Dark Pink TTPs Dark Pink Toolset

Dark Pink employs a variety of tools and custom-built malicious software designed for data theft and espionage. Their specialized toolkit comprises:

Cucky: A straightforward custom information stealer coded in .NET. It is proficient in extracting passwords, browsing history, login credentials, and cookies from a range of web browsers targeted by the group.…
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Executive Summary

The Black Lotus Labs team has discovered a highly unique piece of malware designed to compromise the security of the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) functionality in the Linux kernel of container-based operating systems, like CoreOS. eBPF is a programmable framework that allows users to run code within the kernel of Linux systems, without having to write a kernel-specific module.…

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Unveiling the Dark Side: A Deep Dive into Active Ransomware Families  Author: Molly Dewis  Intro 

Our technical experts have written a blog series focused on Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP’s) deployed by four ransomware families recently observed during NCC Group’s incident response engagements.   

In case you missed it, our last post analysed an Incident Response engagement involving the D0nut extortion group.…

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Overview

Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence (CGSI) has identified the ongoing exploitation of recently disclosed vulnerabilities that were initially highlighted in the latest advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA took proactive measures by issuing security alerts for the actively exploited Citrix Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966) on October 10 and the Big IP vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46747, CVE-2023-46748) on October 31.…

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Audience-Role: Security Leadership  |  Sector: Government

Disinformation campaigns to attempt to disrupt or influence European elections continue. A recent example in Spain shows how they can be structured to target niche groups.

The recent years have seen an increase in information operations aimed at interfering with the election processes in Europe.…

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Executive Summary

Since the end of August 2023, we have observed a significant rise in compromised servers specializing in clickbait and ad content. But why are sites like this such an attractive target for criminals? Mainly because these sites are designed to reach a large number of potential victims.…

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During our analysis of a July 2023 campaign targeting groups supporting Ukraine’s admission into NATO, we discovered a new vulnerability for bypassing Microsoft’s Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) security feature. This activity has been attributed by the community to the pro-Russian APT group known as Storm-0978 (also known as the RomCom Group, in reference to their use of the RomCom backdoor).…

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In a concerning development within the healthcare sector, Huntress has identified a series of unauthorized access that signifies internal reconnaissance and preparation for additional threat actor activity against multiple healthcare organizations. 

The attackers abused a locally hosted instance of a widely-used remote access tool, ScreenConnect—utilized by the company Transaction Data Systems (which recently merged with and was renamed Outcomes), the makers of Rx30 and ComputerRx software — for initial access to victim organizations.…

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In late 2022, Mandiant responded to a disruptive cyber physical incident in which the Russia-linked threat actor Sandworm targeted a Ukrainian critical infrastructure organization. This incident was a multi-event cyber attack that leveraged a novel technique for impacting industrial control systems (ICS) / operational technology (OT).…

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The contents of this blog post were originally scheduled to be presented during an upcoming cybersecurity conference. However, interest in this topic has heightened due to the war in Israel and a suspected ongoing attack against Israeli targets. As such, we have decided to publish the relevant findings from the presentation now.…

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CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations has been investigating a series of cyberattacks and strategic web compromise (SWC) operations targeting organizations in the transportation, logistics and technology sectors that occurred in October 2023. Based on a detailed examination of the malicious tooling used in these attacks, along with additional reporting and industry reports, CrowdStrike Intelligence attributes this activity to the IMPERIAL KITTEN adversary.…

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Executive SummarySentinelLabs has identified a new Python-based infostealer and hacktool called ‘Predator AI’ that is designed to target cloud services. The Predator AI developer implemented a ChatGPT-driven class into the Python script, which is designed to make the tool easier to use and to serve as a single text-driven interface between disparate features.…
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SEQRITE Labs APT-Team has discovered multiple campaigns of APT SideCopy, targeting Indian government and defense entities in the past few months. The threat group is now exploiting the recent WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 (See our advisory for more details) to deploy AllaKore RAT, DRat and additional payloads.…

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The hacker collective called GhostSec has unveiled an innovative Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) framework called GhostLocker. They provide comprehensive assistance to customers interested in acquiring this service through a dedicated Telegram channel. Presently, GhostSec is focusing its attacks on Israel. This move represents a surprising departure from their past activities and stated agenda.…

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Published On : 2023-11-03

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

At CYFIRMA, our mission is to equip you with the most cutting-edge insights into the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, both targeting organizations and individuals. Our research team identified a new RAT on GitHub, available for purchase. This in-depth report investigates the Millenium-RAT, particularly version 2.4; a Win32 executable built on .NET.…

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