The Amadey bot is a Trojan that was first discovered in 2018 and is used to steal sensitive information from the infected device. Initially, it was found to be distributed through exploit kits, and Threat Actors (TAs) utilized it to deploy other malware, such as the GrandCrab ransomware and the Flawed Ammyy Remote Access Trojan.…
Research by: Karthickkumar Kathiresan and Shilpesh Trivedi
The Uptycs threat research team recently discovered a campaign involving the Titan Stealer malware, which is being marketed and sold by a threat actor (TA) through a Telegram channel for cybercrime purposes. The stealer is capable of stealing a variety of information from infected Windows machines, including credential data from browsers and crypto wallets, FTP client details, screenshots, system information, and grabbed files.…
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The LockBit ransomware gang is one of the most notorious organized cybercrime syndicates that exists today. The gang is behind attacks targeting private-sector corporations and other high-profile industries worldwide. News and media outlets have documented many LockBit attacks, while security vendors offer technical assessments explaining how each occurred.…
On January 12, 2023, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) published a news release about a cybersecurity incident, affecting online sales through LCBO.com. It is one of the largest retailers and wholesalers of beverage alcohol in the world.
Web skimmerThe cybersecurity incident was a web skimmer, which is designed to retrieve customer payment information.…
On January 4, 2023, we alerted customers to a security incident. Today, we want to share with you what happened, what we’ve learned, and what our plans are to continuously improve our security posture for the future.
We would like to thank our customers for your attention to rotating and revoking secrets, and apologize for any disruption this incident may have caused to your work.…
Threat Actors (TAs) are increasingly using spam emails and phishing websites to trick users into downloading malware such as Stealer and Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to infect users’ machines and steal sensitive information.
Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) is actively monitoring various stealer malware and publishing blogs about them to inform and educate its readers.…
In this Threat Analysis report, the Cybereason team investigates a recent IcedID infection that illustrates the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in a recent campaign. IcedID, also known as BokBot, is traditionally known as a banking trojan used to steal financial information from its victims.…
This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura
Online criminals rarely reinvent the wheel, especially when they don’t have to. From ransomware to password stealers, there are a number of toolkits available for purchase on various underground markets that allow just about anyone to get a jumpstart.…
During a threat-hunting exercise, Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) discovered a post on the cybercrime forum about an information stealer targeting both Chromium and Mozilla-based browsers. This stealer was named LummaC2 Stealer, which targets crypto wallets, extensions, and two-factor authentication (2FA) and steals sensitive information from the victim’s machine.…
In late August 2022, we investigated an incident involving Ursnif malware, which resulted in Cobalt Strike being deployed. This was followed by the threat actors moving laterally throughout the environment using an admin account.
The Ursnif malware family (also commonly referred to as Gozi or ISFB) is one of the oldest banking trojans still active today.…
Zoom is a video conferencing and online meeting platform that allows users to host virtual meetings, webinars, and video conference calls. It is available on various devices, such as desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, and can be used for personal and business purposes.…
During a routine threat-hunting exercise, Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) came across a tweet about PureLogs information stealer by TG Soft. This tool is used by the Threat Actor (TA) “Alibaba2044” to launch a malicious spam campaign at targets based in Italy on the 14th of December 2022.…
BlueNoroff group is a financially motivated threat actor eager to profit from its cyberattack capabilities. We have published technical details of how this notorious group steals cryptocurrency before. We continue to track the group’s activities and this October we observed the adoption of new malware strains in its arsenal.…
First identified in June 2021, Vice Society is a well-resourced ransomware group that has successfully breached various types of organizations.…
After Microsoft announced this year that macros from the Internet will be blocked by default in Office, many threat actors have switched to different file types such as Windows Shortcut (LNK), ISO or ZIP files, to distribute their malware. Nevertheless, Office documents are still actively leveraged in many campaigns and pose a large risk to organizations, especially with threat actors continuously finding new ways to avoid detection.…
A malicious Python file found on the PyPI repository adds backdoor and data exfiltration features to what appears to be a legitimate SDK client from SentinelOne.…
ESET researchers discovered a spearphishing campaign, launched in the weeks leading up to the Japanese House of Councillors election in July 2022, by the APT group that ESET Research tracks as MirrorFace. The campaign, which we have named Operation LiberalFace, targeted Japanese political entities; our investigation revealed that the members of a specific political party were of particular focus in this campaign.…
December 14, 2022
Joshua Miller, Crista Giering and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team
Key Takeaways From at least late 2020 and through 2022, TA453 has engaged in campaigns that deviate from the group’s expected phishing techniques and target victimology. In these campaigns, TA453 has employed the use of compromised accounts, malware, and confrontational lures to go after targets with a range of backgrounds from medical researchers to realtors to travel agencies. …
“TargetCompany” is a type of ransomware that was first identified in June 2021. The researchers named it TargetCompany ransomware because it adds the targeted company name as a file extension to the encrypted files. In September 2022, researchers identified a TargetCompany ransomware variant targeting Microsoft SQL servers and adding the “Fargo” extension to the encrypted files.…