Void Rabisu Targets Female Political Leaders with New Slimmed-Down ROMCOM Variant

Almost a year after Void Rabisu shifted its targeting from opportunistic ransomware attacks with an emphasis on cyberespionage, the threat actor is still developing its main malware, the ROMCOM backdoor...

Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives

Microsoft has identified a phishing campaign conducted by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0978 targeting defense and government entities in Europe and North America. The campaign involved the abuse of CVE-2023-36884, which included a remote code execution vulnerability exploited before disclosu...

Void Rabisu’s Use of RomCom Backdoor Shows a Growing Shift in Threat Actors’ Goals

Void Rabisu, a malicious actor believed to be associated with the RomCom backdoor, was thought to be driven by financial gain because of its ransomware attacks. But in this blog entry, we discuss how the use of the RomCom backdoor in recent attacks shows how Void Rabisu's motives seem to have...