New Osiris Ransomware Emerges as New Strain Using POORTRY Driver in BYOVD Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ransomware family called Osiris that targeted a major food service franchisee operator in Southeast Asia in November 2025. The attack leveraged a malicious driver called POORTRY as part of a known technique referred to as bring your own...

HackTheBox-Penetration-Testing-Methodology

HackTheBox Penetration Testing Methodology by 9mmpterodacty...

Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack

The ransomware group known as Qilin aka Agenda, Gold Feather, and Water Galura has claimed more than 40 victims every month since the start of 2025, barring January, with the number of postings on its data leak site touching a high of 100 cases in June. The development comes as the...

AutoRDPwn

This is a post-exploitation framework called AutoRDPwn, written in PowerShell. It is designed to automate the Shadow attack on Microsoft Windows computers, which allows a remote attacker to view and control the victim's desktop without their consent. The framework has a user-friendly interface an...

Ninja

This is an open-source C2 server created for stealth red team operations, specifically designed to bypass AMSI Advanced Threat and Malware Protection and other security measures. The server is written in PowerShell and utilizes various modules to achieve its goals. The server includes several...

Windows

It is an offensive tool for Windows exploitation. The repository contains a collection of tools for exploiting Windows, including exploits, post-exploitation agents, and PowerShell tools. The tools are organized into categories, such as Exploitation, PowerShell, and Misc. Some of the tools includ...

SharpKatz

This is a port of the mimikatz tool, specifically the sekurlsa::logonpasswords, sekurlsa::ekeys, and lsadump::dcsync commands, to C and .NET. The tool is called SharpKatz. The tool is designed to extract sensitive information from a Windows system, including: Logon passwords Kerberos encryption...

Exploit for Use After Free in Adobe Flash_Player

CobaltStrike-Toolset Aggressor Script, Kit, Malleable C2 Profiles, External C2 and so on - Kits - ResourceKit - ExploitKit - Aggressor Script - chromedumpmimikatz.cna - nopowershell - SMBexecpsh Further Resources nopowershell smbexecpsh.cna CVE-2018-15982...

PDQ Deploy allows reuse of deleted credentials that can compromise a device and facilitate lateral movement

Overview PDQ Deploy is a service intended for usage by system administrators for the deployment of software or updates to targeted machines within their network. PDQ Deploy uses "run modes" to deploy software to their target devices. The run mode "Deploy User" insecurely creates credentials on th...

Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks

A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain. "The group under review has a toolkit that includes utilities such ...

Analysis of the Crypt Ghouls group: continuing the investigation into a series of attacks on Russia

Last December, we discovered a new group targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware. Further investigation into this group's activity suggests a connection to other groups currently targeting Russia. We have seen overlaps not only in indicators of compromise and tools, b...

Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. "Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims' data and then destroy their infrastructure with a...

Head Mare: adventures of a unicorn in Russia and Belarus

Head Mare is a hacktivist group that first made itself known in 2023 on the social network X formerly Twitter1. In their public posts, the attackers reveal information about some of their victims, including organization names, internal documents stolen during attacks, and screenshots of desktops...

New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia

A new type of malware called UULoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads like Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz. The Cyberint Research Team, which discovered the malware, said it's distributed in the form of malicious installers for legitimate applications targeting Korean and...

APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack

A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The unnamed organization was targeted as early as mid-July 2023 to deliver a...

Gh0st RAT Trojan Targets Chinese Windows Users via Fake Chrome Site

The remote access trojan known as Gh0st RAT has been observed being delivered by an "evasive dropper" called Gh0stGambit as part of a drive-by download scheme targeting Chinese-speaking Windows users. These infections stem from a fake website "chrome-web.com" serving malicious installer packages...

North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear Programs

Summary The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the following authoring partners are releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory to highlight cyber espionage activity associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DPRK’s Reconnaissance General Bureau RGB 3rd Bureau based in Pyongyan...

ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor

Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. "ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes several members active since at least 2016 and presumably once part of the notorious Cobalt Gang,"...

NativeDump - Dump Lsass Using Only Native APIs By Hand-Crafting Minidump Files (Without MinidumpWriteDump!)

NativeDump allows to dump the lsass process using only NTAPIs generating a Minidump file with only the streams needed to be parsed by tools like Mimikatz or Pypykatz SystemInfo, ModuleList and Memory64List Streams. NTOpenProcessToken and NtAdjustPrivilegeToken to get the "SeDebugPrivilege"...

Turkish Hackers Exploiting Poorly Secured MS SQL Servers Across the Globe

Poorly secured Microsoft SQL MS SQL servers are being targeted in the U.S., European Union, and Latin American LATAM regions as part of an ongoing financially motivated campaign to gain initial access. "The analyzed threat campaign appears to end in one of two ways, either the selling of 'access'...