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McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service - The All-Stars | McAfee Blogs
McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – The All-Stars John Fokker · OCT 02, 2019 Episode 2: The All-Stars Analyzing Affiliate Structures in Ransomware-as-a-Service Campaigns This is the second installment of the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR analysis of Sodinokibi...
Mr. Coffee with WeMo: Double Roast
ARCHIVED STORY Mr. Coffee with WeMo: Double Roast By Sam Quinn · May 30, 2019 McAfee Advanced Threat Research recently released a blog detailing a vulnerability in the Mr. Coffee Coffee Maker with WeMo. Please refer to the earlier blog to catch up with the processes and techniques I used to...
Your Smart Coffee Maker is Brewing Up Trouble
ARCHIVED STORY Your Smart Coffee Maker is Brewing Up Trouble By Sam Quinn · Febraury 25, 2019 IOT devices are notoriously insecure and this claim can be backed up with a laundry list of examples. With more devices “needing” to connect to the internet, the possibility of your WiFi enabled toaster...
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...
Dark Web Roast - September 2026 Edition
Dark Web Roast - September 2026 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · October 20, 2026 Executive Summary September delivered another bumper crop of underground incompetence, proving once again that the cybercrime economy runs less on sophistication and more on vibes, typos, and secondhand...
Dark Web Roast - August 2026 Edition
Dark Web Roast – August 2026 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · September 24, 2026 Executive Summary August 2026 was another month where the underground did most of our investigative work for us, and this time it barely required a magnifying glass. The headline act was comedyclub on...
Today’s threat landscape demands a proactive OT security strategy
Today’s threat landscape demands a proactive OT security strategy By John Fokker and Mo Cashman · November 18, 2025 Overview: The operational technology OT security landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, marked by an escalation in advanced threats. As reported in Trellix’s November...
The Silent Threat in Active Directory: How AS-REP Roasting Steals Passwords Without a Trace and Trellix NDR’s Rapid Detection
The Silent Threat in Active Directory: How AS-REP Roasting Steals Passwords Without a Trace and Trellix NDR’s Rapid Detection By Maulik Maheta · October 15, 2025 Executive summary Adversaries use AS-REP Roasting to extract and crack password hashes from Active Directory AD accounts with Kerberos...
Silent Pivot: Detecting Fileless Lateral Movement via Service Manager with Trellix NDR
Silent Pivot: Detecting Fileless Lateral Movement via Service Manager with Trellix NDR By Maulik Maheta and Lishoy Mathew · September 8, 2025 Executive summary The tactics of cyber adversaries continue to evolve as they attempt to bypass security vendors. Rather than traditional malware, today’s...
Genesis Market No Longer Feeds The Evil Cookie Monster
Genesis Market No Longer Feeds The Evil Cookie Monster By John Fokker and Ernesto Fernández Provecho · April 05, 2023 This blog was also written by Max Kersten We would like to thank Steen Pedersen and Mo Cashman for their remediation advice. On the 4th and the 5th of April, a law enforcement...
Wipermania: An All You Can Wipe Buffet
Wipermania: An All You Can Wipe Buffet By Trellix · November 15, 2022 This blog was written by Max Kersten In early 2022, Ukrainian companies were struck by multiple destructive wipers, attacking various organizations across sectors. This raised questions about the usage and impact of “digital...
Utilizing the Adaptive Defense Model Against Information Stealers
Trellix Global Defenders: Utilizing the Adaptive Defense Model Against Information Stealers By Taylor Mullins · May 23, 2022 Trellix is continuing to observe the continued growth in usage and general availability of Information Stealers that have the functionality to collect passwords, cookies,...
Get to Know Steve Povolny
Meet Steve Povolny Head of Advanced Threat Research for Trellix Threat Labs By Trellix · May 17, 2022 This blog was written by Michael Alicea At Trellix, we celebrate and champion our people. This week, I sat down with Steve Povolny, Head of Advanced Threat Research for Trellix Threat Labs. As he...
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...
Operation North Star: Summary Of Our Latest Analysis | McAfee Blogs
Operation North Star: Summary Of Our Latest Analysis By Trellix · NOV 05, 2020 McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research ATR today released research that uncovers previously undiscovered information on how Operation North Star evaluated its prospective victims and launched attacks on organizations in...
Robot Character Analysis Reveals Trust Issues
ARCHIVED STORY Robot Character Analysis Reveals Trust Issues By Douglas McKee · August 05, 2020 Retired Marine fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor Dave Berke said “Every single thing you do in your life, every decision you make, is an OODA Loop.” OODA Loop? Observe–Orient–Decide–Act, the “OODA...
Analysis of LooCipher, a New Ransomware Family Observed This Year
ARCHIVED STORY Analysis of LooCipher, a New Ransomware Family Observed This Year By ATR Operational Intelligence Team · December 05, 2019 Co-authored by Marc RiveroLopez. Initial Discovery This year seems to again be the year for ransomware. Notorious attacks were made using ransomware and new...
Crypto Currency Laundering Service, BestMixer.io, Taken Down by Law Enforcement
ARCHIVED STORY Cryptocurrency Laundering Service, BestMixer.io, Taken Down by Law Enforcement By John Fokker · May 22, 2019 A much overlooked but essential part in financially motivated cybercrime is making sure that the origins of criminal funds are obfuscated or made to appear legitimate, a...
Fallout Exploit Kit Releases the Kraken Ransomware on Its Victims
ARCHIVED STORY Fallout Exploit Kit Releases the Kraken Ransomware on Its Victims By John Fokker · October 30, 2018 Alexandr Solad and Daniel Hatheway ofRecorded Future are coauthors of this post. Read Recorded Future’s version of this analysis. Rising from the deep, Kraken Cryptor ransomware has...
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...
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...
IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers
ARCHIVED STORY IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers By Tim Hux · November 16, 2017 McAfee Advanced Threat Research on Most Hackable Gifts You’ve probably noticed the recent increase in Internet connected drones, digital assistants, toys, appliances and other devices hitting the...
Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge
ARCHIVED STORY Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge By Trellix · May 20, 2016 In recent months, we’ve seen headlines about the compromise of a bank in Bangladesh from which cybercriminals attempted to steal US$951 million. The malware they used was able to manipulate and...
The Unfriending Truth: How to Spot a Facebook Phishing Scam Before It's Too Late
The Unfriending Truth: How to Spot a Facebook Phishing Scam Before It's Too Late By Mark Joseph Marti · January 12, 2026 Introduction As one of the world's largest social media platforms, with over 3 billion active users, Facebook is a frequent target for phishing scams. Hackers aim to hijack use...
XWorm V6: Exploring Pivotal Plugins
XWorm V6: Exploring Pivotal Plugins By Niranjan Hegde and Sijo Jacob · October 2, 2025 Introduction In the constantly evolving world of cyber threats, staying informed is not just an advantage; it's a necessity. First observed in 2022, XWorm quickly gained notoriety as a highly effective malware,...
Gang Wars: Breaking Trust Among Cyber Criminals
Gang Wars: Breaking Trust Among Cyber Criminals By John Fokker and Jambul Tologonov · August 5, 2025 Introduction In the final, unforgettable scene of the film Reservoir Dogs , a group of criminals — once united by a common goal — stand in a Mexican standoff, guns drawn, hearts pounding. Suspicio...
Dark Web Roast - June 2025 Edition
Dark Web Roast - June 2025 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · July 21, 2025 Executive Summary Welcome to the very first Dark Web Roast! Each month, we're going to take a peek into the shadowy world of cybercrime and playfully "roast" some of its characters, all with a little help from...
Automagic Reverse Engineering
Automagic Reverse Engineering By Trellix · July 1, 2025 This blog was written by Max Kersten Over the last few years, I have looked into methods to improve the reverse engineering process. This saves essential time during the analysis, which helps while defending from well prepared threat actors...
When Guardians Become Predators: How Malware Corrupts the Protectors
When Guardians Become Predators: How Malware Corrupts the Protectors By Trellix · November 20, 2024 This blog was also written by Trishaan Kalra Introduction We often trust our security software to stand as an unbreakable wall against malware and attacks, but what happens when that very wall is...
Handala’s Wiper Targets Israel
Handala’s Wiper Targets Israel By Tomer Shloman · July 26, 2024 This blog was also written by Mathanraj Thangaraju and Max Kersten CrowdStrike’s Falcon agent caused downtime for millions of computers across the globe beginning July 19. This event caused panic and chaos, which threat actors quickl...
SuperSize Me
SuperSize Me By Floser Bacurio Jr., Bernadette Canubas, Michaelo Oliveros · April 02, 2024 Introduction Cyber attackers are always finding new ways to outsmart security systems and distribute malware effectively. We discovered an interesting detection evasion technique of delivering archive files...
Exploiting Tragedy: Fake Donation Scams Amid Earthquake in Turkey & Syria
Exploiting Tragedy: Fake Donation Scams Amid Earthquake in Turkey & Syria By Daksh Kapur · February 23, 2023 Figure 1 image from freepik.com & flaticon.com The recent earthquake that shook Syria and Turkey left a devastating trail of destruction. The whole world has shown its support and...
The Race to Secure eBPF for Windows
The Race to Secure eBPF for Windows By Trellix · August 11, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee Innovation often improves functionality and even security; however, adoption starts slow. Adoption often doesn’t increase at a linear rate but at an exponential rate leaving behind attack...
Trellix Threat Report: Log4j Attack, Ransomware & APT Threats
Trellix Threat Report: Log4j Attack, Ransomware & APT Threats By Trellix · January 31, 2022 This story was written by Raj Samani. Ransomware continues to threaten enterprises and assets around the globe, but it was the discovery of a new vulnerability affecting widely used Log4j library that...
Return of Pseudo Ransomware
Return of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix, Max Kersten and Raj Samani · January 20, 2022 Arnab Roy, Filippo Sitzia and Mo Cashman contributed to the research supporting this blog Recent news reports of a “ransomware” campaign targeting Ukraine has resulted in significant press coverage regarding not...
Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update
Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update By Taylor Mullins, Mo Cashman and Raj Samani · January 20, 2022 Recent news reports of a “ransomware” campaign targeting Ukraine has resulted in significant press coverage regarding not only...
Tales From the Trenches; a Lockbit Ransomware Story
ARCHIVED STORY Tales From the Trenches; a Lockbit Ransomware Story By ATR Operational Intelligence Team · APR 30, 2020 Co-authored by Marc RiveroLopez. In collaboration with Northwave As we highlighted previously across two blogs, targeted ransomware attacks have increased massively over the past...
We Be Jammin’ – Bypassing Chamberlain myQ Garage Doors
ARCHIVED STORY We Be Jammin’ – Bypassing Chamberlain myQ Garage Doors Sam Quinn · JAN 06, 2020 The idea of controlling your garage door remotely and verifying that everything is secure at home, or having packages delivered directly into your garage is enticing for many people. The convenience tha...
Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe
ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe By Alexandre Mundo · December 14, 2018 Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by ideology, politics, or even financial aims. Destructive...
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...
Operation Dragonfly Analysis Suggests Links to Earlier Attacks
ARCHIVED STORY Operation Dragonfly Analysis Suggests Links to Earlier Attacks By Trellix · December 17, 2017 On September 6, Symantec published details of the Dragonfly campaign, which targeted dozens of energy companies throughout 2017. This attack was effectively Dragonfly 2.0, an update to a...
The Developer's Newest Bug: Speed
The Developer's Newest Bug: Speed By Tola Olawale · December 2, 2025 Artificial intelligence AI has unequivocally entered its “main character” era, moving from a niche tool to a universal creator. This massive shift has given rise to "vibe coding ": the practice of using AI to generate functional...
Dark Web Roast - July 2025 Edition
Dark Web Roast - July 2025 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · August 19, 2025 Executive Summary July 2025 delivered a masterclass in cybercriminal mediocrity that would make even the most charitable threat intelligence analyst weep into their coffee. After extensive hunts across the da...
Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix XDR
Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix Helix Connect By Maulik Maheta and Adithya Chandra · July 17, 2025 Executive summary This blog marks the third installment in our series on detecting and visualizing lateral movement attacks with Trellix Helix Connect. A lateral...
The Growing Threat of Vishing: How Cybercriminals Are Using Multimedia to Target You
The Growing Threat of Vishing: How Cybercriminals Are Using Multimedia to Target You By Mark Joseph Marti and Sandra Pagkaliwagan · May 8, 2025 Introduction Imagine being hacked through a phone call, and you can't even complain because you were the one who provided your sensitive information or...
A Deep Dive into the Latest Version of Lumma InfoStealer
Unmasking the Evolving Threat: A Deep Dive into the Latest Version of Lumma InfoStealer with Code Flow Obfuscation By Mohideen Abdul Khader · April 21, 2025 Summary Lumma Stealer, first identified in 2022, remains a significant threat to this day, continuously evolving its tactics, techniques, an...
Cyber Threats Targeting the US Government During the Democratic National Convention
Cyber Threats Targeting the US Government During the Democratic National Convention By Anne An · October 2, 2024 Introduction Trellix global sensors detected increased threat activities during the days that the Democratic National Convention DNC was held in August 2024, culminating into a massive...
No symbols? No problem!
No symbols? No problem! By Trellix · August 9, 2024 This blog was written by Max Kersten Malware analysts know it all too well: the ominous feeling that washes over you when opening an unknown file in your favorite analysis tool and being greeted with hundreds or thousands of unknown functions,...
The Mechanics of ViperSoftX: Exploiting AutoIt and CLR for Stealthy PowerShell Execution
The Mechanics of ViperSoftX: Exploiting AutoIt and CLR for Stealthy PowerShell Execution By Sijo Jacob · July 9, 2024 This blog was also written by Mathanraj Thangaraju Threat Summary In the dynamic landscape of cyber threats, ViperSoftX has emerged as a highly sophisticated malware, adept at...
Cracking Cobalt Strike: Taking Down Malicious Cybercriminal Infrastructure with Threat Intelligence
Cracking Cobalt Strike Taking Down Malicious Cybercriminal Infrastructure with Threat Intelligence By Joao Marques, John Fokker and Leandro Velasco · July 3, 2024 Introduction In a significant global effort to combat cybercrime, law enforcement agencies from around the world have joined forces to...