LilacSquid: The stealthy trilogy of PurpleInk, InkBox and InkLoader

By Anna Bennett, Nicole Hoffman, Asheer Malhotra, Sean Taylor and Brandon White. Cisco Talos is disclosing a new suspected data theft campaign, active since at least 2021, we attribute to an advanced persistent threat actor APT were calling "LilacSquid." LilacSquids victimology includes a diverse...

Spacecolon Toolset Fuels Surge in Scarab Ransomware Attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CosmicBeetle, an active cyber threat group, has been utilizing a malicious toolset called Spacecolon in an ongoing campaign. This toolset is used to distribute variants of the Scarab ransomware by...

New Secured-core servers are now available from the Microsoft ecosystem to help secure your infrastructure

In the current pandemic-driven remote work environments, security has become increasingly important. Earlier this year, Colonial Pipeline, one of the leading suppliers of fuel on the East Coast of the United States, was hit by a ransomware attack.1 This caused a massive disruption of the fuel...

DonPAPI - Dumping DPAPI Credz Remotely

Dumping revelant information on compromised targets without AV detection DPAPI dumping Lots of credentials are protected by DPAPI. We aim at locating those "secured" credentials, and retreive them using : User password Domaine DPAPI BackupKey Local machine DPAPI Key protecting TaskScheduled blob...

PYSA Ransomware Pillages Education Sector, Feds Warn

The FBI has issued a warning about an uptick in cyberattacks on the education sector that are delivering the PYSA ransomware. In a “Flash” alert to the cybersecurity community issued on Tuesday, the Feds said that PYSA has been seen in attacks on schools in 12 U.S. states and in the United Kingdo...

Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerge...

Threat spotlight: CrySIS, aka Dharma ransomware, causing a crisis for businesses

CrySIS, aka Dharma, is a family of ransomware that has been evolving since 2006. We have noticed that this ransomware has become increasingly active lately, increasing by a margin of 148 percent from February until April 2019. The uptick in detections may be due to CrySIS' effective use of multip...

eSeSIX Thintune backdoor

Backdoor on port TCP/25702, it's possible to obtain ICA and RDP usernames/passwords...

The Oracle of Delphi Will Steal Your Credentials

Our deception technology is able to reroute attackers into honeypots, where they believe that they found their real target. The attacks brute forced passwords for RDP credentials to connect to the victim download and execute a previously undetected malware, which we named Trojan.sysscan...