Summary

Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware:

• Prioritize and remediate known exploited vulnerabilities.• Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts.• Enable and enforce multifactor authentication.

Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors.…

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Play is a new ransomware that takes a page out of Hive and Nokoyawa’s playbook. The many similarities among them indicate that Play, like Nokoyawa, are operated by the same people.

In July, we investigated a spate of ransomware cases in the Latin American region that targeted government entitles, which was initially attributed to a new player known as Play ransomware.…

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Author:  Tomer Bar, VP Security Research, SafeBreach

SafeBreach Labs researchers are constantly monitoring the hacker underground, sourcing intelligence feeds, and conducting original research to uncover new threats and ensure our Hacker’s Playbook provides the most comprehensive collection of attacks. As part of this ongoing effort, we recently discovered a new targeted attack we believe is compelling for four main reasons: 

It appears to target Farsi-speaking code developers by using a Microsoft Word document that includes a Microsoft Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) exploit.…
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Earlier this year, [redacted] encountered a relatively new ransomware threat actor that called themselves BianLian. We observed the actor deploying custom malware that was written in the Go programming language, which posed some initial, but not insurmountable, reverse-engineering challenges. 

BianLian used subtle techniques to exploit, enumerate, and move laterally in victim networks to remain undetected and aggressively worked to counter Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) protections during the encryption phase of their operations.…

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Stealing information is fundamental to cybercriminals today to scope and gain access to systems, profile organizations, and execute bigger payday schemes like ransomware. Information stealer malware families including Prynt Stealer are often configured through a builder to facilitate the process for less sophisticated threat actors. However, Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers have uncovered the Prynt Stealer builder, also attributed with WorldWind, and DarkEye, has a secret backdoor in the code that ends up in every derivative copy and variant of these malware families.…

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Payment Data Stolen From Compromised Magento Sites

During our routine threat-hunting exercise, Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) came across a Twitter post wherein a researcher mentioned an interesting JavaScript skimmer created by the Magecart threat group (a consortium of malicious hacker groups who target online shopping cart systems) that steals payment information from the Magento e-commerce website.…

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By Securonix Threat Labs, Threat Research: D. Iuzvyk, T. Peck, O. Kolesnikov

Introduction

The Securonix Threat research team has recently identified a unique sample of a persistent Golang-based attack campaign tracked by Securonix as GO#WEBBFUSCATOR. The new campaign incorporates an equally interesting strategy by leveraging the infamous deep field image taken from the James Webb telescope and obfuscated Golang programming language payloads to infect the target system with the malware.…

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A malicious campaign spreading the information stealer, AgentTesla, began circulating mid-August. The bad actors behind the campaign are going after information about victims’ computers and login credentials stored in browsers.

Phishing emails, sent from spoofed email addresses, with a malicious attachment are being sent to businesses across South America and Europe.…

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Recently, a simple and short email with a suspicious RTF attachment that had been sent to a telecommunications agency in South Asia caught the attention of FortiGuard Labs. The email was disguised as having come from a Pakistan government division and delivered the PivNoxy malware.

Affected Platforms: WindowsImpacted Parties: Windows usersImpact: Controls victim’s machine and collects sensitive informationSeverity Level: Medium

This blog describes how the attack works, suggests who the threat actor behind the operation might be, and details the techniques used by the attacker.…

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Background

Over the last year Mandiant has been tracking UNC3890, a cluster of activity targeting Israeli shipping, government, energy and healthcare organizations via social engineering lures and a potential watering hole. Mandiant assesses with moderate confidence this actor is linked to Iran, which is notable given the strong focus on shipping and the ongoing naval conflict between Iran and Israel.…

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New stealer developing Crypto Miner capabilities

During a routine threat hunting exercise, Cyble Research Labs (CRL) came across a Twitter post wherein researchers mentioned a URL that hosts a Windows executable payload with the name systemupdate.exe. The researcher in the Twitter post claims this Windows executable is a variant of Typhon stealer malware delivered via a crafted .lnk…

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New Botnet Spies on Victims Using Hidden VNC

During a routine threat-hunting exercise, Cyble Research Labs came across a new malware bot named “MikuBot” in a cyber-crime forum. Mikubot is a malicious bot that steals sensitive data and launches hidden VNC sessions that allow the TA (Threat Actor) to access the victim’s machine remotely, spread through USB, and download and execute other malware.…

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