Necro Android Malware Found in Popular Camera and Browser Apps on Play Store

Altered versions of legitimate Android apps associated with Spotify, WhatsApp, and Minecraft have been used to deliver a new version of a known malware loader called Necro. Kaspersky said some of the malicious apps have also been found on the Google Play Store. They have been cumulatively...

How Ransomhub Ransomware Uses EDRKillShifter to Disable EDR and Antivirus Protections

Trend Micro tracked this group as Water Bakunawa, behind the RansomHub ransomware, employs various anti-EDR techniques to play a high-stakes game of hide and seek with security solutions...

New Brazilian-Linked SambaSpy Malware Targets Italian Users via Phishing Emails

A previously undocumented malware called SambaSpy is exclusively targeting users in Italy via a phishing campaign orchestrated by a suspected Brazilian Portuguese-speaking threat actor. "Threat actors usually try to cast a wide net to maximize their profits, but these attackers are focused on jus...

Earth Baxia Uses Spear-Phishing and GeoServer Exploit to Target APAC

We observed Earth Baxia carrying out targeted attacks against APAC countries that involved advanced techniques like spear-phishing and customized malware, with data suggesting that the group operates from China...

Exploit for OS Command Injection in Ivanti Cloud_Services_Appliance

CVE-2024-8190: Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance Authenticated Co...

Exploit for Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Ivanti Endpoint_Manager

CVE-2024-29847 PoC for Ivanti Endpoint Manager AgentPortal Des...

Exploit for Improper Input Validation in Ivanti Endpoint_Manager

CVE-2023-28324 POC for CVE-2023-28324 affecting Ivanti EPM...

New PIXHELL Attack Exploits LCD Screen Noise to Exfiltrate Data from Air-Gapped Computers

A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the "audio gap" and exfiltrating sensitive information by taking advantage of the noise generated by pixels on an LCD screen. "Malware in the air-gap and audio-gap computers generates crafted pixe...

Advanced forensic techniques for recovering hidden data in wearable devices

TL;DR A walk-through of forensic data recovery Detailed example of how to retrieve potentially sensitive deleted data Includes location, sleep and activity tracking Understand the security and privacy implications of wearable device data Introduction This blog post covers how forensic skills and...

Head Mare: adventures of a unicorn in Russia and Belarus

Head Mare is a hacktivist group that first made itself known in 2023 on the social network X formerly Twitter1. In their public posts, the attackers reveal information about some of their victims, including organization names, internal documents stolen during attacks, and screenshots of desktops...

Exploit for SQL Injection in Progress Whatsup_Gold

CVE-2024-6670 PoC for Progress Software WhatsUp Gold HasErrors...

Cyberattackers Exploit Google Sheets for Malware Control in Likely Espionage Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel malware campaign that leverages Google Sheets as a command-and-control C2 mechanism. The activity, detected by Proofpoint starting August 5, 2024, impersonates tax authorities from governments in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., with the goal of targeti...

CISA and Partners Release Advisory on RansomHub Ransomware

Today, CISA—in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and Department of Health and Human Services HHS—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory, StopRansomware: RansomHub Ransomware. This advisory provides network...

How AitM Phishing Attacks Bypass MFA and EDR—and How to Fight Back

Attackers are increasingly using new phishing toolkits open-source, commercial, and criminal to execute adversary-in-the-middle AitM attacks. AitM enables attackers to not just harvest credentials but steal live sessions, allowing them to bypass traditional phishing prevention controls such as MF...

North Korean Hackers Deploy New MoonPeak Trojan in Cyber Campaign

A new remote access trojan called MoonPeak has been discovered as being used by a state-sponsored North Korean threat activity cluster as part of a new campaign. Cisco Talos attributed the malicious cyber campaign to a hacking group it tracks as UAT-5394, which it said exhibits some level of...

ASD’s ACSC, CISA, FBI, and NSA, with the support of International Partners Release Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection

Today, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre ASD’s ACSC, CISA, FBI, NSA, and international partners are releasing Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detectionlink is external. This guide will assist organizations in defining a baseline for event logging to...

Exploits and vulnerabilities in Q2 2024

Q2 2024 was eventful in terms of new interesting vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques for applications and operating systems. Attacks through vulnerable drivers have become prevalent as a general means of privilege escalation in the operating system. Such attacks are notable in that the...

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions,...

Multi-Stage ValleyRAT Targets Chinese Users with Advanced Tactics

Chinese-speaking users are the target of an ongoing campaign that distributes a malware known as ValleyRAT. "ValleyRAT is a multi-stage malware that utilizes diverse techniques to monitor and control its victims and deploy arbitrary plugins to cause further damage," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs...

A Dive into Earth Baku’s Latest Campaign

Earth Baku has broadened its scope from the Indo-Pacific region to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In this blog entry, we examine the threat actor's latest tools, tactics, and procedures...