Experts Analyze Conti and Hive Ransomware Gangs' Chats With Their Victims

An analysis of four months of chat logs spanning more than 40 conversations between the operators of Conti and Hive ransomware and their victims has offered an insight into the groups' inner workings and their negotiation techniques. In one exchange, the Conti Team is said to have significantly...

Chinese "Override Panda" Hackers Resurface With New Espionage Attacks

A Chinese state-sponsored espionage group known as Override Panda has resurfaced in recent weeks with a new phishing attack with the goal of stealing sensitive information. "The Chinese APT used a spear-phishing email to deliver a beacon of a Red Team framework known as 'Viper,'" Cluster25 said i...

Implications of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Adversaries & Defenders (Part 2)

This post is the second of a multi-part blog series that explores and highlights the different risks that Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL poses to an enterprise IT environment. Here we examine different TTPs that abuse WSL and assess different methods to defend against such threats. ← Go to Part ...

New SolarMarker Malware Variant Using Updated Techniques to Stay Under the Radar

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an advanced version of the SolarMarker malware that packs in new improvements with the goal of updating its defense evasion abilities and staying under the radar. "The recent version demonstrated an evolution from Windows Portable Executables EXE files to...

Cyber Security WEBINAR — How to Ace Your InfoSec Board Deck

Communication is a vital skill for any leader at an organization, regardless of seniority. For security leaders, this goes double. Communicating clearly works on multiple levels. On the one hand, security leaders and CISOs must be able to communicate strategies clearly – instructions, incident...

Beware Ukraine-themed fundraising scams

Unfortunately scammers continue to focus on the invasion of Ukraine to make money. A flurry of bogus domains and scam techniques are spreading their wings. They appear to focus on donation fakeouts but there’s a few other nasty surprises lying in wait too. The lowest of the low There are few lowe...

Thwarting Loaders: From SocGholish to BLISTER’s LockBit Payload

Both BLISTER and SocGholish are loaders known for their evasion tactics. Our report details what these loaders are capable of and our investigation into a campaign that uses both to deliver the LockBit ransomware...

Qualys Multi-Vector EDR Excels in 2022 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation

MITRE evaluated Qualys Multi-Vector EDR against competing alternatives, and the results are in. This blog reviews the basics of MITRE ATT&CK evaluation, how our EDR solution performed, and how to interpret the ratings. MITRE Engenuity has released the results of round 4 of its ATT&CK Evaluations...

Phishers make a date with your calendar apps

Calendars are a rich source of bad behaviour for scammers and spammers. They’re one of the most prolific tools the workplace has for collaborative actions and general cross-purpose messaging. They’ve been misused by bad actors for many years now, most commonly spamming unwary potential victims an...

North Korean state-sponsored threat actor Lazarus Group exploiting Chrome Zero-day vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here For more than a month before a fix was available, North Korean state hackers known as Lazarus group exploited a zero-day, remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2022-0609 in Google Chromes web browser. The attack mainly targe...

State-Sponsored Russian Cyber Actors Targeted Energy Sector from 2011 to 2018

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Energy have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA detailing campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted U.S. and international Energy Sector organizations. The CSA highlights...

Beware of this bogus (and phishy) “Instagram Support” email

Recently, a fake Instagram email successfully bypassed Googles email filters and made it into hundreds of employee inboxes used by a prominent US life insurance company based in New York. This was revealed in a report by Armorblox, a cybersecurity company specializing in stopping business email...

Experts Warn of Hacking Group Targeting Aviation and Defense Sectors

Entities in the aviation, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and defense industries have been targeted by a persistent threat group since at least 2017 as part of a string of spear-phishing campaigns mounted to deliver a variety of remote access trojans RATs on compromised systems. The use...

Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends

Summary Immediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Ransomware • Make an offline backup of your data. • Do not click on suspicious links. • If you use RDP, secure and monitor it. • Update your OS and software. • Use strong passwords. • Usemulti-factor authentication. The Federal Bureau ...

How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

With Valentines Day approaching, you can be sure that the scammers will want to take advantage of lovebirds everywhere. From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, heres how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentines Day. Romance scams Stories of online roman...

North Korean Hackers Return with Stealthier Variant of KONNI RAT Malware

A cyberespionage group with ties to North Korea has resurfaced with a stealthier variant of its remote access trojan called Konni to attack political institutions located in Russia and South Korea. "The authors are constantly making code improvements," Malwarebytes researcher Roberto Santos said...

FBI Releases PIN on Iranian Cyber Group Emennet Pasargad

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released a Private Industry Notification PIN that provides a historical overview of Iran-based cyber company Emennet Pasargad’s tactics, techniques, and procedures to enable readers to identify and defend against the group’s malicious cyber activities...

Threat Actors Blanket Androids with Flubot, Teabot Campaigns

Researchers have discovered a raft of active campaigns delivering the Flubot and Teabot trojans through a variety of delivery methods, with threat actors using smishing and malicious Google Play apps to target victims with fly-by attacks in various regions across the globe. Researchers from...

2022 Threat Predictions

Trellix 2022 Threat Predictions By Trellix · January 19, 2022 Ransomware, nation states, social media, and a shifting reliance on a remote workforce made headlines in 2021, proving that bad actors only continue to rise to the challenge. Defiantly, they thwart solution stacks and gain momentum eac...

2022 Threat Predictions

Trellix 2022 Threat Predictions By Trellix · January 19, 2022 Ransomware, nation states, social media, and a shifting reliance on a remote workforce made headlines in 2021, proving that bad actors only continue to rise to the challenge. Defiantly, they thwart solution stacks and gain momentum eac...