Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2023

Since the malware's obfuscation and encryption features have been recently documented by other researchers, we will focus on two of its web delivery methods, namely the use of malicious ads and search engine poisoning. Note: The same threat actor was also serving malicious ads via Bing as documented by Cyberuptive on August 8, 2023.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 16, 2021

According to a statement and videos released today, the Ukrainian Cyber Police charged six defendants with various computer crimes linked to the CLOP gang, and conducted 21 searches throughout the Kyiv region. CLOP’s victim shaming blog on the deep web.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

The low sophistication attacks, which are outlined by Mandiant in a new blog post released Tuesday, encompass simpler attacks, where actors with varying levels of skill and resources use common IT tools and techniques to gain access to and interact with exposed OT systems. ‘How do I make money off of this?'

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2023

Searchlight Cyber researchers warn of threat actors that are offering on the dark web access to energy sector organizations. Dark web intelligence firm Searchlight Cyber published a report that analyzes how threat actors in the dark web prepare their malicious operations against energy organizations.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The next-gen HYAS Insight is going to have better and more contextualized intelligence. This new pipeline is higher volume and is expected to better align with real threats you’re dealing with on a daily basis. The resulting intelligence is not only timely, but we aim to make it as relevant and actionable as possible for you.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team observed a series of destructive attacks on hybrid environments that were carried out by MuddyWater APT group (aka MERCURY ). Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. The group was observed targeting both on-premises and cloud environments.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Customers can research any prior interactions with known indicators such as IP addresses tracked by Cisco Talos intelligence group and should create Custom Security Events and Watchlists to identify any future communication with the known indicators. Please check the Talos blog regularly for updates.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“Snatch threat actors have been observed purchasing previously stolen data from other ransomware variants in an attempt to further exploit victims into paying a ransom to avoid having their data released on Snatch’s extortion blog,” the FBI/CISA alert reads. ru using the email address tretyakov-files@yandex.ru.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Web search is about to embark on a new journey thanks to artificial intelligence technology that online giants such as Microsoft and Google are experimenting with. Yet, there is a problem when it comes to malicious ads displayed by search engines that AI likely won't be able to fix.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“In addition to SolarMarker, the Menlo Labs team has seen a rise in attacks designed to target users, as opposed to organizations, bypassing traditional security measures,” the researchers wrote in a blog post this week. Compromising Devices through Search Results. Malicious SolarMarker downloads. SolarMarket’s Growing Profile.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2022

The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is currently investigating claims that threat actors gained unauthorized access to a portal connected to 16 different federal law enforcement databases, according to KrebsOnSecurity. LEIA "provides federated search capabilities," which includes classified sensitive data pertaining to the DEA.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In recent weeks, we have noted an increase in malvertising campaigns via Google searches. Several of the threat actors we are tracking have improved their techniques to evade detection throughout the delivery chain. It is unique in its way to fingerprint users and distribute time sensitive payloads.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Emerging threats posed many challenges to security professionals and created many opportunities for threat actors. Picus has curated a list of the top five threats observed in 2021, detailing ten lessons defenders can learn from them. . Perform threat hunting after patching. To see the Threat Library, click on Threats.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In the October 2021 Threat Report , McAfee Enterprise ATR provides a global view of the top threats, especially those ransomware attacks that affected most countries and sectors in Q2 2021, especially in the Public Sector (Government). Let’s review the high severity campaigns and threat profiles added to MVISION Insights recently.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 13, 2022

“Surely, someone must have written a blog or something more descriptive about this already,” they would say. Then, they would copy-paste anything that looks like a searchable term – an IP address, domain, SHA checksum – and start searching it, either on a threat intelligence search site or even a general-purpose search engine.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

Security software may have been a satisfactory product at the turn of the century, but despite massive levels of investment, many experts now realize that it is not adequate for dealing with contemporary threats. We reached this point of friction because of the compound effect of two shortcomings. Thus, secure implementations are critical.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 18, 2024

Emerging security threats and trends Who doesn’t enjoy some future-gazing? ENISA, the EU’s cybersecurity agency, forecasts that supply chain attacks are the top emerging threat. Real security for artificial intelligence We’re now well into Q2 2024 and there’s no point putting it off any longer: it’s time to talk about AI.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Threat Summary. The framework is widely used across millions of enterprise applications and therefore a lucrative target for threat actors to exploit. The framework is widely used across millions of enterprise applications and therefore a lucrative target for threat actors to exploit. Getting the Latest Threat Intelligence.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

EDR is a category of tools designed to continuously monitor the intricate web of cyber threats on endpoints across a network. These endpoints, from individual workstations to connected devices, became the frontlines in the battle against evolving cyber threats. Endpoint Detection and Response: An Overview What is EDR?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers. Events Search. Configuration changes were carried out on the affected customer asset, mitigating the threat.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Just recently, for instance, the search giant removed 50 malicious apps , installed 30 million times, from the official Google Play Store, including fitness, photo-editing, and gaming apps. Acohido: How did you actually gather this helpful intelligence? Our goal is to detect and eradicate mobile threats. has begun delivering.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Threat actors are becoming more sophisticated, agile and relentless in their pursuit of stealing personal information for financial gain. Rapid and evolving shifts in the threat landscape require the knowledge and solutions to prepare and prevent threats that could spell disaster for organizations’ reputations and operations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

RedFoxtrot has been active since at least 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence from neighboring countries, it is suspected to work under the PLA China-linked Unit 69010. The researchers state that Moshen Dragon deployed five different malware triads to use DLL search order hijacking to sideload ShadowPad and PlugX variants.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A review of the Pushwoosh founder’s online presence via Constella Intelligence shows his Pushwoosh email address was tied to a phone number in Washington, D.C. A search on Pushwoosh’s code base shows that one of the company’s longtime developers is a 41-year-old from Novosibirsk named Yuri Shmakov.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

” According to the Indonesian security blog Cyberthreat.id , Saputra admitted being the administrator of 16Shop , but told the publication he handed the project off to others by early 2020. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Megatraffer has been active on more than a half-dozen crime forums from September 2009 to the present day. The email address akafitis@gmail.com was used to create a Livejournal blog profile named Fitis that has a large bear as its avatar. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER? account on Carder[.]su

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

Introduction Although ransomware is still a hot topic on which we will keep on publishing, we also investigate and publish about other threats. In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

Microsoft is catching criticism from some cybersecurity researchers for not being forceful enough over the past several months in warning customers about the threats posed by ProxyShell and urging them to get the vulnerabilities patched. A scan by search engine Shodan published Aug. Ransomware and ProxyShell.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2023

Threat actors constantly take notice of the work and takedown efforts initiated by security researchers. In today's blog post, we look at a recent malvertising chain that started using a more advanced cloaking technique to remain under the radar. com may look legitimate but it is not.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2022

The compromise of Exchange servers allows threat actors to access the target networks, perform internal reconnaissance and lateral movement activities, and steal sensitive documents before encrypting them. ” reads the post published by Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Anton on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

SIEMs are used for collecting and analyzing security data from across your organization to help you identify and respond to threats quickly and effectively. They may be unable to keep up with the latest threats or support the latest features and capabilities. That’s where this blog comes in. are we a bit harsh here? Frankly no!

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This blog provides an overview of how Cisco Secure Endpoint helps protect your environment from attackers exploiting this vulnerability. It blocks threats that try to exploit the Log4j vulnerability with multifaceted prevention techniques, including machine learning and behavioral protection. What You Need to Know About Log4j.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

“This vulnerability, which is being widely exploited by a growing set of threat actors, presents an urgent challenge to network defenders given its broad use,” she said. A Major Threat. All threat actors need to trigger an attack is one line of text. The Log4Shell flaw – which Impacts Log4j versions 2.0 through 2.14.1

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2022

The basic version of a real reCAPTCHA the threat actors used as a template to create the fake ones looks like this: legitimate reCAPTCHA. The threat actors injected malicious JavaScript within the affected website’s files and database. com subdomain that was mentioned in the Sucuri blog. The campaign. drakefollow[.]com

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SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Sherrod DeGrippo, senior director of threat research at Proofpoint, said they were first notified of the CopperStealer malware by Twitter user TheAnalyst. Credentials make the world go round when it comes to the current threat landscape and this shows the lengths that threat actors will take to steal valuable credential data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Threat actors used a network of fake profiles to get in contact with researchers of interest.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Then it analyzed container images in Docker Hub and popular code libraries and software packages (including PyPI, NPM, Ruby), searching for names and text labels that called for action against either side. “As Threat Intelligence. Google CAS Supports cert-manager and Jetstack Secure for Cloud Native and Private PKI. UTM Medium.

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