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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies. SocksEscort[.]com

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

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In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

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CloudWizard APT: the bad magic story goes on

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While there have been no updates about Prikormka or Operation Groundbait for a few years now, we discovered multiple similarities between the malware used in that campaign, CommonMagic and CloudWizard. The Crypton module performs encryption and decryption of all communications.

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Patch Tuesday, November 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

As per usual, most of the critical flaws — those that can be exploited by malware or miscreants without any help from users — reside in Microsoft’s Web browsers Edge and Internet Explorer. Of course, if the target has Adobe Reader or Acrobat installed, it might be easier for attackers to achieve that log in.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

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Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. This malware employed a custom EternalBlue SMBv1 exploit to infiltrate its victims’ systems.

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Andariel evolves to target South Korea with ransomware

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Our attribution is based on the code overlaps between the second stage payload in this campaign and previous malware from the Andariel group. This second stage malware decrypts the embedded payload at runtime. XOR key and encrypted payload. XOR key and encrypted payload. Drive path to encrypt. #2. 8888 Success!

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Law enforcement shutdown the VPN service VPNLab used by many cybercriminal gangs

Security Affairs

The VPN provider’s service, which aimed to offer shielded communications and internet access, were being used in support of serious criminal acts such as ransomware deployment and other cybercrime activities.” VPNLab was launched in 2008 and was offering online anonymity to criminal organizations.

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