The Bug Report - May 2023 Edition

The Bug Report – May 2023 Edition By Mark Bereza · June 7, 2023 Why am I here? In the film The Number 23, Jim Carrey masterfully portrays Walter Sparrow, a man who finds himself obsessed with the number 23 after coming upon a book detailing the 23 enigma, and begins to see it everywhere he looks,...

Ancient CVEs Can Cause You Problems

Ancient CVEs Can Cause You Problems By Kent Landfield · September 23, 2022 The Common Vulnerability and Exposures CVE Program was founded in 1999 for the purpose of giving individual cyber vulnerabilities an identifier that could be used as an interoperable means for identifying a specific...

A Door Isn’t a Door When It’s Ajar- Part 1

A Door Isn’t a Door When It’s Ajar - Part 1 By Trellix · August 11, 2022 This story was also written by Steve Povolny and Sam Quinn Contents Executive Summary Target Selection What is it? Reconnaissance & Standard Operations Recon Standard Operations Hardware Hacking Hardware Hacking Shopping Lis...

Validate the Efficacy of your Endpoint Security Controls Continuously with Breach and Attack Simulations

Validate the efficacy of your Endpoint Security controls continuously with Breach and Attack Simulations By Nicolas Stricher, Trellix XDR solution Architect, EMEA and Doron RosenbergTrellix Senior Sales Engineer, Israel · March 4, 2022 Efficacy of Trellix Endpoint Security At Trellix we are proud...

Researchers Follow the Breadcrumbs: The Latest Vulnerabilities in Windows' Network Stack | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY Researchers Follow the Breadcrumbs: The Latest Vulnerabilities in Windows’ Network Stack Steve Povolny · FEB 09, 2021 The concept of a trail of breadcrumbs in the offensive security community is nothing new; for many years, researchers on both sides of the ethical spectrum have...

RagnarLocker Ransomware Threatens to Release Confidential Information | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY RagnarLocker Ransomware Threatens to Release Confidential Information Alexandre Mundo · JUN 09, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The RagnarLocker ransomware first appeared in the wild at the end of December 2019 as part of a campaign against compromised networks targeted by its operators. Th...

The Anatomy of HTML Attachment Phishing

The Anatomy of HTML Attachment Phishing: One Code, Many Variants By Mathanraj Thangaraju, Niranjan Hegde, and Sijo Jacob · June 14, 2023 Introduction Phishing is the malevolent practise of pretending to be a reliable entity in electronic communication to steal sensitive data, such as login...

Storm-0324: An access for the RaaS Threat Actor (Sangria Tempest)

Storm-0324 to Sangria Tempest Leads to Ransomware Capabilities By Trellix · October 5, 2023 This blog was written by Gurumoorthi Ramanathan Executive Summary: In early July 2023, the threat actor that Microsoft calls “Storm-0324” was observed sending a phishing message through Microsoft Teams...

ICYMI: Emotet Reappeared Early This Year, Unfortunately

ICYMI: Emotet Reappeared Early This Year, Unfortunately By Adithya Chandra and Joao Marques · September 1, 2023 This blog was also written by Raghav Kapoor Executive Summary Emotet first appeared in 2014 and continues to be a dangerous and resilient malware, despite attempts by law enforcement...

The Threat Lurking in Data Centers – Hack Power Management Systems, Take All the Power

The Threat Lurking in Data Centers – Hack Power Management Systems, Take All the Power By Trellix · August 12, 2023 This story was also written by Jesse Chick, Philippe Laulheret and Sam Quinn. Summary In a modern working environment where many employees are working from home or in hybrid office...

Model Hacking ADAS to Pave Safer Roads for Autonomous Vehicles

ARCHIVED STORY Model Hacking ADAS to Pave Safer Roads for Autonomous Vehicles Steve Povolny · FEB 19, 2020 The last several years have been fascinating for those of us who have been eagerly observing the steady move towards autonomous driving. While semi-autonomous vehicles have existed for many...

The Bug Report - June 2024 Edition

The Bug Report - June 2024 Edition By Jonathan Omakun & Tobi Olawale · June 27, 2024 Why am I Here Welcome back to The Bug Report, the "so hot the server fans are sweating" edition! For those who are new to our monthly adventure, every month, our dedicated Advanced Research Center vulnerability...

Pouring Acid Rain

Pouring Acid Rain By Trellix · April 30, 2024 This blog was written by Max Kersten In two recent major geopolitical conflicts, in Ukraine and in Israel, wipers - malware used to destroy access to files and commonly used to halt telecom operations - were used to destroy digital infrastructure. The...

The Bug Report – November 2022 Edition

The Bug Report — November 2022 Edition By Trellix · December 07, 2022 This blog was written by Austin Emmitt Like granny always said, “never hack on an empty stomach.” Why am I here? This year I am thankful for some vivifying vulnerabilities and exceptional exploits! The world of enterprise...

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...

Log4shell Vulnerability is the Coal in Our Stocking for 2021

Log4Shell Vulnerability is the Coal in our Stocking for 2021 By Steve Povolny and Douglas McKee · January 19, 2022 Overview On December 9, a vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 was released on Twitter along with a PoC on GitHub for the Apache Log4j logging library. The bug was originally disclosed to...

Log4shell Vulnerability is the Coal in Our Stocking for 2021

Log4Shell Vulnerability is the Coal in our Stocking for 2021 By Steve Povolny and Douglas McKee · January 19, 2022 Overview On December 9, a vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 was released on Twitter along with a PoC on GitHub for the Apache Log4j logging library. The bug was originally disclosed to...

Researchers Follow the Breadcrumbs: The Latest Vulnerabilities in Windows' Network Stack | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY Researchers Follow the Breadcrumbs: The Latest Vulnerabilities in Windows’ Network Stack Steve Povolny · FEB 09, 2021 The concept of a trail of breadcrumbs in the offensive security community is nothing new; for many years, researchers on both sides of the ethical spectrum have...

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...

A Comprehensive Analysis of HijackLoader and its Infection Chain

A Comprehensive Analysis of HijackLoader and Its Infection Chain By Ryan Weil · August 14, 2025 Initial contact Dodi Repacks is a website that distributes pirated games. The site is listed as safe/trusted on various piracy forums, and users say that "as long as you have an adblocker installed suc...

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based APT Campaign Targeting Energy, Oil and Gas Infrastructure

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based Red Team Campaign Simulating APT Tactics in Energy Infrastructure By Nico Paulo Yturriaga and Pham Duy Phuc · Updated : June 30, 2025 The Trellix Advanced Research Center previously uncovered what appeared to be a sophisticated APT malware campaign, which we dubbed...

The Bug Report - January 2025 Edition

The Bug Report - January 2025 Edition By Jonathan Omakun · January 30, 2025 Why am I here? Ah, January—the month of resolutions, regrets, and, apparently, really bad code. While you’re trying to get back to the gym or cut down on caffeine, attackers have been busy exploiting vulnerabilities faste...

Trellix Advanced Research Center Discovers a New Privilege Escalation Bug Class on macOS and iOS

Trellix Advanced Research Center Discovers a New Privilege Escalation Bug Class on macOS and iOS By Trellix · February 21, 2023 This blog was written by Austin Emmitt Introduction Since the first version of iOS on the original iPhone, Apple has enforced careful restrictions on the software that c...

The Bug Report October 2022 Edition

The Bug Report — October 2022 Edition By Trellix · November 2, 2022 This story was written by Richard Johnson. Do ROP exploits count as jmp scares? Why am I here? Welcome back to the Bug Report: Spooky Edition, and we’ve got bugs crawling out of the walls! Of all the months we do this, we’ve foun...

The Bug Report – October Edition

ARCHIVED STORY The Bug Report – October Edition By Douglas McKee · November 02, 2021 Your Cyber Security Comic Relief Figure 1. Apache server version 2.4.50 CVE-2021-42013 Why am I here? Regardless of the origins, you’ve arrived at Advanced Threat Research team’s monthly bug digest – an overview ...

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based APT Campaign Targeting Energy, Oil and Gas Infrastructure

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based APT Campaign Targeting Energy, Oil and Gas Infrastructure By Nico Paulo Yturriaga and Pham Duy Phuc · June 24, 2025 The Trellix Advanced Research Center has uncovered a sophisticated APT malware campaign that we’ve dubbed OneClik. It specifically targets the energy, oil...

The Dark Side of Innovation: Cybercriminals and Their Adoption of GenAI

The Dark Side of Innovation: Cybercriminals and Their Adoption of GenAI By Jambul Tologonov and John Fokker · March 06, 2024 In the ever-evolving threat landscape, the Trellix Advanced Research Center has been at the forefront of understanding and combating the dual-edged sword of Generative...

A Royal Analysis of Royal Ransom

A Royal Analysis of Royal Ransom By Alexandre Mundo, and Max Kersten · April 3, 2023 We would like to thank Advanced Cyber Services team within Trellix Professional Services for the incident response-related data. Emerging in early 2022 as a private group which used multiple strains of ransomware...

Rapidly Evolving Ransomware Gandcrab Version

ARCHIVED STORY Ransomware GandCrab Version 5 Partners With Crypter Service for Obfuscation By Alexandre Mundo · October 10, 2018 The GandCrab ransomware, which first appeared in January, has been updated rapidly during its short life, with Version 5.0.2 appearing this month. In this post we will...

A Door Isn’t a Door When It’s Ajar- Part 1

A Door Isn’t a Door When It’s Ajar - Part 1 By Trellix · August 11, 2022 This story was also written by Steve Povolny and Sam Quinn Contents Executive Summary Target Selection What is it? Reconnaissance & Standard Operations Recon Standard Operations Hardware Hacking Hardware Hacking Shopping Lis...

Small Business, Mighty Attack Surface

Small Business, Mighty Attack Surface By Trellix · August 3, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee If given the chance to name the first five businesses that come to mind, what would they be? Maybe if you're close to the security industry you might suggest names like Microsoft, Apple or...

Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates

ARCHIVED STORY Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates Eoin Carroll · MAR 09, 2021 Overview For the March 2021 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a set of seven DNS vulnerabilities. Five of the vulnerabilities are remote code execution RCE with critical CVSS Common...

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion: Revealing the Hidden Layers of Deceit By Neel H. Pathak and Pratik Sunil Kadam · October 10, 2023 Introduction: Malicious actors always seek innovative ways to bypass detection. The Trellix Advanced Research Center recently noticed an attack campaign with an...

Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution

Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution By Pham Duy Phuc, Raghav Kapoor, John Fokker J.E., Alejandro Houspanossian and Mathanraj Thangaraju · March 07, 2023 Qakbot aka QBot, QuakBot, and Pinkslipbot is a sophisticated piece of malware that has been active since at least 2007. Since the end...

Trellix Advanced Research Center patches 61,000 vulnerable open-source projects

Trellix Advanced Research Center Patches 61,000 Vulnerable Open-Source Projects By Trellix · January 23, 2023 This blog was written by Douglas McKee Late last year, the Trellix Advanced Research Center team uncovered a vulnerability in Python’s tarfile module. As we dug in, we realized this was...

Yanluowang Ransomware Leaks Analysis: Organization, Collaboration with HelloKitty, Babuk and Conti

Yanluowang Ransomware Leaks Analysis: Organization, Collaboration with HelloKitty, Babuk and Conti By Jambul Tologonov· November 22, 2022 Introduction On October 31, 2022, Yanluowang’s TOR site was hacked displaying a message “check and mate!! Yanluowang Matrix chat hacked @yanluowangleaks Time’s...

See Ya Sharp: A Loaders Tale | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY See Ya Sharp: A Loader’s Tale Max Kersten · Aug 04, 2021 Introduction The DotNet based CyaX-Sharp loader, also known as ReZer0, is known to spread commodity malware, such as AgentTesla. In recent years, this loader has been referenced numerous times, as it was used in campaigns...

HVACking: Understanding the Delta Between Security and Reality

ARCHIVED STORY HVACking: Understanding the Delta Between Security and Reality By Douglas McKee · August 09, 2019 The McAfee Labs Advanced Threat Research team is committed to uncovering security issues in both software and hardware to help developers provide safer products for businesses and...

Amadey Exploiting Self-Hosted GitLab to Distribute StealC

Amadey Exploiting Self-Hosted GitLab to Distribute StealC By Rahul Sharma · December 18, 2025 Executive summary Amadey is a malware loader that has been active since 2018, primarily used to distribute second-stage payloads and infostealers. While Amadey has been previously known to distribute...

The Bug Report - April 2025 Edition

The Bug Report - April 2025 Edition By Jonathan Omakun · May 8, 2025 Why am I here? Ah, spring. The season of blossoms, allergies, and — apparently — auth bypasses, remote code execution, and buffer overflows is in full bloom. Welcome to The Bug Report – April 2025 Edition, where we roll up our...

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion: Revealing the Hidden Layers of Deceit By Neel H. Pathak and Pratik Sunil Kadam · October 10, 2023 Introduction: Malicious actors always seek innovative ways to bypass detection. The Trellix Advanced Research Center recently noticed an attack campaign with an...

The Bug Report – May 2022 Edition

The Bug Report – May 2022 Edition By Trellix · June 1, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee Your Cybersecurity Comic Relief Source: https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1523579115152064513?s=20&t=jtGMOibQPsPviekQoWKIA Why Am I here? People often come together not only due to common interest...

Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates

ARCHIVED STORY Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates Eoin Carroll · MAR 09, 2021 Overview For the March 2021 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a set of seven DNS vulnerabilities. Five of the vulnerabilities are remote code execution RCE with critical CVSS Common...

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...

Anatomy of Celestial Stealer: Malware-as-a-Service Revealed

Anatomy of Celestial Stealer: Malware-as-a-Service Revealed By Niranjan Hegde, Adarsh S and Shashikala Piddannavar · December 3, 2024 Introduction During proactive hunting, Trellix Advanced Research Center found samples belonging to Celestial Stealer, a JavaScript-based infostealer which is...

The Iranian Cyber Capability

The Iranian Cyber Capability By Ernesto Fernández Provecho, Pham Duy Phuc, and John Fokker · September 19, 2024 Introduction In recent years, The Islamic Republic of Iran has extensively promoted the execution of cyber campaigns to protect its national interests, deter adversaries, and conduct...

The Bug Report – August 2023 Edition

The Bug Report – August 2023 Edition By Trellix · September 6, 2023 This blog was written by Charles McFarland Why am I here? Welcome back to The Bug Report, the hotter-than-hell Texas edition! For those still unfamiliar with our monthly escapades, every month our trusty Advanced Research Center...

The Art of Information Disclosure: A Deep Dive into CVE-2022-37985, a Unique Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Windows Graphics Component

The Art of Information Disclosure: A Deep Dive into CVE-2022-37985, a Unique Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Windows Graphics Component By Bing Sun · May 03, 2023 Overview In October 2022, Microsoft released a security patch to address a unique information disclosure vulnerability in the...

Shining Light on Dark Power: Yet Another Ransomware Gang

Shining Light on Dark Power: Yet Another Ransomware Gang By Pham Duy Phuc, Max Kersten and Tomer Shloman · March 23, 2023 Another day, another ransomware gang. The Dark Power ransomware gang is new on the block, and is trying to make a name for itself. This blog dives into the specifics of the...

The Bug Report December 2022 Edition

The Bug Report — December 2022 Edition By Trellix · January 4, 2023 This story was also written by John Borrero Rodriguez Everyone gets it Why am I here? Ho Ho Ho! Welcome back to the Bug Report, or a more fitting name for this time of year: The NAUGHTY List! Yes, we checked it twice. It is no...