New PEAPOD Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Women Political Leaders

European Union military personnel and political leaders working on gender equality initiatives have emerged as the target of a new campaign that delivers an updated version of RomCom RAT called PEAPOD. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro attributed the attacks to a threat actor it tracks under the nam...

Malicious NuGet Package Targeting .NET Developers with SeroXen RAT

A malicious package hosted on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework has been found to deliver a remote access trojan called SeroXen RAT. The package, named Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config and published by a user named Disti, is a typosquat of a legitimate package called...

Malicious Package

Overview DiscordsRpc is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, all...

Malicious Package

Overview Betalgo.Open.AI is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine,...

Malicious Package

Overview IAmRoot is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, all whi...

Malicious Package

Overview ZendeskApi.Client.V2 is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's...

Malicious Package

Overview Modern.Winform.UI is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machin...

Malicious Package

Overview Monero is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, all whil...

Malicious Package

Overview CData.Snowflake.API is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's...

Malicious Package

Overview SolanaWallet is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, al...

Malicious Package

Overview Forge.Open.AI is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, a...

QakBot Resurges Latest Strikes with Ransom Knight and Remcos RAT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The QakBot malware has been associated with a persistent phishing campaign since the beginning of August 2023, leading to the deployment of both the Ransom Knight ransomware and the Remcos RAT. To receiv...

QakBot Threat Actors Still in Action, Using Ransom Knight and Remcos RAT in Latest Attacks

Despite the disruption to its infrastructure, the threat actors behind the QakBot malware have been linked to an ongoing phishing campaign since early August 2023 that led to the delivery of Ransom Knight aka Cyclops ransomware and Remcos RAT. This indicates that "the law enforcement operation ma...

Zanubis Android Banking Trojan Poses as Peruvian Government App to Target Users

An emerging Android banking trojan called Zanubis is now masquerading as a Peruvian government app to trick unsuspecting users into installing the malware. "Zanubis's main infection path is through impersonating legitimate Peruvian Android applications and then tricking the user into enabling the...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 18 September to 24 September 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of eight executed attacks, five instance of adversary activity, and eleven vulnerabilities...

Important: golang

Issue Overview: An out of bounds read vulnerability was found in debug/macho of the Go standard library. When using the debug/macho standard library stdlib and malformed binaries are parsed using Open or OpenFat, it can cause golang to attempt to read outside of a slice array causing a panic when...

Beware: Fake Exploit for WinRAR Vulnerability on GitHub Infects Users with Venom RAT

A malicious actor released a fake proof-of-concept PoC exploit for a recently disclosed WinRAR vulnerability on GitHub with an aim to infect users who downloaded the code with Venom RAT malware. "The fake PoC meant to exploit this WinRAR vulnerability was based on a publicly available PoC script...

Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Targeting Chinese Users with ValleyRAT and Gh0st RAT

Chinese-language speakers have been increasingly targeted as part of multiple email phishing campaigns that aim to distribute various malware families such as Sainbox RAT, Purple Fox, and a new trojan called ValleyRAT. "Campaigns include Chinese-language lures and malware typically associated wit...

Transparent Tribe Uses Fake YouTube Android Apps to Spread CapraRAT Malware

The suspected Pakistan-linked threat actor known as Transparent Tribe is using malicious Android apps mimicking YouTube to distribute the CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan RAT, demonstrating the continued evolution of the activity. "CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker...

Unveiling The SuperBear RAT campaigns Targeting the Journalists

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A recently discovered remote access trojan RAT named "SuperBear" has come to attention as it is actively utilized by hackers to target journalists that focus on covering geopolitical developments in Asia...