Gaza Cybergang’s Pierogi++ Upgrade Takes Center Stage

Summary: The Gaza Cybergang, a sophisticated threat actor, has recently intensified its attacks by deploying an advanced version of the Pierogi backdoor malware. This group focuses its cyber operations primarily on Palestinian entities and Israel, with a historical record of targeting entities...

The Lethal Advancement of DarkGate Malware-as-a-Service

Summary: DarkGate, a formidable Remote Access Trojan RAT, functions as a Malware-as-a-Service MaaS and is masterminded by the elusive RastaFarEye within the underground cybercrime landscape. The latest iteration, DarkGate 5.0.19, advances upon its predecessors with sophisticated evasion technique...

In-Depth Analysis of AvosLocker Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary AvosLocker also known as Avos, is a ransomware-as-a-service that targets critical infrastructure organizations, primarily in the US, and has expanded to target both Windows and Linux systems. Its...

Snatch Ransomware: Evolving Threat and Defense Strategies

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Snatch ransomware is a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS variant that was first discovered in 2018. It is known for its ability to reboot devices into Safe Mode, where many security protections are disabled,...

PCI DSS Compliance with Hive Pro Threat Exposure Management

In this video, Anand Choudha, CEO at Hive Pro, and Jeelan Poola, CPO at Hive Pro, introduce the HivePro Uni5 Threat Exposure Management Platform. HivePro Uni...

APT28 Leveraged Three Roundcube Exploits in Espionage Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT28 conducted a sophisticated campaign targeting prominent organizations in Ukraine. The campaign involved spear-phishing emails, and these attachments exploited vulnerabilities in the Roundcube webmai...

Condi Malware Strikes TP-Link Routers for DDoS Rampage

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Condi, a recently discovered malware, utilizes a security vulnerability within TP-Link Archer Wi-Fi routers to ensnare these devices into a botnet specifically designed for launching distributed...

The Exploitation of Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in MOVEit Transfer

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The MOVEit Transfer vulnerability is that it allows for unauthorized access to the database, potential manipulation or deletion of its contents, and exploitation of affected systems. To receive...

A Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in Barracuda Email Security Gateway

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in Barracuda Email Security Gateway Appliances, Promptly Patched, and a Subset of Customers Notified; Other Barracuda Products are Unaffected. To receive real-time...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 15 to 21 May 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made significant discoveries in the field of cybersecurity threats. In the past week, they uncovered a total of eight attacks that were executed, taking advantage of five different vulnerabilities across...

CryptNet A Novel Ransomware-as-a-Service

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CryptNet is a new ransomware-as-a-service group that employs data exfiltration and .NET code. Currently, it has two victims listed on its data leak site. To receive real-time threat advisories, please...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 01 to 07 May 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, the fact that there were a total of eight attacks executed, taking advantage of different vulnerabilities in various...

New BlackBit Ransomware Targets South Korea

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary BlackBit ransomware, a variant of LokiLocker, checks keyboard layout, disables defenses, and presents payment info through various methods. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 24 to 30 April 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, they identified a total of eight attacks that were executed. These attacks were taking advantage of three different...

New macOS malware RustBucket attributed to North Korean group BlueNoroff

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RustBucket, attributed to BlueNoroff, is split into two stages, with the second stage application appearing as a legitimate PDF viewer but becoming malicious when a specific PDF is loaded. To receive...

New PingPull Malware Variant Targets Linux Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The PingPull malware variant that targets Linux systems is linked to Alloy Taurus, and it communicates with a domain over HTTPS to receive encrypted commands for executing specific functions. To receive...

Tracking the Malicious Email Campaigns of Russia-Aligned TA499

Threat Level Actor Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary TA499 is a group of threat actors aligned with the Russian state that engages in impersonation-based, patriotically motivated misinformation campaigns. They use email ...

RedLine Stealer Used in Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Industry

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary A spear-phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry used subject lines and text to trick hotel staff into clicking on malicious links that led to the downloa...

Newly Identified Threat Actor Hydrochasma Targets Shipping Companies and Medical Laboratories in Asia

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Hydrochasma is a newly identified threat actor that has been targeting shipping companies and medical laboratories in Asia since October 2022. This groups primary focus appears to be on intelligence...

A New Info-Stealing Malware Named “Stealc” Targeting Cryptocurrency Wallets

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new information-stealing malware called Stealc was discovered in January 2023. This malware is designed to steal sensitive information from various sources including web browsers, desktop cryptocurrenc...

Threat Exposure Management: An Overview

In recent years, the threat landscape has rapidly evolved, resulting in a growing number of cyber security incidents. This has led organizations to focus on the effective management of their threat exposure, as a means of mitigating the risk of cyber attacks. Threat exposure management is a...

New Ransomware Campaign “TZW” Linked to GlobeImposter Targets South Korean Organizations

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new ransomware campaign called TZW is affecting organizations in South Korea. The campaign is linked to the known malware family GlobeImposter, suggesting that the actors behind GlobeImposter are...

A new botnet called the Medusa Botnet is emerging via Mirai Botnet targeting Linux users

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Mirai is a botnet that has been active since 2016 and exploits vulnerabilities in Linux-based networking devices like routers and IoT devices to gain control and perform malicious activities like...

Chinese Threat Actors Leverage Phishing and GuLoader to Distribute Remcos RAT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The malicious campaign described involves the distribution of a malicious PDF file through email, via phishing. The PDF file in this case redirects victims to a legitimate cloud-based platform, where the...

After four months of idleness, Emotet reappears and deploys loaders

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Emotet banking Trojan was initially found in 2014 as one of the most expensive and damaging malware. The phishing efforts that spread Emotet used the same email thread hijacking approach to deceive...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 2 January 2023 – 8 January 2023

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Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: December 2022

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Trading platforms are in jeopardy due to ArkeiStealer

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Threat actors are currently disseminating ArkeiStealer via Windows Installer binaries disguised as trading applications. The trading application has been backdoored with the SmokeLoader downloader, which...

Bluenoroff Bypasses MoTW to Target Japanese Organizations

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Bluenoroff is known for targeting financial institutions and government organizations and has been active since at least 2014. From September onwards Bluenoroff threat actors added a new feature, that...

Vice Society gang switches to new custom ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Vice Society is a well-established ransomware group that has successfully targeted a range of enterprises. They aim to maximize their financial gain by using the standard double extortion strategy. In...

MuddyWater is back with new techniques

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary MuddyWater used Dropbox links and document attachments with URLs redirected to ZIP archives as lures in its campaign, which also utilized compromised corporate email accounts. In addition to using Remote...

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FreeBSD

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A vulnerability in FreeBSD ping has been discovered that could allow remote code execution. A remote host can trigger the memory safety bug, causing the ping program to crash. Ping runs inside a...

Rise in new Royal Ransomware attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Royal Ransomware is a new form of ransomware used as a service in early 2022, with the objective of gaining access to a victims environment, encrypting all their files, and extorting a ransom in orde...

BATLOADER- Evasive Malware leverages SEO poisoning

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary "BatLoader" dropper is used to dispense a range of malware tools on victim devices, including a banking Trojan, an information stealer, and the Cobalt Strike post-exploit toolkit. BatLoader malware actor...

FRwL destroys data with Somnia to disrupt operations in Ukraine

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary FRwLFrom Russia with Love group, tracked as UAC-0118 uses a fake website to trick Ukrainian organization employees into downloading the Advanced IP Scanner software. Upon installation, the system is...

Earth Longzhi: New subgroup of APT41

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Earth Longzhi is running a spearphishing campaign to infect organizations with a payload such as Cobalt Strike loader, Symatic loader, CroxLoader, BigpipeLoader, OutLoader, and other custom hacking tools...

Privilege Escalation in VMware spring-security

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A vulnerability in VMwares Spring Security affects the mapping of permitted scope in spring-security-oauth2-client, allowing privilege escalation...

LDR4 is a new Ursnif variant

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In June 2022, a new aspect of the URSNIF malware was identified. Unlike prior URSNIF iterations, this new variation, code named LDR4, is a backdoor designed to facilitate operations such as ransomware an...

Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 29 August – 04 September

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MuddyWater targets Israeli organizations by exploiting unpatched log4j vulnerabilities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary MuddyWater, an Iranian threat actor, exploits Log4j two vulnerabilities in SysAid applications to target Israeli organizations. As soon as the attacker gains access to the targeted organization, it...

The 8220 Cryptomining Gang massively expands Cloud Botnets

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The 8220 gang has significantly expanded their cloud bot armies around the world, targeting AWS, Azure, GCP, Alitun, and QCloud cloud service hosts. The group is being detected using a new version of the IRC...

Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 11-17 July 2022

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 580 37 2 World-wide 11 61 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The second week of July 2022 witnessed the discovery of 580 vulnerabilities out ...

Unknown threat groups continues to exploit Log4j in VMware Products

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary An unknown APT group is exploiting the Log4j vulnerability that is affecting VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway UAG servers to compromise the system and take over the entire network by deploying malware...

How Threat Exposure Management Can Minimize Attack Surface

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Gitlab addresses critical security vulnerabilities with newer versions

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The new versions of Gitlab address one critical and two high-security flaws as per Gitlab. Some of these vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker to perform a Stored Cross-Site ScriptingXSS...

Weekly Threat Digest: 16-22 May 2022

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 466 6 2 26 10 27 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The third week of May 2022 witnessed the discovery of 466 vulnerabilities out of which 6...

OldGremlin, a threat actor targeting Russian organizations with phishing emails since 2020

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here After almost a year, OldGremlin made a comeback in March 2022 by resuming their malicious email campaigns against two Russian organizations. Over the last two years, OldGremlin has carried out 13 malicious email campaigns...

Attacks on European Union and Ukrainian government entities carried out by the Armageddon group

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has issued an alert warning of an ongoing spear-phishing attempt aimed at delivering an email with a malware attachment to Ukrainian government institutions and European...

New Threat Actor using Serpent Backdoor attacking French Entities

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Multiple Google Chrome Vulnerabilities affects all Platforms

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.74 affects Windows, Mac, and Linux. Vendor has released fixes for ten vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to gain control of a vulnerable system. Nine of the ten Chrome vulnerabilities...