CTEM for Telecom Companies

Protect Network Infrastructure. Prevent Service Disruption. Secure 5G, IoT, and Subscriber Data. Telecommunications companies operate the most interconnected infrastructure on the planet. Your networks carry voice, data, and critical services for millions of subscribers, enterprises, and governme...

Patch Management: A Complete Guide to Securing Your Organization

Your vulnerability scanners just returned 15,000 findings. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday alone dropped 97 fixes. Linux vendors released another 40. Third-party applications added dozens more. Your security team has exactly the same number of hours in the day as they did last month. This is the realit...

How BAS Helps Threat Exposure Management: A Complete Guide

Your vulnerability scanner just produced a report with hundreds of "critical" CVEs. Now what? For most security teams, this is where the guessing game begins. You know you can't fix everything at once, so you're forced to make tough calls based on CVSS scores and gut feelings, all while hoping yo...

The Psychology of Exposure: Why Security Teams Ignore What’s Right in Front of Them

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Your security team sees everything and notices nothing. Drowning in alerts, CVEs, dashboards, risk...

Ebury A Potent Linux Botnet Infects Over 400K Servers

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Black Basta Ransomware Impacts Over 500 Organizations Worldwide

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HijackLoader Enhances Its Arsenal with New Evasion Techniques

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Cuckoo Malware Operates as Both an Infostealer and Spyware

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ArcaneDoor a Novel Espionage Campaign Exploits Cisco Zero-Days

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Cyber Horizon Annual Threat Report 2023

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Unveiling AcidPour Evolution of Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine

Summary: AcidPour, a variant of the destructive AcidRain wiper malware previously used during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, signals a heightened threat to Ukraines critical infrastructure. By targeting Linux UBI and DM logic, AcidPour poses a significant risk to large storage devices and RAID...

VCURMS and STRRAT Trojans Using AWS and GitHub as Launchpads

Summary: A sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting personnel, enticing them to click on a seemingly innocuous button to authenticate payment details. However, this action initiates the download of a harmful JAR file from Amazon Web Services AWS onto the victims device. This malicious file...

Unmasking Doppelgänger: Russia’s Disinformation Campaign Revealed

Summary: Doppelgänger, a suspected Russia-aligned influence operation network targeting German audiences with propaganda and disinformation, potentially aiming to sway opinions ahead of elections. Doppelgänger employs coordinated social media activities and a dynamic infrastructure to maximize it...

Unveiling the Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign

Summary: Sea Turtle, a Turkey-based Advanced Persistent Threat APT actor, has been active since 2017. The group has primarily targeted European and Middle Eastern organizations, focusing on information theft and DNS hijacking to compromise repositories with valuable and sensitive data. In a recen...

Adversaries Leverage Social Media to Disseminate New Python-Based Stealer

Summary: A recently identified malicious campaign involves the use of WinRAR archive files with minimal detection to execute a multi-stage attack. The payload, known as Editbot, is a newly discovered Python-based stealer. Editbot is specifically designed to extract process information and data...

SugarGh0st RAT A Customized Gh0st Variant in Cyber Espionage

Summary: A malicious campaign deploying the customized SugarGh0st RAT, likely orchestrated by a Chinese-speaking threat actor targeting the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users. SugarGh0st, a variant of Gh0st RAT, exhibits advanced features for remote control, keylogging,...

Cactus Ransomware Exploits Vulnerabilities in Qlik Sense

Summary: The Cactus ransomware is actively exploiting critical Qlik Sense vulnerabilities, with the ultimate goal of establishing persistence and enabling remote control, infiltrating corporate networks stealthily. This serves as a stark reminder that unpatched Qlik Sense instances are prime...

ExelaStealer A New Entrant in the InfoStealer Landscape

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary ExelaStealer is a newly discovered InfoStealer malware that emerged in August 2023. Its distinctive feature lies in being an open-source tool, customizable for a fee. Primarily coded in Python,...

Unveiling Lu0Bot Malware A Node.js-Based Threat

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Lu0Bot Malware, a Node.js-based threat, surfaced in February 2021 as a secondary payload in GCleaner attacks. This malware acts as a bot, responding to C2 server commands and transmitting encrypted syste...

EvilProxy Phishing Attack Targets Indeed Job Platform

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new phishing campaign has emerged, specifically targeting high-profile US executives. This campaign takes advantage of open redirects from the jobs platform Indeed and employs EvilProxy to pilfer sessi...

Redfly Targets Critical Infrastructure in Asia with ShadowPad Trojan

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Redfly, an espionage group, targeted Asian critical infrastructure, compromising a national grid for six months using ShadowPad. This underscores a rising trend in such attacks, raising global concerns...

New Rilide Stealer Version Evades Chrome Manifest V3 Protections

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new version of the Rilide Stealer malware, evading Chromes security measures to target Chromium-based browsers in campaigns that exploit user trust through fake plugins and games, posing a significant...

Hackers Target WooCommerce Payments Plugin to Hijack Websites

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Cybercriminals are orchestrating a widespread campaign to exploit a pivotal WooCommerce Payments plugin, thereby acquiring the privileges of various users, including those with administrator statu...

DoubleFinger A Sneaky Loader Targets Cryptocurrency

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A sophisticated campaign utilized an advanced multi-stage DoubleFinger loader to deploy the GreetingGhoul malware, which is designed to steal cryptocurrency credentials. To receive real-time threat...

Water Orthrus Targets Chinese Users with CopperStealth and CopperPhish

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Water Orthrus has recently launched two new campaigns, CopperStealth and CopperPhish, where CopperStealth employs rootkit techniques, while CopperPhish globally distributes a phishing kit through PPI...

APT28’s SNMP Attack on Cisco Routers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT28 used SNMP access to exploit Cisco routers and gain network access, utilizing weak SNMP community strings and exploiting a vulnerability to deploy Jaguar Tooth. To receive real-time threat advisorie...

Kadavro Vector Ransomware spread as a fake Tor browser installer

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Kadavro Vector is a NoCry ransomware variant that encrypts files and demands Monero XMR cryptocurrency for decryption. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on LinkedIn...

Desert Falcon Strikes with an Upgraded Arsenal

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Desert Falcons, a cyber-espionage group, has been seen deploying upgraded variants of its malware toolset in strikes against Palestine and Middle Eastern entities. To receive real-time threat advisories,...

Unveiling ChinaZ DDoS Threat Landscape

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary ChinaZ, a Chinese threat group, is infamous for using DDoS botnets to attack Windows and Linux systems. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on LinkedIn...

Malware Impersonating Websites Spread via Google Ads

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Multiple Malware were found on newly registered websites impersonating various applications, likely originating from malicious Google Search Ads. To receive real-time threat advisories, please...

New MQsTTang Backdoor from Mustang Panda Targets Political and Governmental Organizations

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary A new custom backdoor called MQsTTang, which they attribute to the Mustang Panda APT group. This backdoor is part of an ongoing campaign that began in early January...

The Intricate Evolution of SoulSearcher Loader for Multi-Stage Malware Execution

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary SoulSearcher is a second-stage loader that has been seen in the wild since October 2017, and it is responsible for executing the Soul module payload and parsing its configuration. The samples found in th...

New Ransomware Mimic Emerges in the Wild, Abusing Legitimate Tool for Faster Encryption

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Mimic is a new ransomware that uses the APIs of a legitimate tool called Everything to encrypt target files and has multiple capabilities such as deleting shadow copies, terminating multiple applications...

Middle East targeted by Earth Bogle using NjRAT malware

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Earth Bogles active campaign hosts malware on public cloud storage sites like files.fm and failiem.lv. Compromised web servers also distribute NjRAT, also known as Bladabindi, a remote access trojan RAT...

Newly Discovered PoweRAT Malware Distributed through PyPI

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A newly discovered malware called “PoweRAT" combines a stealer and a RAT remote access tool. The malware is being distributed through the Python Package Index PyPI, a repository of software for the Pytho...

Black Basta Ransomware Invades US Firms with Qakbot Malware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In this latest spear-phishing campaign, the Black Basta ransomware gang employed QakBot malware, aka QBot or Pinkslipbot, to acquire an initial point of entry and migrate laterally through an organizatio...

Typhon Stealer back with new variant named Typhon Reborn

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Typhon Stealer, a malware who became widely known for its capabilities to steal crypto wallets, monitor keystrokes, and evade antivirus programs, became widely known in early August 2022. Soon after, the...

Zero-day vulnerability uncovered in Trend Micro Apex One

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability, along with several other issues, has been addressed by Trend Micro. It has been identified as CVE-2022- 40139 and could allow attackers to execute remote code...

Unknown Iranian attackers leverage vulnerabilities to conduct ransom operations

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Iranian government-sponsored actors carry out malicious cyber activities against a wide range of people and entities in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom by using known...

Hive Pro bolsters its leadership team, charting a course for global growth.

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Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 01 – 07th Aug

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 461 12 1 60 30 26 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The first week of August 2022 witnessed the discovery of 461 vulnerabilities out of whic...

Hive Pro Welcomes Pierre Noel as New Chief Information Security Officer

New CISO to Support Growth Milpitas, California, July 28, 2022 -- Hive Pro, a cyber security company specializing in Cyber Threat Exposure Management, has appointed Pierre Noel as its new Chief Information Security Officer CISO. He has been hired with the vision of supporting growth in the compan...

APT29 utilizes cloud storage service to deliver malicious payloads

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT29, a cyber espionage gang uses cloud storage services such as Google Drive and Dropbox to distribute malware to compromised systems. The gang used a phishing campaign that targeted several Western diplomatic...

Microsoft uncovers a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsoft has recently discovered a vulnerability in macOS that allows third parties to bypass sandbox restrictions and execute malicious commands...

Google addresses new vulnerabilities in Chrome

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Google Chrome addresses nine vulnerabilities in its latest stable channel update for Windows, Mac, and Linux...

Iranian APT targets Middle East’s Energy & Telecommunications industry

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new campaign has been launched by a state-sponsored Iranian APT group, Lyceum to target organizations from the Middle East in the energy and telecommunication sectors. They have been observed deploying a new...

Pandora Ransomware Targets Multiple Plants around the Globe

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Pandora ransomware is a new operation that targets business networks and obtains data for double-extortion assaults and active since March 2022. DENSO, a Japanese auto parts manufacturers plant in Germany, and Global Wafers...

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management: The Complete Guide to Smarter Threat Prioritization

Your vulnerability scanner just flagged 12,000 findings. Your team has the bandwidth to remediate maybe 200 this sprint. Which ones do you fix first? If your answer is "sort by CVSS score and work down the list," you are making the same mistake most security teams make. You are treating a 9.8-rat...

What Is Continuous Threat Monitoring? A Full Guide

Relying on periodic security scans is like checking your rearview mirror once every ten miles on a busy highway. You get a snapshot of what’s behind you, but you miss the real-time dangers closing in. This reactive approach leaves dangerous gaps for attackers to exploit, keeping your security tea...

Cyber Risk Prioritization: A Practical Guide

For years, security teams have relied on static scores like CVSS to guide their patching efforts. While helpful, these scores only tell part of the story. They show a vulnerability's potential severity but lack the real-world context of what attackers are actually doing right now. A theoretical...