Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2021

“The loader decrypts the malicious malware and executes it using memfd create (as described in this blog in 2018). Upon executing the code, it will ask the user the path for the payload to be encrypted and the password to be used for AES encryption to hide the malware within the loader. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

In mid-2020, ZINC hackers created Twitter profiles for fake security researchers that were used to retweet security content and posting about vulnerability research. . Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io “If you visited the referenced ZINC-owned blog (br0vvnn[.]io),

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). The experts noticed that the Lillin scanner, unlike the BotenaGo malware, contains 11 pairs of user-password credentials in its code. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Some antivirus solutions specifically analyze this section look for malicious VBA code in the Excel docs. The Epic Manchego threat actors stored their malicious code in a custom VBA code format, which was also password-protected to prevent researchers from analyzing it. ” reads the analysis published by NVISO.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

. “As with just about every piece of malware, InnfiRAT is designed to access and steal personal information on a user’s computer.” ” states a blog post published by Zscaler. “Among other things, InnfiRAT is written to look for cryptocurrency wallet information, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Boffins hacked Siemens Simatic S7, most secure controllers in the industry. Once again thank you!

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore common techniques used to penetrate systems and how organizations can defend against each type of attack. Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

In March 2018, security researchers at Antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones are shipped with the Android.Triada.231 Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog. The only way to remove the threat is to wipe the smartphone and reinstall the OS. 231 banking malware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. review Active Directory password policy. Also, see the blog post - The Ransomware Group Tactics which Maximise their Profitability. Stay safe and secure.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. Execution of “ winupd.exe ” (SFX) and relative password (uyjqystgblfhs). cmd” that renames the “win.jpg” into “win.exe” , another password protected SFX. Technical Analysis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

This is a clear signal that most of the antivirus engines don’t detect yet the malware signature. The file is extremely large (32 MB), with a lot of junk allowing, thus, to evade antivirus engines as a result. But the file is protected with a password. Only the 2nd stage (Lampion) has that password inside. Figure 27 : 0.zip

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat’s distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. The threat actor has left some debugging information including a pdb path from which we derived and picked a name for this new Rat: Debug Information.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

3 ] The emails redirected victims to a website delivering fake antivirus updates that eventually downloaded Cobalt Strike beacons, or two custom Go malware variants named GraphSteel and GrimPlant. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued a warning about the use of Kaspersky products. [ link] (accessed Mar.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

Firstly, we noticed this secondary component was well protected against antivirus detection, in fact, the PE file was signed by Sectigo in the first half of May, one of the major Russian Certification Authority. Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published on the Yoroi blog.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat's distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. The used lure is in Russian is called " Information security memo " which provide security practices for passwords, confidential information, etc.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The “-p” parameter, indeed, specify the password of the archive to be extracted. Analyzing it in depth, we discover it actually is the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) client by TektonIT , encrypted using the MPress PE compressor utility, a legitimate tool, to avoid antivirus detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

In this blog post, we’re excited to share what we now know of Tomiris with the broader community, and discuss further evidence of a possible connection to Turla. The following table lists all Tomiris malware families we are aware of: Name Type Language Comments Tomiris Downloader Downloader C Mentioned in our original blog post.

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