Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users

A credential-stealing Windows-based malware, Spyware.FFDroider, is after social media credentials and cookies, according to researchers at ThreatLabz. The version analyzed by the researchers was packed with Aspack. The spyware is offered on download sites pretending to be installers for freeware...

Gh0stCringe RAT makes database servers squeal for protection

Researchers have found that the Gh0stCringe RAT is infecting Microsoft SQL and MySQL, and seems to focus on servers with weak protection. The Gh0stCringe RAT communicates with a command and control C&C server to receive instructions and is capable of exfiltrating information. SQL SQL is short for...

KONNI evolves into stealthier RAT

This blog post was authored by Roberto Santos KONNI is a Remote Administration Tool that has being used for at least 8 years. The North Korean threat actor that is using this piece of malware has being identified under the Kimsuky umbrella. This group has been very busy, attacking political...

DDoS IRC Bot Malware Spreading Through Korean WebHard Platforms

An IRC Internet Relay Chat bot strain programmed in GoLang is being used to launch distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. "The malware is being distributed under the guise of adult games," researchers from AhnLab's Security Emergency-response Center ASEC said in a ne...

Android Trojan GriftHorse, the gift horse you definitely should look in the mouth

Researchers at Zimperium have discovered an aggressive mobile premium services campaign with over 10 million victims all over the world. The stolen amount could amass hundreds of millions of Euros. The scam was hidden behind malicious Android apps, and the researchers have named the Trojan...

Attackers exploit CVE-2021-26084 for XMRig crypto mining on affected Confluence servers

Vulnerability Overview On August 25, 2021 a security advisory was released for a vulnerability identified in Confluence Server titled “CVE-2021-26084: Atlassian Confluence OGNL Injection”. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform remote command execution by taking advantage...

Polazert Trojan using poisoned Google Search results to spread

Trojan.Polazert aka SolarMarker has gone back and fine-tuned an old tactic known as SEO-poisoning to plant their Remote Access Trojan RAT on as many systems as possible. This RAT runs in memory and is used by attackers to install additional malware on affected systems. Trojan.Polazert...

Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool abused by criminals

If you were to compose a list of tools and software developed by security and privacy defenders that ended up being abused by the bad guys, then Cobalt Strike would unfortunately be near the top of the list. Maybe only Metasploit could give it a run for the first place ranking. Metasploit—probabl...

Bizarro: a banking Trojan full of nasty tricks

Researchers have discovered a new banking Trojan that has been found targeting customers of European and South American banks. They have dubbed the new Trojan Bizarro. How does Bizarro spread? The Bizarro malware spreads via Microsoft Installer MSI packages. Identified sources so far have been sp...

Sunburst: connecting the dots in the DNS requests

On December 13, 2020 FireEye published important details of a newly discovered supply chain attack. An unknown attacker, referred to as UNC2452 or DarkHalo planted a backdoor in the SolarWinds Orion IT software. This backdoor, which comes in the form of a .NET module, has some really interesting...

CrimeOps of the KashmirBlack Botnet – Part II

Introduction The previous blog - “CrimeOps of the KasmirBlack Botnet - Part I” - described the DevOps behind the botnet. It showed how its well-designed infrastructure makes it easy to expand and add new exploits or payloads without much effort,and explained the evolution and version deployment o...

CrimeOps of the KashmirBlack Botnet – Part I

Introduction Being in a research team exposes us to a variety of attacks on different platforms, of different types, scope, and volume. It also gives us the opportunity to select particularly interesting attacks that target our customers and to analyze them. This blog will give you a taste of the...

Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts without password

By Waqas Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts by using browser cookies it transfers to the attacker’s C&C server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts without password...

New TrickBot Variant Updates Anti-Analysis Tricks

Researchers uncovered a new variant of the TrickBot malware that relies on new anti-analysis techniques, an updated method for downloading its payload as well as adopting minor changes to the integration of its components. TrickBot is a module-based malware that, while first identified as a banki...

VMware Carbon Black Threat Analysis: FTCODE Ransomware

FTCODE is a fully PowerShell-based ransomware. It is distributed via malicious document files that contain macros or using VBScript to download and launch the malicious PowerShell script. FTCODE ransomware will scan a specific list of file extensions and encrypt them with Rijndael algorithm. Othe...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: njRAT

njRAT is a Remote Access Trojan RAT that will silently collect and steal sensitive information such as login credentials. It can also perform keylogger monitoring, remote desktop control, installing additional malicious software, and many other malicious activities on the victim’s computer. In...

Titanium: the Platinum group strikes again

Platinum is one of the most technologically advanced APT actors with a traditional focus on the APAC region. During recent analysis we discovered Platinum using a new backdoor that we call Titanium named after a password to one of the self-executable archives. Titanium is the final result of a...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Common to Russian Underground Forums, AZORult Aims to Connect to C&C Server, Steal Sensitive Data

AZORult is an info stealing trojan that will steal various sensitive data from the victim's computer. It is commonly sold in Russian underground forums and is often actively being delivered via spear-phishing campaigns or, as in the recent attack, distributed via a fake website, pretending to be...

Hello! My name is Dtrack

Our investigation into the Dtrack RAT actually began with a different activity. In the late summer of 2018, we discovered ATMDtrack, a piece of banking malware targeting Indian banks. Further analysis showed that the malware was designed to be planted on the victim's ATMs, where it could read and...

New Malware Uses Windows BITS Service to Stealthy Exfiltrate Data

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new computer virus associated with the Stealth Falcon state-sponsored cyber espionage group that abuses a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system to stealthily exfiltrate stolen data to attacker-controlled server. Active since 2012,...