New Ducktail Infostealer Malware Targeting Facebook Business and Ad Accounts

Facebook business and advertising accounts are at the receiving end of an ongoing campaign dubbed Ducktail designed to seize control as part of a financially driven cybercriminal operation. "The threat actor targets individuals and employees that may have access to a Facebook Business account wit...

Hackers Target Ukrainian Software Company Using GoMet Backdoor

A large software development company whose software is used by different state entities in Ukraine was at the receiving end of an "uncommon" piece of malware, new research has found. The malware, first observed on the morning of May 19, 2022, is a custom variant of the open source backdoor known ...

HavanaCrypt ransomware spreads through fake google updates

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary HavanaCrypt is a new ransomware that distinguishes itself as a Google software update. It evades detection using a Microsoft web hosting service IP address as the command and control C&C server...

Microsoft Warns of Cryptomining Malware Campaign Targeting Linux Servers

A cloud threat actor group tracked as 8220 has updated its malware toolset to breach Linux servers with the goal of installing crypto miners as part of a long-running campaign. "The updates include the deployment of new versions of a crypto miner and an IRC bot," Microsoft Security Intelligence...

ZuoRAT is a sophisticated malware that mainly targets SOHO routers

Researchers have analysed a campaign leveraging infected SOHO routers to target predominantly North American and European networks of interest. The so-called ZuoRAT campaign, which very likely started in 2020, is so sophisticated that the researchers suspect that there is a state sponsored threat...

New Android Banking Trojan 'Revive' Targeting Users of Spanish Financial Services

A previously unknown Android banking trojan has been discovered in the wild, targeting users of the Spanish financial services company BBVA. Said to be in its early stages of development, the malware — dubbed Revive by Italian cybersecurity firm Cleafy — was first observed on June 15, 2022 and...

Trellix Global Defenders: Defending against Cyber Espionage Campaigns – Operation Graphite

Trellix Global Defenders: Defending against Cyber Espionage Campaigns – Operation Graphite By Ben Marandel, Arnab Roy · June 20, 2022 Cyber Espionage campaigns by nature are targeted attacks that can go undetected for prolonged periods of time. Cyber Espionage campaigns often involve adversaries...

China-linked APT Flew Under Radar for Decade

Researchers have identified a small yet potent China-linked APT that has flown under the radar for nearly a decade running campaigns against government, education and telecommunication organizations in Southeast Asia and Australia. Researchers from SentinelLabs said the APT, which they dubbed Aoq...

U.S. Agencies Warn About Chinese Hackers Targeting Telecoms and Network Service Providers

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned about China-based state-sponsored cyber actors leveraging network vulnerabilities to exploit public and private sector organizations since at least 2020. The widespread intrusion campaigns aim to exploit publicly identified security flaws i...

Microsoft Seizes 41 Domains Used in Spear-Phishing Attacks by Bohrium Hackers

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit DCU last week disclosed that it had taken legal proceedings against an Iranian threat actor dubbed Bohrium in connection with a spear-phishing operation. The adversarial collective is said to have targeted entities in tech, transportation, government, and education...

Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor

An "extremely sophisticated" Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT actor dubbed LuoYu has been observed using a malicious Windows tool called WinDealer that's delivered by means of man-on-the-side attacks. "This groundbreaking development allows the actor to modify network traffic...

Microsoft Blocks Iran-linked Lebanese Hackers Targeting Israeli Companies

Microsoft on Thursday said it took steps to disable malicious activity stemming from abuse of OneDrive by a previously undocumented threat actor it tracks under the chemical element-themed moniker Polonium. In addition to removing the offending accounts created by the Lebanon-based activity group...

EnemyBot Malware Targets Web Servers, CMS Tools and Android OS

A rapidly evolving IoT malware dubbed “EnemyBot” is targeting content management systems CMS, web servers and Android devices. Threat actor group “Keksec” is believed behind the distribution of the malware, according to researchers. “Services such as VMware Workspace ONE, Adobe ColdFusion,...

SideWinder Hackers Launched Over a 1,000 Cyber Attacks Over the Past 2 Years

An "aggressive" advanced persistent threat APT group known as SideWinder has been linked to over 1,000 new attacks since April 2020. "Some of the main characteristics of this threat actor that make it stand out among the others, are the sheer number, high frequency and persistence of their attack...

EnemyBot Linux Botnet Now Exploits Web Server, Android and CMS Vulnerabilities

A nascent Linux-based botnet named Enemybot has expanded its capabilities to include recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in its arsenal to target web servers, Android devices, and content management systems CMS. "The malware is rapidly adopting one-day vulnerabilities as part of its...

Hackers Increasingly Using Browser Automation Frameworks for Malicious Activities

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a free-to-use browser automation framework that's being increasingly used by threat actors as part of their attack campaigns. "The framework contains numerous features which we assess may be utilized in the enablement of malicious activities,"...

CVE-2022-29337

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2022-05-25 02:42:24+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cibsecurity/43307 2022-05-25 13:05:43+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/GithubRedTeam/2284...

OilRig is back with another Phishing Email attack, delivering the Saitama Backdoor

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here An Iranian cyber espionage gang known as OilRig has began delivering malicious email to a Jordanian government employee at the foreign ministry. The email includes a malicious Excel sheet that installs the Saitama backdoor...

Experts Detail Saintstealer and Prynt Stealer Info-Stealing Malware Families

Cybersecurity researchers have dissected the inner workings of an information-stealing malware called Saintstealer that's designed to siphon credentials and system information. "After execution, the stealer extracts username, passwords, credit card details, etc.," Cyble researchers said in an...

Low-rent RAT Worries Researchers

For about the price of a cup of Starbucks latte, a hacker is renting out a remote access trojan designed to backdoor targeted networks. Dubbed as Dark Crystal RAT or DCRat, the malware is being peddled online to hackers in Russian by a lone rookie malware writer with a penchant for cut-rate...