Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

“New analysis from Talos uncovered the inner workings of PREDATOR and the mechanisms it uses to communicate with the other spyware component deployed along with it known as “ALIEN.” . Alien also upgrades the existing Predator payload to a newer version if available. ALIEN calls the main_exec() function to launch PREDATOR.

Spyware 89

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

AT&T Alien Labs™ is writing this report about recently created ransomware malware dubbed BlackCat which was used in a January 2022 campaign against two international oil companies headquartered in Germany, Oiltanking and Mabanaft. Among these options, Alien Labs has observed how some of them are specific to VMware ESXi.

Ransomware 119

Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 119

Javvad Malik

OCTOBER 29, 2020

But hold on, Dillon is tagging along. Maybe you don’t have your team because of budget constraints, or politics, or maybe because an alien killed them all. Yes, it’s all very macho military – but it’s no different than running an incident recovery. You make a plan, go in, save the data, get out.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2022

I recognise the word “Tupperware” but everything else may as well be written in a lost alien language. The advice: Posts made on Facebook with no location tag are trying to fly under the radar. Note that the descriptions of the best products for the event seem to have had some thought put into them. How vendors can protect themselves.

Scams 124

Scams Media Social Engineering Small Business 124

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) uncovered campaigns targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers discovered three campaigns, between August and October 2021, targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2024

In May 2023, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers discovered three campaigns, between August and October 2021, targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. The exploits were used to initially deliver the ALIEN Android banking Trojan that acts as a loader for the PREDATOR implant.

Spyware 86

Spyware Surveillance Government Technology 86

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In May 2023, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers discovered three campaigns, between August and October 2021, targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. The exploits were used to initially deliver the ALIEN Android banking Trojan that acts as a loader for the PREDATOR implant.

Spyware 89

Spyware Surveillance Government Technology 89