Throughout the summer and fall of 2023, DarkGate entered the ring competing for the top spot in the remote access trojan (RAT) and loader category. It was observed in …
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Update November 13, 2023
This CSA is being re-released to add new TTPs, IOCs, and information related to Royal Ransomware activity.
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Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory …
Update: Wordfence has released a malware detection signature for wp.ph$p to Wordfence Premium, Wordfence Care, Wordfence Response, and the paid tiers of Wordfence CLI as of Monday, October 16, 2023.…
In this blog entry, we analyze BlackSuit ransomware and how it compares to Royal Ransomware.
Royal ransomware, which is already one of the most notable ransomware families of 2022, has …
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Executive SummaryRoyal ransomware has been involved in high-profile attacks against critical infrastructure, especially healthcare, since it was first observed in September …
By Max Kersten · April 3, 2023This blog was also written by Alexandre Mundo
We would like to thank Advanced Cyber Services team within Trellix Professional Services for the incident …
The rise of ransomware and malware variants has been a growing concern for individuals and organizations alike. With new strains of malicious software emerging every day, the threat landscape has …
Ransomware actors have been observed to expand their targets by increasingly developing Linux-based versions. Royal ransomware is following in the same path, a new variant targeting Linux systems emerged and …
From September to December, we detected multiple attacks from the Royal ransomware group. In this blog entry, we discuss findings from our investigation of this ransomware and the tools that …
The Royal ransomware group emerged in early 2022 and has gained momentum since the middle of the year. Its ransomware, which the group deploys through different TTPs, has impacted multiple …
On a bi-weekly basis, FortiGuard Labs gathers data on ransomware variants of interest that have been gaining traction within our datasets and the OSINT community. The Ransomware Roundup report aims …
Identifier: TRR240402.
SummaryWe have been closely monitoring the activities of the Iranian state-sponsored threat actor MuddyWater since the beginning of 2024. Our investigations reveal an active campaign that has …
On 15 April 2024, Fabian Bäumer and Marcus Brinkmann of Ruhr University Bochum identified a vulnerable implementation of DSA for certain elliptic curve configurations in the 0.68 – 0.80 versions …
Here are the key insights from the Halcyon Threat Research and Intelligence Team findings for March 2024. The evolving ransomware landscape continues to reveal intriguing trends when analyzed comprehensively.
Ransomware…Key Point : —————————— – Operation Cronos disrupted LockBit’s operations, leading to outages on LockBit-affiliated platforms and a takeover of its leak site by the UK’s National Crime Agency. – …
Generally, organizations such as institutes and companies use various security products to prevent security threats. For endpoint systems alone, there are not only anti-malware solutions, but also firewalls, APT defense …
Written by World Watch team from CERT Orange Cyberdefense (Marine PICHON, Vincent HINDERER, Maël SARP and Ziad MASLAH) and Sekoia TDR team (Livia TIBIRNA, Amaury G. and Grégoire CLERMONT)
TL;DR…As of today, a large majority of intrusion sets and threat actors leverage crypters prior to delivering and executing malicious payloads on a target system. They use it to build …
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On February 29th 2024, CISA released an advisory on Phobos ransomware.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-060a
Intel-Ops is actively tracking infrastructure assessed to …
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Executive SummaryThe ransomware landscape experienced significant transformations and challenges in 2023. The year saw a 49% increase in victims reported by …
By Securonix Threat Labs, Threat Research: D. Iuzvyk, T. Peck, O. Kolesnikov
tldr: Threat actors favor RMM (remote monitoring and management) as it allows for convenient and stealthy command and …
Research by: Marc Salinas Fernandez
Key Points Check Point Research (CPR) provides a case study of some of the most recent ransomware attacks targeting Linux systems and ESXi systems which…Blister is a piece of malware that loads a payload embedded inside it. We provide an overview of payloads dropped by the Blister loader based on 137 unpacked samples from …
The LostTrust ransomware operation is a new multi-extortion threat that emerged in September 2023. Our analysis of LostTrust malware payloads indicates that the family is an evolution of SFile and …
With contributions from Shingo Matsugaya
We delve into three of the most active ransomware families that dominated the first half of 2023: LockBit, Clop, and BlackCat.
Since 2022, our telemetry …
eSentire, a top global Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security services provider, intercepted and shut down three separate ransomware attacks launched by affiliates of the notorious, Russia-linked LockBit …
Resecurity has identified a large-scale smishing campaign targeting US Citizens. Previous incidents have impacted victims from the U.K, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, and other countries. The threat group behind …
AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) has recently discovered cases of proxyjacking targeting poorly managed MS-SQL servers. Publicly accessible MS-SQL servers with simple passwords are one of the main attack …
LABRAT: Stealthy Cryptojacking and Proxyjacking Campaign Targeting GitLab | Sysdig
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The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) recently discovered a new, financially motivated operation, …
In June 2023, Trend Micro observed an upgrade to the evasion techniques used by the Batloader initial access malware, which we’ve covered in previous blog entries.
In June 2023, Trend …
Awareness of the newest shifts and patterns is vital in the fast-changing world of cyber threats. This rings particularly true with ransomware, known for its quick changes and intricate tactics. …
The Halcyon Research and Engineering Team has published new research that details novel techniques used to unmask yet another Ransomware Economy player that is facilitating ransomware attacks and state-sponsored APT …
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Rapid7 is tracking a new, more sophisticated and staged campaign using the Blackmoon trojan, which appears to have originated in November …
July 06, 2023
Joshua Miller, Pim Trouerbach, and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team
Key Takeaways TA453 continues to adapt its malware arsenal, deploying novel file types and targeting new operating…
The Trickbot/Conti Crypters: Where Are They Now?
blog we published last May. One year on, ITG23 has experienced many organizational changes, splintering into factions and forging new relationships. Despite these …
T1190 – Exploit Public-Facing Application Malware actors take advantage of vulnerable, unmanaged, or misconfigured database servers to gain a foothold on the victim’s network. Based on logs, it executes the …
SharpPanda, an APT group originating from China, has seen a rise in its cyber-attack operations starting from at least 2018. The APT …
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) observed an increase in the number of ransomware groups launching Linux variants, such as Cylance and Royal ransomware. …
Ex-Conti and FIN7 Actors Collaborate with New Backdoor
Dave Loader, which we have linked to the Trickbot/Conti syndicate and its former members. Minodo’s code shows overlap with the Lizar (aka …
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Did you know that you can effortlessly make a small passive income by simply letting an application run on your home computers and …
In 2021, Check Point Research published a report on a previously undisclosed toolset used by Sharp Panda, a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage operation targeting Southeast Asian government entities. Since then, we have …
Executive Summary
On February 3, European hosting providers and computer emergency response teams (CERTs) began warning of a widespread ransomware campaign exploiting CVE-2021-21974, a VMWare ESXi vulnerability for which a patch has been available since February…We discuss the Batloader malware campaigns we observed in the last quarter of 2022, including our analysis of Water Minyades-related events (This is the intrusion set we track behind the …
Redline Stealer is one of the most popular stealers being sold and used by cybercriminals. The command and control (C2) panel does not require an attacker to log in via …
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of a full report. To read the entire analysis with endnotes, click here to download the report as a PDF.
This report analyzes the …
Update 12.01.22: The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint advisory on Cuba ransomware, listing this BlackBerry blog as a resource. See Advisory.
SummaryThe threat actor …