Invitation to a Secret Event: Uncovering Earth Yako’s Campaigns
We detail the intrusion set Earth Yako, attributed to the campaign Operation RestyLink or EneLink. This analysis was presented in full at the JSAC 2023 in January 2023. Read More HERE…
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Earth Zhulong: Familiar Patterns Target Vietnam
In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Vietnam’s telecom, technology, and media sectors similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds. Read More HERE…
Earth Zhulong: Familiar Patterns Target Southeast Asian Firms
In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Asian firms similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds. Read More HERE…
TgToxic Malware’s Automated Framework Targets Southeast Asia Android Users
We look into an ongoing malware campaign we named TgToxic, targeting Android mobile users in Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia since July 2022. The malware steals users’ credentials and assets such as cryptocurrency from digital wallets, as well as money from bank and finance apps. Analyzing the automated features of the malware, we found that the threat actor abused legitimate test framework Easyclick to write a Javascript-based automation script for functions such as clicks and gestures. Read More HERE…
New APT34 Malware Targets The Middle East
We analyze an infection campaign targeting organizations in the Middle East for cyberespionage in December 2022 using a new backdoor malware. The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to external mail accounts controlled by the attackers. Read More HERE…
What SOCs Need to Know About Water Dybbuk, A BEC Actor Using Open-Source Toolkits
We analyze a BEC campaign targeting large companies around the world that was leveraging open-source tools to stay under the radar. Read More HERE…
“Payzero” Scams and The Evolution of Asset Theft in Web3
In this entry, we discuss a Web3 fraud scenario where scammers target potential victims via fake smart contracts, and then take over their digital assets, such as NFT tokens, without paying. We named this scam “Payzero”. Read More HERE…
Earth Bogle: Campaigns Target the Middle East with Geopolitical Lures
We discovered an active campaign ongoing since at least mid-2022 which uses Middle Eastern geopolitical-themed lures to distribute NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) to infect victims across the Middle East and North Africa. Read More HERE…
IcedID Botnet Distributors Abuse Google PPC to Distribute Malware
We analyze the latest changes in IcedID botnet from a campaign that abuses Google pay per click (PPC) ads to distribute IcedID via malvertising attacks. Read More HERE…
Detecting Windows AMSI Bypass Techniques
We look into some of the implementations that cybercriminals use to bypass the Windows Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) and how security teams can detect threats attempting to abuse it for compromise with Trend Micro Vision One™. Read More HERE…