Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. “Both PurpleFox and DirtyMoe are still active malware and gaining strength.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Security experts at Cybaze – Yoroi ZLab have analyzed a new sample of the AdvisorsBot malware, a downloader that was first spotted in August 2018. As usual, the malware looks like a legitimate e-mail attachment, named as “invoice.doc”. Figure 3 – Piece of VBS script that starts malware infection. DLL Analysis.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

The attackers demonstrated an increasing level of sophistication across the years, they used custom-malware and various exploits in their attacks. The backdoor was used in attacks on targeted diplomatic missions in Slovakia, Belgium, Chile, Guatemala and Brazil throughout 2017. ” reads the report published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

A still ongoing spam campaign that has been active during the last months has been distributing the Redaman banking malware. Experts at Palo Alto Networks continue to monitor an ongoing spam campaign that has been distributing the Redaman banking malware. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. In April, Sandworm targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with a new strain of the Industroyer ICS malware (INDUSTROYER2) and a new version of the CaddyWiper wiper. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

First identified in 2017 by the security firm Deep Instinct , Mylobot employs a number of fairly sophisticated methods to remain undetected on infected hosts, such as running exclusively in the computer’s temporary memory, and waiting 14 days before attempting to contact the botnet’s command and control servers. com on Mar.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

BONDUPDATER is a PowerShell-based Trojan first discovered by FireEye in mid-November 2017 , when OilRig targeted a different Middle Eastern governmental organization.” The malware checks that only one instance of it is running at one time, it also locks files to determine how long the main PowerShell process has been executing.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.” Experts also observed attackers using a DNS downloader that was designed for long-term, covert access to the target machine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. ransomware, that was first spotted in late 2017 and was available for sale on the open market as of August 2018. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. 2017 analysis of the RAT. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

re network uses at least two free VPN services to lure its users to install a malware-like software that achieves persistence on the user’s computer,” the researchers wrote. “Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

ShuangQiang is financially motivated, it has been active since 2017 targeting Windows computers with MBR and VBR bootkits , and installing malicious drivers for financial gain and hijack web traffic to e-commerce sites. “Recently, our DNS data based threat monitoning system DNSmon flagged a suspicious domain pro.csocools.com. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers. Security Affairs – Novidade exploit kit, hacking). ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. SecurityAffairs – Necurs botnet, hacking). ” concludes the post. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

group_a : from 2016 to August 2017 2. group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3. T1388) , from group_b to group_d time frames OilRig used real Compromised User Accountsextracted by Malware (rif. Many techniques have been used since August 2017 such as: Command Line Interface (rif. Exploit Technique Over Time.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. The second STAGE-1 C&C server is used for controlling malware via an encrypted connection.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.” ” Experts highlighted the risks that malware in the next future could abuse M2M protocols for malicious activity. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Too many times turned into fully-featured malware implants by unethical hackers and cyber criminals. Exploring the malware code, we detected multiple evidence indication of the possible belonging malware family: LimeRAT. Technical Analysis. The first one targets the Windows versions lower than 8.1, C2 retrieval. 1986[@gmail[.com”,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The domain validtree.com is registered through namecheap.com on 2017-12-07T15:55:27Z but recently renewed on 2019-10-16T05:35:18Z. The two Macros decoded a Javascript payload acting as a drop and execute by using a well-known strategy as described in: “ Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware ”. Image3: Redirecting script.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

In April 2023, Bleeping Computer and other tech outlets like TechRadar began circulating reports of cybercriminals successfully hacking WordPress websites. Cybersecurity firm Sucuri has been tracking Balada Injector activity since 2017 but has only recently given this long-running campaign its name. What is Balada? Windows NT 10.0;

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This update touches on the newly detected malware , attack vectors to guard against, and why the targeting of security vendors is a critical development in cybersecurity. Before jumping into the technical details regarding each new malware detected and proper safeguards, here is a brief look at the events to date: Sep 2019.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force has identified a new hacking group dubbed MuddyWater and tracked its operations to an Iranian intelligence funded company. The post US authorities track MuddyWater Hacking Group to Iran appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. Together with our colleagues at InQuest, we present a deep dive technical analysis of the malware. The same way you do in the real world – the market becomes flooded.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog. Street @jaysonstreet.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There are other protection mechanisms, such as Malware Defense , that can block further threats. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. CVE-2017-9841. CVE-2017-9791.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Out of the 18,000 Orion IT customers affected by the malware, it seems that only a handful were of interest to the attackers. For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Security expert Antonio Pirozzi, director at ZLab malware lab at Cybaze firm, presented at the EU Cyber Threat Conference in Dublin conducted a research along with Pierluigi Paganini (aka @securityaffairs ), about how crooks could abuse blockchain for malicious purposes. Added Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking). Internet destabilization at state level.

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

Malware Threat Intelligence made easy and available, with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics and SecureX by Ben Greenbaum . In addition to the Meraki networking gear, Cisco Secure also shipped two Umbrella DNS virtual appliances to Black Hat Asia, for internal network visibility with redundancy, in addition to providing: .

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

At each conference, we have a hack-a-thon: to create, prove, test, improve and finally put into production new or improved integrations. XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 99,989 unique users. Number of users attacked by banking malware. In Q3 2022, Kaspersky solutions blocked the launch of at least one piece of banking malware on the computers of 99,989 unique users. Financial threats.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi. webshells and Exaramel implants.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps allow hacking devices. US Cyber Command warns of Iran-linked hackers exploiting CVE-2017-11774 Outlook flaw. Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

Thanks to its proprietary Graph Analysis system, Group-IB researchers analyzed dozens of SSL certificates, SSH keys, and DNS and were able to track down malicious infrastructure, unveil the IP addresses of the real servers where phishing content was stored, and connect the domains into one distributed scam network. Twitter | LinkedIn.

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SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

70% of Internet user computers in the EU experienced at least one Malware-class attack. Attempted infections by malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were logged on the devices of 79,315 users. The statistics include not only banking threats, but malware for ATMs and payment terminals. Main figures.

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