Experts Uncover Year-Long Cyber Attack on IT Firm Utilizing Custom Malware RDStealer

A highly targeted cyber attack against an East Asian IT company involved the deployment of a custom malware written in Golang called RDStealer. "The operation was active for more than a year with the end goal of compromising credentials and data exfiltration," Bitdefender security researcher Vict...

Activities in the Cybercrime Underground Require a New Approach to Cybersecurity

As Threat Actors Continuously Adapt their TTPs in Today's Threat Landscape, So Must You Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground . The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill's collected intelligence items...

Asylum Ambuscade Unmasking the Hybrid Threat Group in Cybersecurity

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Asylum Ambuscade: A cybercrime group active since 2020, targeting banks, cryptocurrency traders, and governments in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Their tactics include spear...

CISA and FBI Release #StopRansomware: CL0P Ransomware Gang Exploits MOVEit Vulnerability

CISA and FBI released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA CL0P Ransomware Gang Exploits MOVEit Vulnerability in response to a recent vulnerability exploitation attributed to CL0P Ransomware Gang. This joint guide provides indicators of compromise IOCs and tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs...

New PowerDrop Malware Targeting U.S. Aerospace Industry

An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called PowerDrop. "PowerDrop uses advanced techniques to evade detection such as deception, encoding, and encryption," according to Adlumin, which found the malware implanted in an...

CISA and Partners Release Joint Guide to Securing Remote Access Software

Today, CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and the Israel National Cyber Directorate INCD released the Guide to Securing Remote Access Software. This new joint guide is the result of a...

Pikabot A Stealthy Backdoor with Ingenious Evasion Tactics

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Pikabot, a sophisticated backdoor evades analysis with anti-analysis measures like the "sleep" function, uses NtContinue API, employs language-based execution cessation, and shows connections to Qakbot...

People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection

Summary The United States and international cybersecurity authorities are issuing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to highlight a recently discovered cluster of activity of interest associated with a People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actor, also known as Volt Typhoon...

Unveiling the Minas Miner’s Deceptive Tactics

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Minas is a multi-stage cryptocurrency miner with a concealed presence. It evades detection through encryption, randomization, and persistence techniques, showcasing determined network compromise. To...

APT attacks: Exploring Advanced Persistent Threats and their evasive techniques

Cyber criminals come in all shapes and sizes. On one end of the spectrum, theres the script kiddie or inexperienced ransomware gang looking to make a quick buck. On the other end are state-sponsored groups using far more sophisticated tactics--often with long-term, strategic goals in mind. Advanc...

MAL-2023-1554 Malicious code in ipstringfy (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx deea2822e14722106952d830748fc4b8c86f7613827ea90caaeb796f9a9eb9f4 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

CACTUS Ransomware Emerges as New Threat Targeting Large Enterprises

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CACTUS is a new strain of ransomware that targets large commercial entities using a variety of tools and tactics to distribute the ransomware binary and maintain persistence within the environment while...

Malicious code in json2stringfy (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 2e42c4a993125bac35486d178cd7356e08471fc96b79862efed3c64ae4f1d7d6 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-975 Malicious code in xml2yaml (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx ede33f285ce592232ffffd5ea89eb8505d88e0d520640d52c721560d06d02f69 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world's largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant at Google Cloud, presented a retrospective on the state of cybersecurity. During his keynote, Mandia stated: "There are...

Uncovering RedStinger - Undetected APT cyber operations in Eastern Europe since 2020

This blog post was authored by Malwarebytes' Roberto Santos and Fortinet's Hossein Jazi While the official conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in February 2022, there is a long history of physical conflict between the two nations, including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and when t...

New Android Malware 'FluHorse' Targeting East Asian Markets with Deceptive Tactics

Various sectors in East Asian markets have been subjected to a new email phishing campaign that distributes a previously undocumented strain of Android malware called FluHorse that abuses the Flutter software development framework. "The malware features several malicious Android applications that...

Chinese Hacker Group Earth Longzhi Resurfaces with Advanced Malware Tactics

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking outfit has resurfaced with a new campaign targeting government, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing entities based in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Fiji after more than six months of no activity. Trend Micro attributed the intrusion set to a cyber...

Imperva Continues to Innovate With New Features for Online Fraud Prevention

Last year, Imperva embarked on a mission to help organizations combat the growing threat of digital fraud. We introduced a new solution and a range of innovative features to help detect and prevent online fraud at its earliest stages. Imperva Online Fraud Prevention stops fraud ranging from...

Charming Kitten Hackers Utilize New Tactics with BellaCiao Malware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Iranian APT group, Charming Kitten, is using a new, sophisticated malware called BellaCiao to target specific victims in multiple regions, employing unique communication tactics with its...