Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2022

The malware could target both Windows and Linux systems, in the recent attacks observed by security experts at Palo Alto Unit 42 team, the operators employed the open-source backdoor MicroBackdoor to maintain persistence on infected hosts. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

Part 1: Top threat categories. Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends. We’ll look at DNS queries to domains that fall into certain categories of malicious activity, and in some cases specific threats, between January and December of 2020.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 18, 2022

However, threat actors continue to evolve their tactics and are able to successfully upload dangerous apps laced with malware on the Google play store. Recently, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team discovered apps involving multiple instances of the Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families spreading in the virtual marketplace.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Uptycs researchers have observed attacks related to miners, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging LogforShell flaw in log4j. So far we have observed attacks related to coinminers, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging this vulnerability. DDoS botnet payloads.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

According to Microsoft the attackers are part of the same group that was behind the attacks against SolarWinds , the Sunburst backdoor , TEARDROP malware, GoldMax malware, and other related components. So any company having trouble doing business with one, probably fits into one of those three categories. Get a free trial below.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

Researchers from Kaspersky reported that malicious spam campaigns spreading Qbot and Emotet malware and targeting organizations grew 10-fold between February and March. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

After the researchers reported the findings to Google, the malicious applications were removed from the Google Play store. By definition, fleeceware is a type of malware for mobile devices that comes with hidden, excessive subscription fees. A full list of applications and hashes can be found in the blog published by the researchers.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The most worrying trend for website owners: cybercriminals are increasingly using malware , or software that is used for malicious purposes, to take advantage of website visitors. In Q2 2017, backdoors accounted for 23 percent of malware files. Once malware successfully infects a site, it can be used to deploy visitor attacks.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2022

We continue to track the group’s activities and this October we observed the adoption of new malware strains in its arsenal. However, it has recently started to adopt new methods of malware delivery. In addition, the group tested different file types to refine malware delivery methods. Post-exploitation.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends. We’ll look at DNS queries to domains that fall into certain categories of malicious activity, and in some cases specific threats, between January and December of 2020. Organizations and malicious DNS activity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

” reads a blog post published by Wandera. ” The tainted applications were published in the App Store in various categories, in various countries by the same developer, the India-based AppAspect Technologies Pvt. Later the developer has published them again removing the malicious code inside.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

This could include malware that antivirus and security solutions can’t detect; a secure internet connection to prevent tracing; initial access to victim companies’ networks or mailboxes (which is also key to many ransomware infections); effective social engineering content; fraudulent content hosting, and more.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., Section 5 Scanning of removable media used in the Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) is now required. IDS/IPS solutions must detect and alert on any covert malware communications being used such as DNS tunnelling.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In this blog, we describe two separate incidents. We were unable to identify the infection vector, but the threat actor was able to install a sophisticated malware cluster on these servers. Both attacks leveraged different malware clusters that do not overlap much. wAgent malware cluster. C2 address in the configuration.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

As Picus, we published a detailed blog post about the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by HAFNIUM to target Microsoft Exchange Servers. Check for leftover artifacts of the threat actors and make sure to remove any malicious files from your network. Picus Threat Library includes five main threat categories.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2021

Accenture officials are saying they staved off a ransomware attack this week by a cybercriminal ring using the LockBit malware even as the hacker group claimed to have captured data from the massive global IT and business consulting firm and has threatened to release it. A CNBC reporter on Aug. LockBit Filling a Vacuum.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

This blog post describes methods that SpecterOps consultants have researched to successfully circumvent this technology during offensive assessments. We categorize our suggested techniques into three categories: ingress, egress, and bypass. Slow browsing leads to unhappy users and unhappy users lead to security products being removed.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These potential incidents fall under four categories, brand protection, cyber threat, physical protection, and data leakage. Most incidents pertained to the cyber threat category, and included malicious webpages, marketplace listings, and exposed files.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Additionally, dashboards share data about threat names, any relevant reference URLs, tags, adversary and malware families, and attack IDs. URLhaus provides a detailed submission policy to filter out irrelevant malware submissions from users. Although it is free to join, membership is required to access InfraGard resources.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A special thanks to our Professional Services’ IR team, ShadowServer , for historical context on C2 domains, and Thomas Roccia /Leandro Velasco for malware analysis support. McAfee customers are protected from the malware/tools described in this blog. We will highlight a few in each category. Executive Summary.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

Threat actors spread info-stealing malware through the search results for a pirated copy of the CCleaner Pro Windows optimization program. Researchers from Avast have uncovered a malware campaign, tracked as FakeCrack, spreading through the search results for a pirated copy of the CCleaner Pro Windows optimization program.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

A few months after last year’s blog post came out, we stumbled across a new multi-platform ransomware family, which targeted both Linux and Windows. We created a private report about this after an article claimed that the malware was used in the geopolitical conflict. We named it RedAlert/N13V.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Today, businesses of all sizes must be vigilant in protecting their data and infrastructure from a wide variety of threats, including malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks. A shift from traditional malware to ransomware. •An An increase in sophisticated phishing attacks.

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Cisco Security

JULY 5, 2021

Cisco Secure Endpoint (AMP for Endpoints) with Malware Analytics (ThreatGrid) offers Prevention, Detection, Threat Hunting and Response capabilities in a single solution. NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories. Secure Endpoint offers these features through a public or private cloud deployment. 1 and ID.AM-2] 2 and ID.RA-3]

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

The fake security update is using a newly identified loader that at the time of the campaign was oblivious to malware sandboxes and bypassed practically all antivirus engines. In this blog post, we detail our findings and how this campaign is connected to other attacks. 218) as one mentioned in Morphisec's blog.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

blogging platform that posted a gallery of children’s drawings, encouraging users to vote for their favorites. Both can be used to steal user data, collect information about the corporate network, and spread additional malware, such as ransomware. Scammers created a page on the telegra.ph

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

These services are managed by outsourced teams of experts to help remove some of the need for dedicated onsite security staff and to decrease the amount of day-to-day work for their clients. This team uses all of CrowdStrike’s modules to offer comprehensive protection against malware and malware-free attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2024

If malware has already infected an employee machine, HYAS Protect prevents communication of the malware with its command and control, stopping malware from causing damage. We know the value of removing the barriers around aggregating your security telemetry and are putting actions behind these words.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

In contrast, less experienced cybercriminals are not always able to see an attack through to the end (malware execution, data theft, etc.), Malware log offers on a dark web forum. Malware logs (different). Free malware log offers on a dark web forum. Topic on dark web forum with a request for specific malware logs.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

Anyway, what Chenxification does for example is frustrate computer malware's ability to locate and extract an application's decryption key. It removes the control-flow structure of functions. Around 2014 Chenxi authored a blog , which was very important for the industry in my opinion. Christian Colberg is credited with the term.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Note too that QR codes from questionable sources can carry other threats, for example, spreading malware or debiting money in favor of the scammers. Even in official mobile app stores, malware can sometimes sneak in. We informed the store in question, which they removed the fraudulent apps. Spam support: call now, regret later.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

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. When file was convicted as malicious, we would investigate the context: Is it from a classroom, where the topic is related to the behavior of the malware?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. So they want to tackle that category. It ruins the fun.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. So they want to tackle that category. It ruins the fun.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

On January 24, a hash for sophisticated Solaris SPARC malware was posted on Twitter. The samples that we found initially seemed to have used a different infrastructure and only contained slight modifications, constituting a newer variant of the malware. The most remarkable findings. Russian-speaking activity. Chinese-speaking activity.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

US Justice Department: Today, the Justice Department arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information. Let's analyze malware. And we're never going to be good at blogging. Let's analyze stuff.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

The following checklist presents several categories of attack methods and proposes countermeasures. Modern applications support features that attackers can abuse to install malware on your system. Use modern, reputable anti-malware software. Remove API access from apps you don’t use. campaigns from around 2016.

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