A Catalog of Hazardous AV Sites – A Tale of Malware Hosting

A Catalog of Hazardous AV Sites – A Tale of Malware Hosting By Trellix · May 23, 2024 This blog was written by Gurumoorthi Ramanathan Executive summary In mid-April 2024, Trellix Advanced Research Center team members observed multiple fake AV sites hosting highly sophisticated malicious files suc...

Feeding Gophers to Ghidra

Feeding Gophers to Ghidra By Max Kersten · June 6, 2023 The scripts discussed in the article are based on the magnificent work of Dorka Palotay from CUJOai. Golang malware is becoming increasingly prevalent, requiring analysts to know how to effectively analyze these files without diving into a...

Iran Cyber Threat Update

ARCHIVED STORY Iran Cyber Threat Update By Trellix · January 08, 2020 Recent political tensions in the Middle East region have led to significant speculation of increased cyber-related activities. McAfee is on a heightened state of alert to monitor the evolving threats and rapidly implement...

Cybercrime in the Spotlight: How Crooks Capitalize on Cultural Events

ARCHIVED STORY Cybercrime in the Spotlight: How Crooks Capitalize on Cultural Events By John Fokker · July 03, 2018 Every four years, everyone’s head around the globe turns toward the television. The Olympics, the World Cup – world events like these have all eyes viewing friendly competition...

Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix · October 12, 2017 Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wir...

Babuk Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Babuk Ransomware By Alexandre Mundo · February 23, 2021 Executive Summary Babuk ransomware is a new ransomware threat discovered in 2021 that has impacted at least five big enterprises, with one already paying the criminals $85,000 after negotiations. As with other variants, this...

80 to 0 in Under 5 Seconds: Falsifying a Medical Patient's Vitals

ARCHIVED STORY 80 to 0 in Under 5 Seconds: Falsifying a Medical Patient's Vitals By Douglas McKee · August 11, 2018 The author thanks Shaun Nordeck, MD, for his assistance with this report. With the explosion of growth in technology and its influence on our lives, we have become increasingly...

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix Helix Connect - Part 2

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix Helix Connect - Part 2 By Maulik Maheta · May 21, 2023 This blog was also written by Chintan Shah Executive summary In the part 1 of this series we discussed in depth about the known Lateral movement attacks like abusing weak service...