Cybercriminals are always looking for innovative techniques to evade security solutions. Based on the Resecurity® HUNTER assessment, attackers are actively leveraging tools allowing them to generate malicious shortcut files (.LNK files) for payload delivery.
Resecurity, Inc. (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500’s worldwide, has detected an update to one of them most popular tools used by cybercriminals.…
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Executive SummaryInstalling a web shell on a web server is a common approach malware authors take to launch exploits or run commands remotely. In November 2020, the INJ3CTOR3 operation targeted the Sangoma PBX, a popular VoIP PBX system, by installing a web shell on its web server.…
In April 2022, ThreatLabz discovered several newly registered domains, which were created by a threat actor to spoof the official Microsoft Windows 11 OS download portal. We discovered these domains by monitoring suspicious traffic in our Zscaler cloud. The spoofed sites were created to distribute malicious ISO files which lead to a Vidar infostealer infection on the endpoint.…
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.…
The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered the constant distribution of malware strains that spread the infection when Excel file is opened. Besides infecting normal Excel files, they can also perform additional malicious behaviors such as acting as a downloader and performing DNS Spoofing, therefore, users need to take great caution.…
8/24 Editor’s Note: Since the publication, SMTP2Go has updated its security measures.
Key Takeaways Proofpoint researchers have identified ongoing activity by the China-aligned APT actor TA416 in which the group is targeting European diplomatic entities, including an individual involved in refugee and migrant services. This targeting is consistent with other activity reported by Proofpoint, showing an interest in refugee policies and logistics across the APT actor landscape which coincides with increased tensions and now armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.…Over the past year, FortiEDR has prevented multiple attacks that attempted to exploit various Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities, some of which we have previously covered.
Among these attacks, we identified a campaign operated by Moses Staff, a geo-political motivated threat group believed to be sponsored by the Iranian government.…
TrickBot Bolsters Layered Defenses to Prevent Injection Research
Limor Kessem and Charlotte Hammond.
The cyber crime gang that operates the TrickBot Trojan, as well as other malware and ransomware attacks, has been escalating activity. As part of that escalation, malware injections have been fitted with added protection to keep researchers out and get through security controls.…
Donot Team (also known as APT-C-35 and SectorE02) is a threat actor operating since at least 2016 and known for targeting organizations and individuals in South Asia with Windows and Android malware. A recent report by Amnesty International links the group’s malware to an Indian cybersecurity company that may be selling the spyware or offering a hackers-for-hire service to governments of the region.…
By Adam Martin, Cofense Phishing Defense Center
Recently, the Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has observed a trend relative to a phishing tactic involving missed voicemail messages. As illustrated below in figure 1, the end user is notified about a missed voice message from a British Telecom landline. The link directs the recipient to a website that isn’t in any way associated with BT or any other legitimate telecom service.…