Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The malicious files that were downloaded (ZIP archives) contained […]. The post Magniber Ransomware Strikes Again Via Fake Windows Security Updates appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. In September, the threat actors built websites that advertised false antivirus and security updates for Windows 10.

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SecureList

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore one particular forensic artifact that stands out for uncovering some of the most elusive malware on iOS devices and shedding more light on the traces left by the sophisticated threats endangering the trusted companions in our pockets. The log file is stored in a sysdiagnose (sysdiag) archive.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 22, 2021

An ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting QNAP devices around the world, stores users’ files in password-protected 7zip archives, warns BleepingComputer CEO Lawrence Abrams. According to Lawrence, attackers use 7-zip to move files on QNAP devices into password-protected archives with the.7z 7z extension. While the […].

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Heimadal Security

JULY 5, 2022

The threat actor behind the ransomware uploaded to the VirusTotal malware analysis platform a ZIP archive containing AstraLocker decryptors. The post AstraLocker Ransomware Goes Offline and Makes Decryptors Available appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. According to BleepingComputer, which […].

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 16, 2023

Threat Actors evade security measures by creating files that are a combination of polyglot and malicious Java archive (JAR). The post Cybercriminals Are Using Malicious JARs and Polyglot Files to Distribute Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. This way they can deploy malware without being discovered. How Does This Work?

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 21, 2023

A vulnerability in WinRAR, the widely used file compression and archiving software for Windows, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user’s computer by exploiting a flaw in the processing of recovery volumes. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-40477 with a CVSS score of 7.8,

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The archive holds a text file containing an IP address and login credentials, and an a backdoored version of PuTTY that was used to load a dropper called DAVESHELL, which deploys a newer variant of a backdoor dubbed AIRDRY. . “The initial lead was a file downloaded to the host named amazon_assessment.iso.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Out of the vulnerabilities presented in the vendor`s advisory, the most dangerous one appears to be CVE-2022-22241, a remote pre-authenticated PHP archive file deserialization vulnerability with the CVSS score […]. The post Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in Juniper Junos OS appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Authentication Cybersecurity 94

Heimadal Security

APRIL 1, 2021

The HTTP Archive format, also known as HAR, is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)-formatted archive file containing all information about a browser’s interactions with a page, such as tracked webpages, response times, and web browser version. HAR files also store metadata, such as the HAR format version and the creator of the file.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 6, 2023

The initial data leak consists of a 10GB multi-part RAR archive apparently comprising private documents, employee data, passports, and IDs, explains Bleeping Computer. IDs, passports, employee full info, human rights violation […] The post Play Ransomware Starts Leaking Oakland City Data appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

“If the user complies, an archive will be downloaded from a remote server (compromised site), protected with a password given in the original PDF file.” ” Upon opening the attachment, it will retrieve an archive from a compromised website. The archive contains an obfuscated Windows Script File (.WSF)

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this blog I want to show you how you can operationalize the data linked to this alert in MVISION Insights together with your investigation and protection capabilities to better protect your organization against this threat. Unusual WinRAR archives. MVISION Insights Global prevalence statistics for this campaign on Nov 19, 2021.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 22, 2021

After Taiwanese memory and storage manufacturer ADATA had to take its systems offline following a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack in May, the ransomware hackers have now made public download links for more than 700GB of archived stolen data.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Gb archive file that is presumably stolen information from the Thales Group, after the company refused to pay the ransom. The post Thales Global Tech Company Data Released by Lockbit Ransomware Gang appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The Lockbit 3.0 ransomware group began leaking a 9.5

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

The collective has leaked a 432GB archive containing 645,000 emails. The collective has leaked a 211GB archive containing 365,000 emails. The collective has leaked a 432GB archive containing 575,000 emails. The collective has leaked a 130GB archive containing 250,000 emails. Sawatzky is a property management company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Upon opening the file, a RAR-archive named “Viyskovi_zlochinci_RU.rar” is created. . The archive contains a link file named “War criminals destroying Ukraine (home addresses, photos, phone numbers, pages on social networks).lnk,” To nominate, please visit:? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This application is a WinRAR archive that will self-install the RAT and keylogger. The post The DarkWatchman Malware Was Found Hidden in Windows Registry appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. How Does […].

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

doc,docx,rtf,txt,xls,xlsx,ppt,pptx,vsd,vsdx,pdf,png,jpeg,jpg,zip,rar,7z,mp4,sql ,php,vbk,vib,vrb,p7s and.sys,dll,exe,bin,dat) to archive them using the legitimate WinRAR program. The attackers were observed using WinRAR with the “-df” option to delete the source file after being added to the archives.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

“ROKRAT has not changed significantly over the years, but its deployment methods have evolved, now utilizing archives containing LNK files that initiate multi-stage infection chains. The archive contained two LNKs have a size of just under 5 MB. ” reads the report published by Check Point.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

zipx file is a ZIP archive compressed using the most recent compression methods of the WinZip archiver to provide optimal results. 7Zip initially tries to open the files as a ZIP archive and fails, but afterward, 7Zip recognizes the.zipx files as Rar5 archives and can get their contents unpacked. The emails use a.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 10, 2021

On March 9th, Bloomberg reported that hackers breached security company Verkada after infiltrating into the systems of security, giving them access to live and archived footage from 150,000 security cameras inside Verkada customers’ facilities and its own offices.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2022

B00da and Porteur leaked a 1T archive containing data and emails from the law firm. Anonymous has leaked a 823 GB archive containing 1.5 B00da , Porteur , and Wh1t3 Sh4d0w leaked a 184 GB archive containing company emails. million emails. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

Now the Microsoft-owned company provided an update on the incident, the attackers were able to escalate access to npm infrastructure and access the following files exfiltrated from npm cloud storage: A backup of skimdb.npmjs.com containing data from April 7, 2021, with the following information:An archive of user information from 2015.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

The alleged stolen documents appear to have been included in an archive named ‘mandiantyellowpress.com.7z.’ sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”) To nominate, please visit:? ’ At this time, the domain mandiantyellowpress[.]com

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2022

Anonymous claims to have stolen 426,000 emails and leaked an archive of 160 GB in size. Anonymous claims to have stolen 15,600 emails and leaked an archive of 9.5 Anonymous claims to have stolen 87,500 emails and leaked an archive of 107 GB in size. GUOV i GS – General Dept. GB in size. To nominate, please visit:?

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 23, 2021

The PyPI is the official third-party software repository for Python as it primarily hosts Python packages in the form of archives called sdists […]. The post Malicious PyPI Packages Used to Mine Cryptocurrency appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“As detailed in a blog post from Group-IB, the vulnerability had been exploited as 0-day by cybercrime actors in-the-wild since at least April 2023 for campaigns targeting financial traders to deliver various commodity malware families.” The vulnerability has been patched, but but manyhave yet to update their installs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

“ “An attacker is able to create files outside of the target extraction directory when an application or victim user extracts an untrusted archive. “The only requirement for this attack is that unrar is installed on the server, which is expected as it is required for RAR archive virus-scanning and spam-checking.”

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2022

CVE-2022-1271 is a new vulnerability affecting gzip, a widely used open source component for archiving, compressing, and decompressing files. The post CyRC Vulnerability Analysis: CVE-2022-1271 in gzip, but it’s not as bad as it sounds appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2022

TB archive via DDoSecrets that contains 1.23 The collective has released a 542 GB archive via DDoSecrets that contains 229,000 emails and 630,000 files from the Petersburg Social Commercial Bank. TB archive via DDoSecrets that contains nearly 1.1 The collective has released a 1.7 millions emails from the company.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 20, 2021

On April 19th, a huge ransomware operation targeting QNAP devices around the world began storing users’ files in password-protected 7zip archives. The post Qlocker Ransomware Group Ceased Operating After Collecting $350,000 from Its Victims appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Threat actors used 7-zip to […].

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 18, 2019

Also included were email archives spanning 17 years, thousands of social security numbers, and passwords for remote access to agency computers. The amount, and reach, of administrative and staff credentials represents a significant impact to the Oklahoma Department of Securities’ network integrity,” the company announced in a blog. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers from Proofpoint reported that TA413 is conducting a spear-phishing campaign that uses ZIP archives containing weaponized Word Documents. TA413 CN APT spotted ITW exploiting the #Follina #0Day using URLs to deliver Zip Archives which contain Word Documents that use the technique. app for the attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Contents of a free phishing kit archive Paid phishing pages and data, as well as phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) subscriptions. ” The cost of phishing pages goes from $10 per copy up to $50 for an archive containing several pages. ” reads the post published by Kaspersky. User personal data for sale. .”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

What’s more, the home folder included in the Vastaamo patient data archive also allowed investigators to peer into other cybercrime projects of the accused, including domains that Ransom Man had access to as well as a lengthy history of commands he’d executed on the rented virtual server.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

Threat actors are using emails sent from compromised accounts with the subject “bill/payment” with an attachment in the form of a ZIP archive. “The mentioned ZIP archive is a polyglot file containing a decoy document and a JavaScript file “pax_2023_AB1058.js”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

The attack chain starts in the form of a self-extracting WinRAR archive that drops and executes a downloader in the form of a packed portable executable DLL file with CPL file extension (although it does not follow the CPL format). Then the downloader connects to the Tor network to download the components of the Clipminer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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