DarkGate Opens Organizations for Attack via Skype, Teams

We detail an ongoing campaign abusing messaging platforms Skype and Teams to distribute the DarkGate malware to targeted organizations. We also discovered that once DarkGate is installed on the victim’s system, additional payloads were introduced to the environment. Read More HERE…

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APT34 Deploys Phishing Attack With New Malware

We observed and tracked the advanced persistent threat (APT) APT34 group with a new malware variant accompanying a phishing attack comparatively similar to the SideTwist backdoor malware. Following the campaign, the group abused a fake license registration form of an African government agency to target a victim in Saudi Arabia. Read More HERE…

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Attacks on 5G Infrastructure From Users’ Devices

Crafted packets from cellular devices such as mobile phones can exploit faulty state machines in the 5G core to attack cellular infrastructure. Smart devices that critical industries such as defense, utilities, and the medical sectors use for their daily operations depend on the speed, efficiency, and productivity brought by 5G. This entry describes CVE-2021-45462 as a potential use case to deploy a denial-of-service (DoS) attack to private 5G networks. Read More HERE…

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Earth Lusca Employs New Linux Backdoor, Uses Cobalt Strike for Lateral Movement

While monitoring Earth Lusca, we discovered an intriguing, encrypted file on the threat actor’s server — a Linux-based malware, which appears to originate from the open-source Windows backdoor Trochilus, which we’ve dubbed SprySOCKS due to its swift behavior and SOCKS implementation. Read More HERE…

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Earth Estries Targets Government, Tech for Cyberespionage

We break down a new cyberespionage campaign deployed by a cybercriminal group we named Earth Estries. Analyzing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed, we observed overlaps with the advanced persistent threat (APT) group FamousSparrow as Earth Estries targets governments and organizations in the technology sector. Read More HERE…

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Detecting BPFDoor Backdoor Variants Abusing BPF Filters

An analysis of advanced persistent threat (APT) group Red Menshen’s different variants of backdoor BPFDoor as it evolves since it was first documented in 2021. Read More HERE…

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MOVEit Vulnerability Breaches Targeted Fed Agencies

Jon Clay and Ed Cabrera talk about the MOVEit breaches and more in the video series #TrendTalksBizSec Read More HERE…

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SeroXen Mechanisms: Exploring Distribution, Risks, and Impact

This is the third installment of a three-part technical analysis of the fully undetectable (FUD) obfuscation engine BatCloak and SeroXen malware. In this entry, we document the techniques used to spread and abuse SeroXen, as well as the security risks, impact, implications of, and insights into highly evasive FUD batch obfuscators. Read More HERE…

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