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Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Linked to Black Basta Ransomware Operators
Co-authored by Rapid7 analysts Tyler McGraw, Thomas Elkins, and Evan McCann Executive Summary Rapid7 has identified an ongoing social engineering campaign that has been targeting multiple managed detection and response MDR customers. The incident involves a threat actor overwhelming a user's emai...
Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Linked to Black Basta Ransomware Operators
Co-authored by Rapid7 analysts Tyler McGraw, Thomas Elkins, and Evan McCann Executive Summary Rapid7 has identified an ongoing social engineering campaign that has been targeting multiple managed detection and response MDR customers. The incident involves a threat actor overwhelming a user's emai...
Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a targeted operation against Ukraine that has been found leveraging a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which took place at the end of 2023 according to Deep Instinct, employs...
7-Year-Old 0-Day in Microsoft Office Exploited to Drop Cobalt Strike
By Deeba Ahmed Hackers are dusting off old tricks! A recent attack exploited vulnerabilities in systems running outdates Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike malware. Learn how to protect yourself! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 7-Year-Old 0-Day in Microsoft Office...
Researchers Detail Multistage Attack Hijacking Systems with SSLoad, Cobalt Strike
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing attack campaign that's leveraging phishing emails to deliver a malware called SSLoad. The campaign, codenamed FROZENSHADOW by Securonix, also involves the deployment of Cobalt Strike and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote desktop software...
C2-Tracker - Live Feed Of C2 Servers, Tools, And Botnets
Free to use IOC feed for various tools/malware. It started out for just C2 tools but has morphed into tracking infostealers and botnets as well. It uses shodan.io/"Shodan searches to collect the IPs. The most recent collection is always stored in data; the IPs are broken down by tool and there is...
Watch Out for 'Latrodectus' - This Malware Could Be In Your Inbox
Threat hunters have discovered a new malware called Latrodectus that has been distributed as part of email phishing campaigns since at least late November 2023. "Latrodectus is an up-and-coming downloader with various sandbox evasion functionality," researchers from Proofpoint and Team Cymru said...
Earth Krahang APT Campaign Targeting Global Governments
Summary: Earth Krahang, an APT campaign since 2022, targets global government entities, employing spear phishing and server exploitation tactics. Operating independently but with potential links to Chinese threat actors, it utilizes malware like Cobalt Strike and XDealer for espionage, urging...
TeamCity Flaw Leads to Surge in Ransomware, Cryptomining, and RAT Attacks
Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity software to deploy ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike beacons, and a Golang-based remote access trojan called Spark RAT. The attacks entail the exploitation of CVE-2024-27198 CVSS score...
Mustang Panda Targets Asia with Advanced PlugX Variant DOPLUGS
The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has targeted various Asian countries using a variant of the PlugX aka Korplug backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. "The piece of customized PlugX malware is dissimilar to the general type of the PlugX malware that contains a completed backdoor command...
Albabat Ransomware Infiltrates via Counter-Strike Cheat Utility
Summary: Albabat ransomware, made its debut in November 2023, emerging as a financially motivated threat crafted in Rust. This ransomware has targeted both corporate entities and individual consumers across diverse geographical regions. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report For a detailed threat...
Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy KrustyLoader Malware
A pair of recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure ICS virtual private network VPN devices have been exploited to deliver a Rust-based payload called KrustyLoader that's used to drop the open-source Sliver adversary simulation tool. The security vulnerabilities, tracked as...
Bind For Cleaning Blood And Bullet Marks In Counter-Strike 2
By Owais Sultan One of the most needed functions in the CS console has always been a command that allows you… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bind For Cleaning Blood And Bullet Marks In Counter-Strike 2...
Alert: Water Curupira Hackers Actively Distributing PikaBot Loader Malware
A threat actor called Water Curupira has been observed actively distributing the PikaBot loader malware as part of spam campaigns in 2023. "PikaBot's operators ran phishing campaigns, targeting victims via its two components — a loader and a core module — which enabled unauthorized remote access...
Turkish Hackers Exploiting Poorly Secured MS SQL Servers Across the Globe
Poorly secured Microsoft SQL MS SQL servers are being targeted in the U.S., European Union, and Latin American LATAM regions as part of an ongoing financially motivated campaign to gain initial access. "The analyzed threat campaign appears to end in one of two ways, either the selling of 'access'...
PT-2024-4006
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP versions 8.1 through 8.1.28 PHP versions 8.2 through 8.2.19 PHP versions 8.3 through 8.3.7 Description An argument injection issue exists in the PHP CGI module on Windows when used with Apache. The flaw occurs because the Windows...
PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads
During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads malvertising and specifically those via search engines, to drop malware targeting businesses. In fact, browser-based attacks overall have been a lot more common if we include social engineering campaigns. Criminals have...
New Hacker Group 'GambleForce' Tageting APAC Firms Using SQL Injection Attacks
A previously unknown hacker outfit called GambleForce has been attributed to a series of SQL injection attacks against companies primarily in the Asia-Pacific APAC region since at least September 2023. "GambleForce uses a set of basic yet very effective techniques, including SQL injections and th...
From Brute-Force to BlueSky Ransomware
Summary: A focused campaign directed at publicly accessible MSSQL servers unfolded, entailing malicious actors utilization of Cobalt Strike and Tor2Mine. After gaining successful network access, the adversaries deployed the BlueSky ransomware across the entire network. Threat Level - Amber | Atta...
