By Securonix Threat Labs, Threat Research: D. Iuzvyk, T. Peck, O. Kolesnikov
IntroductionThe 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.…
A new piece of ransomware written in the Go language has been targeting healthcare and education enterprises in Asia and Africa. This ransomware is called Agenda and is customized per victim.
We recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware that was created in the Go programming language and that explicitly targeted one of our customers.…
By Adithya Chandra · August 24, 2022This blog was also written by Sushant Kumar Arya
Executive summaryThe Trellix SecOps Team has observed an uptick in the Qbot malware infections in recent months. Qbot has been an active threat for over 14 years and continues to evolve, adopting new infection vectors to evade detection mechanisms.…
Kimsuky (also known as Thallium, Black Banshee and Velvet Chollima) is a prolific and active threat actor primarily targeting Korea-related entities. Like other sophisticated adversaries, this group also updates its tools very quickly. In early 2022, we observed this group was attacking the media and a think-tank in South Korea and reported technical details to our threat intelligence customer.…
In a recent blog, Cyble Research Labs (CRL) has highlighted an International Bank Account Number (IBAN) Clipper Malware after identifying a Threat Actor (TA) on a cybercrime forum offering monthly subscription-based services of clipper malware targeting Windows operating systems.…
Threat actors behind the XCSSET malware have been relatively quiet since last year. However, new activity beginning around April 2022 and increasing through May to August shows that actors have not only adapted to changes in macOS Monterey, but are preparing for the demise of Python, an integral and essential part of their current toolkit.…
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.…
Introduction
Recently Zscaler ThreatLabz observed a Grandoreiro campaign targeting organizations in the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain that work across a variety of different industry verticals such as Automotive, Chemicals Manufacturing and others. In this campaign, the threat actors impersonate government officials from the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City and from the Public Ministry in the form of spear-phishing emails in order to lure victims to download and execute “Grandoreiro” a prolific banking trojan that has been active since at least 2016, and that specifically targets users in Latin America.…
During a routine threat-hunting exercise, Cyble research labs discovered a dark web post where a malware developer was advertising a powerful Windows RAT.
Figure 1 – Dark Web Post for XWormThis post redirected us to the website of the malware developer, where multiple malicious tools are being sold.…
On August 8, CheckPoint published a report on ten malicious Python packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI), the most popular Python repository among software developers. The malicious packages were intended to steal developers’ personal data and credentials.
Following this research, we used our internal automated system for monitoring open-source repositories and discovered two other malicious Python packages in the PyPI.…
DarkTortilla is a complex and highly configurable .NET-based crypter that has possibly been active since at least August 2015. It typically delivers popular information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) such as AgentTesla, AsyncRat, NanoCore, and RedLine. While it appears to primarily deliver commodity malware, Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers identified DarkTortilla samples delivering targeted payloads such as Cobalt Strike and Metasploit.…
Whether you want to block ads, keep a to-do list or check your spelling, browser extensions allow you to do all of the above and more, improving convenience, productivity and efficiency for free, which is why they are so popular. Chrome, Safari, Mozilla — these and many other major Web browsers — have their own online stores to distribute thousands of extensions, and the most popular plug-ins there reach over 10 million users.…
Broadcom Software, and aimed at Ukraine appears to be delivering information-stealing malware to targeted networks. This activity was ongoing as recently as August 8, 2022 and much of the activity observed in this campaign is consistent with activity that was highlighted by CERT-UA on July 26.…
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…
Onyx ransomware was initially identified by researchers in mid-April 2022. The ransomware group uses the double extortion technique to target its victims where it exfiltrates the victim’s data, then encrypts it. If the victim cannot pay the ransom, then Threat Actors (TA) leak the victim’s data on their leak site.…
In late August 2020, we published an overview of DeathStalker’s profile and malicious activities, including their Janicab, Evilnum and PowerSing campaigns (PowerPepper was later documented in 2020). Notably, we exposed why we believe the threat actor may fit a group of mercenaries, offering hack-for-hire services, or acting as an information broker to support competitive and financial intelligence efforts.…
The DoNot Team (a.k.a APT-C-35) are advanced persistent threat actors who’ve been active since at least 2016. They’ve targeted many attacks against individuals and organizations in South Asia. DoNot are reported to be the main developers and users of Windows and Android spyware frameworks [1][2][3].…
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Update History Date Description of Updates Aug. 10th 2022 Adding clarifying details on activity involving active directory. Aug. 10th 2022 Update made to the Cisco Response and Recommendations section related to MFA. Executive summary On May 24, 2022, Cisco became aware of a potential compromise.…