In partnership with vx-underground, SentinelOne recently ran its first Malware Research Challenge, in which we asked researchers across the cybersecurity community to submit previously unpublished work to showcase their talents and bring their insights to a wider audience.

Today’s post marks the start of a series highlighting the best entries, beginning with the winner from Pol Thill, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at QuoIntelligence.…

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Clipper Malware Infections Pose Grave Risk to Cryptocurrency Users

In the realm of cybersecurity, malicious programs continuously evolve to exploit the vulnerabilities of unsuspecting victims. One particularly notorious threat that has gained popularity is the Clipper malware. This Clipper malware specifically targets cryptocurrency users, aiming to deceive and defraud them of their valuable digital assets.…

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Threat Actors Target Multiple Sectors in Wide-Ranging Attacks

Ransomware poses a significant risk to cybersecurity and remains a highly successful form of cybercrime that presents serious challenges for organizations. It has emerged as a lucrative enterprise for cybercriminals, leading to profound implications, including financial and data losses, as well as detrimental effects on the reputation of the organizations targeted.…

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The United Parcel Service (UPS) says fraudsters have been harvesting phone numbers and other information from its online shipment tracking tool in Canada to send highly targeted SMS phishing (a.k.a. “smishing”) messages that spoofed UPS and other top brands. The missives addressed recipients by name, included details about recent orders, and warned that those orders wouldn’t be shipped unless the customer paid an added delivery fee.…

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On May 23, 2023, Barracuda announced that a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) had been exploited in-the-wild as early as October 2022 and that they engaged Mandiant to assist in the investigation. Through the investigation, Mandiant identified a suspected China-nexus actor, currently tracked as UNC4841, targeting a subset of Barracuda ESG appliances to utilize as a vector for espionage, spanning a multitude of regions and sectors.…

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Fake VPN Sites Distributing Various Malware Strains

Threat Actors (TAs) commonly employ fake phishing websites as their preferred method for distributing malware. This is due to the ease of luring victims into clicking on links contained in phishing emails or sms. TAs often use brand impersonation in their phishing campaigns to deceive users effectively, creating an illusion of trustworthiness and legitimacy to trick unsuspecting individuals.…

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Updated Security Advisory – June 22, 2023

Progress Software disclosed one more critical vulnerability CVE-2023-35708 with CVSS Base Score 9.8 in its MOVEit Transfer application on 15th June 2023. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit the vulnerable version of MOVEit Transfer that could lead to escalated privileges and potential unauthorized access in the environment.…

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Phishing Gaming Site Opens the Door to Ransomware Infection

Gaming has gained immense popularity, attracting millions of players globally, primarily due to the wide range of game options available, strong community engagement, and its entertainment value. Unfortunately, this widespread appeal has also attracted the attention of Threat Actors (TAs), who seek to exploit gamers by targeting games with large user bases to maximize their potential victims.…

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New Ransomware Holds Similarities with LockBit Ransomware

Ransomware continues to pose the most critical cybersecurity threat to organizations’ infrastructure. This malicious software encrypts victims’ files and extorts payment in return for the decryption key. The consequences of ransomware attacks can be severe, including financial losses, data compromise, and reputational damage.…

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Check Point Research observed a wave of highly-targeted espionage attacks in Libya that utilize a new custom modular backdoor. Stealth Soldier malware is an undocumented backdoor that primarily operates surveillance functions such as file exfiltration, screen and microphone recording, keystroke logging and stealing browser information. The Stealth Soldier infrastructure has some overlaps with infrastructure the The Eye on the Nile which operated against Egyptian civilian society in 2019.…
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Disclaimer: Menlo Labs has informed the appropriate law enforcement agencies on the intelligence presented in this report.

Executive Summary

XeGroup is a hacking group that has been active since at least 2013. The group is believed to have been involved in various cybercriminal activities. This threat actor uses many different attack techniques including:

Supply chain attacks similar to Magecart, that inject credit card skimmers into web pages.…
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While monitoring the network traffic of our own corporate Wi-Fi network dedicated for mobile devices using the Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform (KUMA), we noticed suspicious activity that originated from several iOS-based phones. Since it is impossible to inspect modern iOS devices from the inside, we created offline backups of the devices in question, inspected them using the Mobile Verification Toolkit’s mvt-ios and discovered traces of compromise.We…

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Threat Actors Utilize Undetected Loaders for Stealthy Attacks

SharpPanda, an APT group originating from China, has seen a rise in its cyber-attack operations starting from at least 2018. The APT group utilizes spear-phishing techniques to obtain initial access, employing a combination of outdated Microsoft Office document vulnerabilities, novel evasion techniques, and highly potent backdoor malware.…

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