Gold Melody IAB Exploits Exposed ASP.NET Machine Keys for Unauthorized Access to Targets

The Initial Access Broker IAB known as Gold Melody has been attributed to a campaign that exploits leaked ASP.NET machine keys to obtain unauthorized access to organizations and peddle that access to other threat actors. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the monike...

Cyber Group 'Gold Melody' Selling Compromised Access to Ransomware Attackers

A financially motivated threat actor has been outed as an initial access broker IAB that sells access to compromised organizations for other adversaries to conduct follow-on attacks such as ransomware. SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit CTU has dubbed the e-crime group Gold Melody, which is also kno...