The biggest ransomware threat could be in your pocket

WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks in recent months have reignited concern over just how these threats occur. As a result, many leaders have reinvigorated their security efforts regarding computer vulnerabilities. However, they might be missing another big endpoint susceptible to ransomware...

Neptune Exploit Kit Dropping Cryptocurrency Miners Through Malvertisements

Despite a marked decrease in activity, exploit kits haven’t completely disappeared just yet. The Neptune, or Terror Exploit Kit, is alive and well; during the last month, researchers have observed the kit as part of a campaign to abuse a legitimate popup ad service to drop cryptocurrency miners...

Threat Round-up for Aug 11 - Aug 18

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 11 and August 18. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior...

Researchers Find Phishing Site Encrypted with AES

Scammers chasing Apple credentials and payment card information have ramped up their efforts to hide their phishing page by encrypting it with AES. Researchers at Ring 0 Labs disclosed details about the operation last week, pointing out that the criminals behind this activity are buffering a fair...

Windows exploit techniques: from any directory you create to any file-read-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

One, Foreword In the past few months, I'm in meetings, introduced me to the“Windows logic privilege escalation guide”tips. Meeting length is only 2 hours, I would like to introduce many interesting techniques and tricks had to have been deleted. Over time, think in training courses complete about...

Updates to Sofacy, Turla Highlight 2017 Q2 APT Activity

Attackers behind advanced persistent threat campaigns have kept busy over the past several months, adding new ways to bypass detection, crafting new payloads to drop, and identifying new zero days and backdoors to help them infect users and maintain persistence on machines. Juan Andres...

APT Trends report Q2 2017

Introduction Since 2014, Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been providing threat intelligence reports to a wide-range of customers worldwide, leading to the delivery of a full and dedicated private reporting service. Prior to the new service offering, GReAT published...

Black Hat 2017: training, cybersecurity trends and end-point protection

Every year, Black Hat is a highly anticipated event in the cybersecurity community--and Black Hat 2017 certainly did not disappoint! It was yet another year of record traffic, bustling with visitors from the security community that want to strengthen their security skills and postures...

Revoke-Obfuscation: PowerShell Obfuscation Detection Using Science

Many attackers continue to leverage PowerShell as a part of their malware ecosystem, mostly delivered and executed by malicious binaries and documents. Of malware that uses PowerShell, the most prevalent use is the garden-variety stager: an executable or document macro that launches PowerShell to...

Revoke-Obfuscation: PowerShell Obfuscation Detection Using Science

Many attackers continue to leverage PowerShell as a part of their malware ecosystem, mostly delivered and executed by malicious binaries and documents. Of malware that uses PowerShell, the most prevalent use is the garden-variety stager: an executable or document macro that launches PowerShell to...

Three Telltale Signs a Hacker Has Been in Your Account

Imperva’s latest Hacker Intelligence Initiative HII report, Beyond Takeover - Stories from a Hacked Account, was just released. With this research, we set forth to learn about the dynamics of phishing attacks from the victim’s perspective and shed some light on attacker practices. Our intent was ...

CopyKittens Exposed by ClearSky and Trend Micro

CopyKittens is a cyberespionage group that ClearSky has been reporting on since 2015, tracking their attacks on government-related bodies around the world. Trend Micro has supported this research at several points, including for their latest report released today on the group’s vast espionage...

HoneypotBuster - Microsoft PowerShell Module to Find HoneyPots and HoneyTokens in the Network

Microsoft PowerShell module designed for red teams that can be used to find honeypots and honeytokens in the network or at the host. CodeExecution Execute code on a target machine using Import-Module. Invoke-HoneypotBuster HoneypotBuster is a tool designed to spot Honey Tokens, Honey Bread Crumbs...

Cyber Insurance Rates to Rise – What Should I Do?

Organizations manage risk in three ways: they accept it, they take out insurance against it, or they take active measures to diminish its potential impact. These active measures commonly include deploying or enhancing or removing technology, updating policies and procedures, instituting training...

How to Become a Master Threat Hunter

Editor’s Note: The text appears in the free eBook: “Threat Hunting for Dummies.” After you’ve been threat hunting in an environment forsix months, a year, or more, you’re going to become a senior in most circles. You’re expanding your skills and knowledge, you’re building and using tools, and...

Obfuscation in the Wild: Targeted Attackers Lead the Way in Evasion Techniques

Throughout 2017 we have observed a marked increase in the use of command line evasion and obfuscation by a range of targeted attackers. Cyber espionage groups and financial threat actors continue to adopt the latest cutting-edge application whitelisting bypass techniques and introduce innovative...

3 Ways Corporations are Keeping Track of Data Breaches

By Waqas It seems like every other day; we see a story on the news about the latest major data breach that has compromised the personal and financial records of hundreds and thousands of unsuspecting customers. Its even more frightening to think about how many unknown data breaches might have...

Remote Symbol Resolution

Introduction The following blog discusses a couple of common techniques that malware uses to obscure its access to the Windows API. In both forms examined, analysts must calculate the API start address and resolve the symbol from the runtime process in order to determine functionality. After...

Remote Symbol Resolution

Introduction The following blog discusses a couple of common techniques that malware uses to obscure its access to the Windows API. In both forms examined, analysts must calculate the API start address and resolve the symbol from the runtime process in order to determine functionality. After...

FIN10: Anatomy of a Cyber Extortion Operation

FireEye has identified a set of financially motivated intrusion operations being carried out by a threat actor we have dubbed FIN10. FIN10 is known for compromising networks, stealing sensitive data, and directly engaging victim executives and board members in an attempt to extort them into payin...