Published On : 2022-05-12
Onyx Ransomware ReportSuspected Malware: onyx RansomwareFunction: RansomwareRisk Score: 8Confidence Level: HighThreat actor Associations: Unknown
Executive Summary:The activity of new ransomware named “Onyx” was first observed in the second half of April 2022. This ransomware group has seven victims listed on its data leak page[.onion…
The Quantum Locker is a ransomware strain that was first discovered in July 2021. Since then, the ransomware was observed used in fast ransomware attacks, in some cases even Time-to-Ransom (TTR) of less than 4 hours, leaving defenders little time to react.…
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs captured a phishing campaign that was delivering three fileless malware onto a victim’s device. Once executed, they are able to steal sensitive information from that device.
In this analysis, I’ll reveal how the phishing campaign manages to transfer the fileless malware to the victim’s device, what mechanism it uses to load, deploy, and execute the fileless malware in the target process, and how it maintains persistence on the victim’s device.…
Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers are investigating attacks by the Iranian COBALT MIRAGE threat group, which has been operating since at least June 2020. COBALT MIRAGE is linked to the Iranian COBALT ILLUSION threat group, which predominantly uses persistent phishing campaigns to obtain initial access.…
We analyze the Black Basta ransomware and examine the malicious actor’s familiar infection tactics.
Black Basta, a new ransomware gang, has swiftly risen to prominence in recent weeks after it caused massive breaches to organizations in a short span of time.
On April 20, 2022, a user named Black Basta posted on underground forums known as XSS.IS…
It started with a seemingly benign email, dealing with the purchase of a vehicle, and ended in a reveal of a months’ long campaign targeting German organizations. Most of the targets are related to the German auto-industry sector and the attacks were designed to deploy various types of info-stealing malware.…
Ursnif (aka Gozi, Dreambot, ISFB) is one of the most widespread banking trojans. It has been observed evolving over the past few years. Ursnif has shown incredible theft capabilities. In 2020 Ursnif rose to prominence becoming one of the top ten most prolific pieces of malware.…
Emotet is a malware family that steals sensitive and private information from victims’ computers. The malware has infected more than a million devices and is considered one of the most dangerous threats of the decade.
In addition to analyzing threats, FortiGuard Labs also focuses on how malware spreads.…
Cynet’s Threat Research and Intelligence team recently discovered a new malware campaign called BumbleBee. The campaign is unique in its use of Initial Access Brokers’ (IAB) tactics to gain access to victims’ machines. In this post, we will cover what this campaign is, and how the IAB distributes the BumbleBee malware and its TTPs.…
By Jer O’Donovan, Cofense Phishing Defense Center
COVID-19 has become an ever-present topic in our lives since the start of 2020. With this we’ve seen threat actors leveraging the pandemic with themes related to remote working, vaccination status, and back to the office surveys or general updates.…
Over the last several years, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team has been tracking different APT groups operating in the Middle East region, including two main sub-groups of the Hamas cyberwarfare division: Molerats and APT-C-23. Both groups are Arabic-speaking and politically-motivated that operate on behalf of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic-fundamentalist movement and a terrorist organization that has controlled the Gaza strip since 2006.…
A new Traffic Direction System (TDS) we are calling Parrot TDS, using tens of thousands of compromised websites, has emerged in recent months and is reaching users from around the world. The TDS has infected various web servers hosting more than 16,500 websites, ranging from adult content sites, personal websites, university sites, and local government sites.…
Remcos RAT (Remote Access Trojan) was originally designed as a professional tool to remotely control computers. Remcos RAT is recognized as a malware family because it has been abused by hackers to secretly control victims’ devices since its first version was published on July 21, 2016.…
LOADOUT is an obfuscated VBScript-based downloader which harvests extensive information from the infected system. The harvested information is then sent to a command-and-control (C2) server. C2 server responses for LOADOUT infections delivered GRIFFON, a JavaScript-based downloader which retrieves additional JavaScript modules using HTTP or DNS and executes them in memory.…
Authored by Vallabh Chole and Oliver Devane
Scammers are very quick at reacting to current events, so they can generate ill-gotten gains. It comes as no surprise that they exploited the current events in Ukraine, and when the Ukrainian Twitter account tweeted Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses for donations we knew that scammers would use this as a lure for their victims.…
Found in Environments Protected By:
Proofpoint | Microsoft
By Kyle Duncan and Dylan Main, Cofense Phishing Defense Center
Tax season can be a stressful time for many people, and it comes as no surprise that every year threat actors look to capitalize on this by using a variety of new tactics to exploit their targets’ accounts and systems.…
For the Lazarus threat actor, financial gain is one of the prime motivations, with a particular emphasis on the cryptocurrency business. As the price of cryptocurrency surges, and the popularity of non-fungible token (NFT) and decentralized finance (DeFi) businesses continues to swell, the Lazarus group’s targeting of the financial industry keeps evolving.…
Morphisec Labs has detected a new wave of Remcos trojan infection. The theme of the phishing emails is again financial, this time as payment remittances sent from financial institutions. The attacker lures a user to open a malicious Excel file that contains “confidential information” which starts the infection chain.…