Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The Donot Team threat actor, aka APT-C-35 , has added new capabilities to its Jaca Windows malware framework. The Donot Team has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Facebook shared details about a long-running ad-fraud campaign that’s been ongoing since 2016 targeting Facebook users with SilentFade malware. The social network giant revealed that malware has a Chinese origin and allowed hackers to siphon $4 million from users’ advertising accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

The ZIP archives contain a compressed executable payload that, if executed, will start the encryption process with LockBit Black ransomware. Endpoint Security : Install endpoint security solutions to fortify defenses against malware attacks. com,” and “Jenny[@]gsd[.]com.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

AZORult is a data stealer that was first spotted in 2016 by Proofpoint that discovered it was it was part of a secondary infection via the Chthonic banking trojan. SecurityAffairs – STOP ransomare , malware). The post STOP ransomware encrypts files and steals victim’s data appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. In 2016 and 2017, the hacking group The Shadow Brokers l eaked a bunch of data allegedly stolen from the Equation Group, including many hacking tools and exploits.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 6, 2021

Ransomware comes in multiple flavors – sometimes involving far more than just the unauthorized encryption of data. Remember to keep backups disconnected from your computer and network so that if any ransomware (or other malware) gets onto the network it cannot infect the backups. Hospitals and schools are frequent targets.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The four malware families are named Guildma, Javali, Melcoz, and Grandoreiro, experts believe are the result of a Brazilian banking group/operation that is evolving its capabilities targeting banking users abroad. Experts noticed that the malware uses the BITSAdmin tool to download the additional modules. ” continues Kaspersky.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Persistence of Abusive Certificates in Malware. Trusted applications will not be stopped by antivirus or anti-malware technologies. PKI is an asymmetric system, using two keys to encrypt communications; public and private keys. Attackers can create fake websites to steal credentials and/or deliver malware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group has used a new multi-platform malware framework, dubbed MATA, to target entities worldwide. The MATA malware framework could target Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. The malware framework implements a wide range of features that allow attackers to fully control the infected systems.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Germany-based G Data CyberDefense released software designed to trick the STOP ransomware variant into believing that a targeted system has already been compromised and keeping it from encrypting files after the device has been infected. Use ‘Harmless’ Parts of Malware. They also come with the same limitations.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

NotPetya was so named because it was similar to but different from Petya, a self-propagating ransomware virus discovered in 2016 that, unlike other nascent forms of ransomware at the time, was incapable of being decrypted. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

All these days we have seen Ransomware locking down access to systems through encryption until a ransom is paid. However, security analysts have discovered a new kind of malware named ‘Jackware’ that is 10 times more dangerous than the usual file-encrypting malware aka Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The ransomware encrypts files on the targeted systems using the “ cuba” extension. Cuba ransomware has been actively distributed through the Hancitor malware , a commodity malware that partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks. ” states the alert.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Security firm of Cisco says the malware also can steal cryptocurrency, thanks to its add-on of Laplas, that has the ability to replace the crypto address on the Windows Clipboard and substitute it with the one dictated by the threat actor. The post Meet the new Mortal Kombat Ransomware appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

The Cuba ransomware operators are back and employed a new version of its malware in recent attacks. The ransomware encrypts files on the targeted systems using the “.cuba” The ransomware encrypts files on the targeted systems using the “.cuba” Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020. cuba” extension.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2022

Diavol encrypts files solely using an RSA encryption key, and its code is capable of prioritizing file types to encrypt based on a pre-configured list of extensions defined by the attacker. Operators continue to offer the botnet through a multi-purpose malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. Operators continue to offer the botnet through a multi-purpose malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. This file must be roughly 20KB or larger in size.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Microsoft is recommending administrators to disable the SMBv1 network communication protocol on Exchange servers to prevent malware attacks. Microsoft is urging administrators to disable the SMBv1 protocol on Exchange servers as a countermeasure against malware threats like TrickBot and Emotet. ” continues Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. com /cms/ wp -content/uploads/2015/12/.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In 2016, researchers from the non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried out by the Stealth Falcon. The researchers explained that unlike other malware typically using components written in only one programming language, Deadglyph uses distinct programming languages.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The FBI said unlimited operations compromise a financial institution or payment card processor with malware to access bank customer card information and exploit network access, enabling large scale theft of funds from ATMs. million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017.

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SecureList

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introduction The malware landscape keeps evolving. DarkGate In June 2023, a well-known malware developer posted an advertisement on a popular dark web forum, boasting of having developed a loader that he had been working on for more than 20,000 hours since 2017. What also stands out is the way strings are encrypted.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. Image: Abnormal Security. Indeed, perhaps this enterprising Nigerian scammer is just keeping up with current trends.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2019

Ave Maria Malware – Phishing attempts spreading in the last days of the past year against an Italian organization operating in the Oil&Gas sector. Similar packing of AutoIT code have been observed even by Juniper back in 2016, where SFX files were abused this way to deliver scripts used as first stage of the malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 23, 2022

Coming to the employee details, names, their IDs, hackers accessed email access credentials in the file-encrypting malware attack. About 495,398 students and 57,158 employee records belonging to the 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 school years were leaked in the attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

All the applications used in the campaign have the same certificate that was issued in 2016, the researchers confirmed that the extensive and targeted attacks are going on since 2016 and, until now, have remained under the radar due to the artful deception of the attackers towards their targets. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With a multi-layered approach to endpoint protection, the ESET PROTECT Advanced solution fits small to medium-sized businesses and offers advanced EPP capabilities, full disk encryption , and an automated sandbox for dynamic threat analysis. Full Disk Encryption. Read more: 19 Best Encryption Software & Tools of 2021.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Some of these APTs have long been forgotten in the past – such as Prikormka ( Operation Groundbait ), discovered by ESET in 2016. 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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7 , Anunak or Cobalt ) stole over a billion euros from banks across the world, the name “Carbanak” comes with the name of the malware they used to compromise computers at banks, other financial institutions, restaurants, and other industries. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to co-creating the Blackshades RAT , a similar product that was used to infect more than half a million computers with malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To exfiltrate data and deliver next-stage malware, the attackers abuse cloud-based data storage, such as Dropbox or Yandex Disk, as well as a temporary file sharing service. libssl.dll or libcurl.dll was statically linked to implants to implement encrypted C2 communications. org domain did not occur in all cases.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The Dharma ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in February 2016, at the time experts dubbed it Crysis. The CrySis ransomware was first spotted in by experts at ESET, the malware has infected systems, mostly in Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, and Brazil. SecurityAffairs – Dharma ransomware, malware).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South Korea New PaperCut flaw in print management software exposes servers to RCE attacks A cyberattack impacted operations of multiple hospitals in several US states Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 Malicious packages in (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. GTPDOOR also supports authentication and encryption mechanisms. I recently found two very interesting Linux binaries uploaded to Virustotal.

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