New PowerExchange Backdoor Used in Iranian Cyber Attack on UAE Government

An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates U.A.E. was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft Exchange Server with a "simple yet effective" backdoor dubbed PowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the...

North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Strike Again with Advanced Reconnaissance Malware

The North Korean advanced persistent threat APT group known as Kimsuky has been observed using a piece of custom malware called RandomQuery as part of a reconnaissance and information exfiltration operation. "Lately, Kimsuky has been consistently distributing custom malware as part of...

OilAlpha: Emerging Houthi-linked Cyber Threat Targets Arabian Android Users

A hacking group dubbed OilAlpha with suspected ties to Yemen's Houthi movement has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting development, humanitarian, media, and non-governmental organizations in the Arabian peninsula. "OilAlpha used encrypted chat messengers like WhatsApp to launch...

It’s always DNS, here’s why…

Introduction Theres an old adage in network and Internet support: When something breaks in any network "it was DNS". Sadly its usually true. …or at least it is when you have certain timeouts, or when a company you used to work for moves from the stable Unix based DNS to a Windows based one and th...

Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments

Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Bitdefender, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said the activity remains active, with evidence likely pointing to the...

SideCopy Using Action RAT and AllaKore RAT to infiltrate Indian Organizations

The suspected Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging themes related to the Indian military research organization as part of an ongoing phishing campaign. This involves using a ZIP archive lure pertaining to India's Defence Research and Development Organizatio...

Nimbo-C2 - Yet Another (Simple And Lightweight) C2 Framework

About Nimbo-C2 is yet another simple and lightweight C2 framework. Nimbo-C2 agent supports x64 Windows & Linux. It's written in Nim, with some usage of .NET on Windows by dynamically loading the CLR to the process. Nim is powerful, but interacting with Windows is much easier and robust using...

N. Korean Kimsuky Hackers Using New Recon Tool ReconShark in Latest Cyberattacks

The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky has been discovered using a new reconnaissance tool called ReconShark as part of an ongoing global campaign. "ReconShark is actively delivered to specifically targeted individuals through spear-phishing emails, OneDrive links leading ...

New Decoy Dog Malware Toolkit Uncovered: Targeting Enterprise Networks

An analysis of over 70 billion DNS records has led to the discovery of a new sophisticated malware toolkit dubbed Decoy Dog targeting enterprise networks. Decoy Dog, as the name implies, is evasive and employs techniques like strategic domain aging and DNS query dribbling, wherein a series of...

Microsoft Confirms PaperCut Servers Used to Deliver LockBit and Cl0p Ransomware

Microsoft has confirmed that the active exploitation of PaperCut servers is linked to attacks that are designed to deliver Cl0p and LockBit ransomware families. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is attributing a subset of the intrusions to a financially motivated actor it tracks under the...

Chinese Hackers Spotted Using Linux Variant of PingPull in Targeted Cyberattacks

The Chinese nation-state group dubbed Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of a backdoor called PingPull as well as a new undocumented tool codenamed Sword2033. That's according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which discovered recent malicious cyber activity carried out by the group...

Chinese Hackers Spotted Using Linux Variant of PingPull in Targeted Cyberattacks

The Chinese nation-state group dubbed Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of a backdoor called PingPull as well as a new undocumented tool codenamed Sword2033. That's according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which discovered recent malicious cyber activity carried out by the group...

Striker - A Command And Control (C2)

Striker is a simple Command and Control C2 program. Disclaimer This project is under active development. Most of the features are experimental, with more to come. Expect breaking changes. Features A Agents Native agents for linux and windows hosts. Self-contained, minimal python agent should you...

New Zaraza Bot Credential-Stealer Sold on Telegram Targeting 38 Web Browsers

A novel credential-stealing malware called Zaraza bot is being offered for sale on Telegram while also using the popular messaging service as a command-and-control C2. "Zaraza bot targets a large number of web browsers and is being actively distributed on a Russian Telegram hacker channel popular...

Uncommon infection methods—part 2

Introduction Although ransomware is still a hot topic on which we will keep on publishing, we also investigate and publish about other threats. Recently we explored the topic of infection methods, including malvertising and malicious downloads. In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the rece...

PT-2023-5279 · Tp Link · Tp-Link Archer C2 +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: TP-Link Archer C50 version Archer C50US V2 160801 TP-Link Archer C20 version Archer C20 V1 150707 TP-Link Archer C2 version Archer C2 US V1 170228 Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi router's firmware when...

Cryptocurrency Companies Targeted in Sophisticated 3CX Supply Chain Attack

The adversary behind the supply chain attack targeting 3CX deployed a second-stage implant specifically singling out a small number of cryptocurrency companies. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been internally tracking the versatile backdoor under the name Gopuram since 2020, said ...

RedditC2 - Abusing Reddit API To Host The C2 Traffic, Since Most Of The Blue-Team Members Use Reddit, It Might Be A Great Way To Make The Traffic Look Legit

Abusing Reddit API to host the C2 traffic, since most of the blue-team members use Reddit, it might be a great way to make the traffic look legit.  Disclaimer: Use of this project is for Educational/Testing purposes only. Using it on unauthorised machines is strictly forbidden. If somebody is...

Not just an infostealer: Gopuram backdoor deployed through 3CX supply chain attack

On March 29, Crowdstrike published a report about a supply chain attack conducted via 3CXDesktopApp, a popular VoIP program. Since then, the security community has started analyzing the attack and sharing their findings. The following has been discovered so far: The infection is spread via...

Threat Advisory: 3CX Softphone Supply Chain Compromise

Cisco Talos is tracking and actively responding to a supply chain attack involving the 3CX Desktop Softphone application. This is a multi-stage attack that involves sideloading DLLs, seven-day sleep routines, and additional payloads dependent on a now-removed GitHub repository for Windows-based...