iranians who worked for an organization named the Mabna Institute. According to prosecutors, the defendants stole more ... |
# Welcome Chat: A Malicious Messaging App
ESET research uncovers a malicious operation that both spies on victims and leaks their data. We discovered a new operation within a long-running cyber-espionage campaign in the Middle East. Targeting Android users via the malicious Welcome Chat app, the operation appears to h... |
# KONNI: A Malware Under The Radar For Years
**This blog was authored by Paul Rascagneres**
## Executive Summary
Talos has discovered an unknown Remote Administration Tool that we believe has been in use for over 3 years. During this time, it has managed to avoid scrutiny by the security community. The current versi... |
# SamSam: Converting Opportunity into Profit
Counter Threat Unit Research Team
Threat actors continue to use opportunistic attacks to compromise networks and deploy SamSam ransomware to collect money from various types of organizations.
On February 15, 2018, Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers publi... |
# Panda’s New Arsenal: Part 3 Smanager
## はじめに
これまでのブログでTmangerとAlbaniiutasについて紹介しました。TmangerにはAlbaniiutas以外にも、類似したマルウェアが存在します。今回は私達がTmangerの亜種であると考えているSmanagerについて紹介します。
SmanagerはTmangerとは異なり、ベトナムで発見されることが多く、ベトナムに関連する組織に対する攻撃で使用された可能性があります。細かな部分ではTmangerおよびAlbaniiutasに類似した点が多くあります。具体的には、以下のような類似点が挙げられます。
- Tmanger... |
# MAR-10135536-21 – North Korean Tunneling Tool: ELECTRICFISH
**Notification**
This report is provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties regarding any information contained herein. The DHS does not endorse any commercial product or serv... |
# In Hot Pursuit of ‘Cryware’: Defending Hot Wallets from Attacks
The steep rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization mirrors a marked increase in threats and attacks that target or leverage cryptocurrencies. Microsoft researchers are observing an interesting trend: the evolution of related malware and the emergenc... |
# Log4j Vulnerabilities: Attack Insights
**Siddhesh Chandrayan**
Threat Analysis Engineer
Apache Log4j is a Java-based logging utility. The library’s main role is to log information related to security and performance to make error debugging easier and to enable applications to run smoothly. The library is part of ... |
# Emotet Resumes Spam Operations, Switches to OneNote
**By Edmund Brumaghin, Jaeson Schultz**
**March 22, 2023**
Emotet resumed spamming operations on March 7, 2023, after a months-long hiatus. Initially leveraging heavily padded Microsoft Word documents to attempt to evade sandbox analysis and endpoint protection,... |
# BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit: Myth Confirmed
**March 1, 2023**
The first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on fully updated UEFI systems is now a reality. The number of UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in recent years and the failures in patching them or revoking vulnerable binaries within a reasonable... |
# Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People?!
## Scenario
We are living in hard times; many countries around the world are hit by COVID-19, which is a very dangerous disease. Unfortunately, there have been many deaths, thousands of infected people, a shortage of breathing equipment, and billions of dollars lost, lea... |
# Malicious Compiled HTML Help File
**By Tyler Halfpop**
**May 12, 2022**
**Category:** Malware
**Tags:** AgentTesla, anti-analysis
## Executive Summary
This blog describes an attack that Unit 42 observed utilizing malicious compiled HTML help files for the initial delivery. We will show how to analyze the m... |
# Ryuk Ransomware Stops Encrypting Linux Folders
A new version of the Ryuk Ransomware was released that will purposely avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems.
After the City of New Orleans was infected by ransomware, BleepingComputer confirmed that the city was infected by the Ryuk Ransomwar... |
# New FluBot and TeaBot Global Malware Campaigns Discovered
Some malware and phishing campaigns have short lives, tending to dissipate after they're identified by security solutions. Others seem to survive year after year, with victims falling for the same tricks. Banking trojans such as TeaBot and FluBot and the "Is ... |
# Emotet Technical Analysis - Part 2: PowerShell Unveiled
Researchers identified Emotet for the first time in 2014 as a banking malware stealing sensitive and private information. Now, adversaries are using Emotet as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for delivering malware, including other banking Trojans. Emotet inc... |
# The Rise of Earth Aughisky: Tracking the Campaigns Taidoor Started
## Appendix Indicators of Compromise (IoCs)
### Domains
- 1122334.zyns.com
- aimimi.xxuz.com
- airbus.zyns.com
- airlinesflightleaving.thesizeofearth.ourhobby.com
- aolmail.ddns.info
- article.phdfa.com
- Artor.terelation.com
- asia.publiccosplay.or... |
# Targeted Attack Trends in Asia-Pacific
Targeted attacks or threats that compromise specifically chosen targets to steal confidential information can affect organizations in various ways, ranging from brand damage to actual revenue loss. A recent Harvard Business Review study revealed that the top three effects of ta... |
# First Malware Targeting AWS Lambda Serverless Platform Discovered
A first-of-its-kind malware targeting Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Lambda serverless computing platform has been discovered in the wild. Dubbed "Denonia" after the name of the domain it communicates with, the malware uses newer address resolution techni... |
# CL0P and REvil Escalate Their Ransomware Tactics
March 11, 2021
Over the past several weeks, Flashpoint has observed increased activity from ransomware groups REvil and CL0P. Adding new attack capabilities and more aggressive extortion techniques, the groups are rapidly extending their respective ransomware arsenal... |
# Tracking Cobalt Strike Servers Used in Cyberattacks on Ukraine
**By IronNet Threat Research Team with lead contributions by Peter Rydzynski and Brent Eskridge, Ph.D**
On April 18, 2022, CERT-UA published alert #4490, which describes a malicious email campaign targeting Ukraine. The email attempts to deploy a Cobalt... |
# Nazar: Spirits of the Past
## Introduction
Those were some of the words that the Equation Group (NSA) operators left in the records documenting their attacks against target systems, and which were later leaked by the Shadow Brokers. The plethora of information exposed in the fifth and last leak by the Shadow Broker... |
# Who else works for this cover company network?
In our previous articles, we identified a network of front companies for APT activity in Hainan and showed that Gu Jian, an academic at Hainan University, is listed as a contact person for one of these companies – Hainan Xiandun. Additionally, Gu Jian appeared to manage... |
# DarkSide Ransomware
DarkSide Hand-Ransomware (шифровальщик-вымогатель, RaaS)
Этот крипто-вымогатель шифрует данные бизнес-пользователей и предприятий с помощью Salsa20+RSA-1024, а затем требует выкуп в несколько миллионов долларов в BTC, чтобы вернуть файлы. Оригинальное название: DarkSide. Написан на Python.
## О... |
# Let's Learn: Inside Parallax RAT Malware: Process Hollowing Injection & Process Doppelgänging API Mix: Part I
**Goal:** Reverse engineer and analyze the loader portion related to the Parallax remote administration tool/Trojan (RAT) low-level injection and image decoder techniques. The original sample discovery belon... |
# Sunburst Backdoor – Code Overlaps with Kazuar
## Introduction
On December 13, 2020, FireEye published a blog post detailing a supply chain attack leveraging Orion IT, an infrastructure monitoring and management platform by SolarWinds. In parallel, Volexity published an article with their analysis of related attacks... |
# TLP: WHITE
8 January 2021
The following information is being provided by the FBI, with no guarantees or warranties, for potential use at the sole discretion of recipients to protect against cyber threats. This data is provided to help cyber security professionals and system administrators guard against the persiste... |
# Wireshark Tutorial: Examining Emotet Infection Traffic
**By Brad Duncan**
**January 19, 2021**
## Executive Summary
This tutorial is designed for security professionals who investigate suspicious network activity and review packet captures (pcaps). Familiarity with Wireshark is necessary to understand this tut... |
# Defeating Compiler-Level Obfuscations Used in APT10 Malware
**February 25, 2019**
**Takahiro Haruyama**
## Summary
The Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) recently analyzed a series of malware samples that utilized compiler-level obfuscations. For example, opaque predicates were applied to Turla mosquito and... |
# Report: Ransomware Disables Georgia County Election Database
A ransomware attack that hobbled a Georgia county government in early October reportedly disabled a database used to verify voter signatures in the authentication of absentee ballots. It is the first reported case of a ransomware attack affecting an electi... |
# Анализ ботнета DarkSky
Вся информация предоставлена исключительно в ознакомительных целях. Ни администрация, ни автор не несут ответственности за любой возможный вред, причиненный материалами данной статьи.
## Админ-панель
Сразу хочется отметить, что в плане внешности панелька очень даже неплохая. Тут же отмечу, ч... |
# Graphiron: New Russian Information Stealing Malware Deployed Against Ukraine
The Russia-linked Nodaria group has deployed a new threat designed to steal a wide range of information from infected computers. The Nodaria espionage group (aka UAC-0056) is using a new piece of information stealing malware against targets... |
# Infostealer Malware Azorult Being Distributed Through Spam Mails
The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that Azorult malware is being distributed through spam mails. Azorult is a kind of Infostealer that accesses a C&C server to receive DLL files and commands used to leak information, and steals information such... |
# Silent Echoes: The Hidden Dialogue among Malware Entities — Spotlight on AMOS InfoStealer
On April 26th, Cyble, a threat intelligence provider, released an article discussing a new infostealer called AMOS, which targets Mac devices. Intrigued by their findings, I conducted a personal investigation and gathered more ... |
# The TrickBot Evolution
**Joshua Adams, F5 Networks**
j.adams2@f5.com
- 38503c00be6b7f7eeb5076c0bd071b4c
- bf621ef7e98047fea8c221e17c1837b8
- 0804499dba4090c439e580f5693660e0
- E4a8dc8fd08d4f65a68d0a40e2190c70
**Source:** http://www.threatgeek.com/2016/10/trickbot-the-dyre-connection.html
**Fidelis Th... |
# 2019 Global Threat Report: Adversary Tradecraft and the Importance of Speed
## Foreword
This year’s Global Threat Report: “Adversary Tradecraft and the Importance of Speed,” addresses the quickening pace and increasing sophistication in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) over the past year — and i... |
# Don’t Answer That! Russia-Aligned TA499 Beleaguers Targets with Video Call Requests
**March 07, 2023**
Zydeca Cass and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team
## Key Takeaways
- TA499, also known as Vovan and Lexus, is a Russia-aligned threat actor that has aggressively engaged in email campaigns since at least 2021... |
# United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
**October 7, 2020**
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
The United States has seized 92 domain names that were unlawfully used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to engage in a global disinformation c... |
# PINCHY SPIDER Adopts “Big Game Hunting” to Distribute GandCrab
Brendon Feeley, Bex Hartley and Sergei Frankoff
March 6, 2019
CrowdStrike® Intelligence has recently observed PINCHY SPIDER affiliates deploying GandCrab ransomware in enterprise environments, using lateral movement techniques and tooling commonly ass... |
# Threat Group-4127 Targets Google Accounts
**Author:** SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™ Threat Intelligence
## Summary
SecureWorks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers track the activities of Threat Group-4127 (TG-4127), which traditionally targets governments, military, international non-governmental organizati... |
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