BlueSky ransomware represents a rapidly evolving malware family that involves sophisticated anti-analysis capabilities and constantly enhances its evasion techniques. BlueSky ransomware targets Windows hosts and relies on a multithreading technique for faster file encryption. Cybersecurity researchers attribute the revealed ransomware patterns to the adversary activity of the infamous Conti ransomware group, which has long been […]
High-profile ransomware attacks illustrate a growing trend in the cyber threat arena in 2021-2022, with the majority of ransomware affiliates engaged in various ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs. In May 2022, cybersecurity researchers noticed novel adversary campaigns deploying Cuba ransomware attributed to the malicious activity of a hacking group tracked as Tropical Scorpius. In these latest attacks, […]
With the outbreak of the global cyber war, the malicious activity of the Armageddon cyber-espionage group aka Gamaredon or UAC-0010 has been in the limelight in the cyber threat arena targeting Ukrainian state bodies. The hacking collective launched a series of phishing cyber-attacks, including campaigns in May spreading GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware and in April 2022. On […]
Exploitation attempts of vulnerabilities found in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) are coming into the spotlight in the cyber threat arena, like in the case of CVE-2018-6882 used in a targeted cyber-espionage campaign against Ukrainian state bodies in mid-April 2022. Throughout July and August 2022, cybersecurity researchers were investigating a series of security breaches affecting ZCS […]
Security flaws in VMware products that can be leveraged in exploit chain attacks have been in the limelight in the cyber threat arena since May 2022, when CISA issued an alert warning of known remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. On August 9, 2022, VMware patched another set of vulnerabilities that might be […]
SOC Prime, Inc., provider of the world’s largest and most advanced threat detection marketplace, pioneer of Detection as Code, and the biggest commercial contributor to the generic Sigma rule language, today announced the appointment of a renowned industry veteran, Paul J. “P.J.” Bihuniak, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to strengthen the company’s executive team. Paul […]
Ransomware attacks have become a constantly growing trend in the cyber threat arena since 2020, which continues to be on the rise in 2021-2022. Cybersecurity researchers have recently uncovered a new SolidBit ransomware variant, which targets gamers and social media users. The novel malware strain is spotted in the wild, being uploaded to GitHub and […]
Gwisin ransomware targeting Korean companies in multiple industries is currently on the increase in the cyber threat arena. Attributed to the Korean-speaking threat actors, Gwisin ransomware is leveraged in targeted attacks at specific organizations rather than random individuals and does not perform malicious behaviors on its own, which makes its detection harder. The ransomware is […]
Amadey Bot, a notorious malware strain that first came to the cyber threat arena in 2018, is capable of stealing data and deploying other malicious payloads on the compromised system. It has been actively distributed across hacker forums to engage in offensive operations. Cybersecurity researchers have recently observed the distribution of a new version of […]
LockBit threat actors have been recently under the spotlight in the cyber domain. In July 2022, the hacking collective hit the headlines by introducing the first-ever bug bounty program launched by a ransomware gang. In the latest cyber-attacks, the notorious ransomware group applies Living-off-the-Land tools by abusing the legitimate Microsoft Defender’s command-line utility to deploy […]