The massive cyber incident at Ferrari that compromised some of the company customers’ personal data has recently hit the headlines. Ferrari, the Italian industry-leading car manufacturer, covered the company’s data breach after threat actors that gained access to part of the organization’s IT infrastructure demanded a ransom not to leak the stolen data. Ferrari uncovered […]
Threat Bounty Publications In February 2023, members of the Threat Bounty Program significantly contributed to the SOC Prime Platform. They provided detection rules that address the quality demands and security needs of hundreds of organizations that leverage the SOC Prime Platform for day-to-day operations. As all detections submitted via Threat Bounty Program are published for […]
Security heads-up for cyber defenders! Microsoft has recently fixed a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) affecting Microsoft Outlook for Windows that allows adversaries to dump hash passwords from targeted instances. Notably, the flaw has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since April 2022, being utilized in cyber-attacks against the government, military, and […]
An increasing number of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) security flaws uncovered in the last couple of years give the green light to offensive forces to exploit them. In 2022, the infamous in-the-wild MoonBounce malware caused a massive stir in the cyber threat arena distributed via the UEFI bootkit. Another malware of such kind, called […]
Threat actors tracked as 8220 Gang have been observed leveraging a new crypter called ScrubCrypt, which targets Oracle WebLogic servers. According to cybersecurity researchers, the infection chain is triggered by the successful exploitation of compromised Oracle WebLogic servers and leads to spreading the ScrubCrypt by downloading a PowerShell script. Detect ScrubCrypt Attacks Targeting Oracle Weblogic […]
The State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) recently issued an analytical report covering russia’s cyber aggression against Ukraine in 2022 The report provides insights into the primary hacking collectives that have been in the limelight since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine, analyzes adversary TTPs to execute intrusions, […]
New day, new malicious threat challenging cyber defenders! Recently, security researchers have revealed a novel malware strain being actively leveraged by Mustang Panda APT in their ongoing campaign against targets in Europe and Asia. Dubbed MQsTTang, the new custom backdoor has been developed from scratch to fly under the radar and make attribution harder while […]
Old dog, new tricks! Security researchers revealed PlugX remote access Trojan (RAT) is masquerading as a popular open-source Windows debugger tool dubbed x65dbg. Relying on DLL side-loading for this spoofing trick, nefarious RAT is able to slip past security controls and gain full control over the targeted instance. PlugX Remote Access Trojan Detection The PlugX […]
Approaching the date of one-year anniversary of the outbreak of full-fledged war in Ukraine, cyber defenders addressed the risks of potential attacks against Ukraine and its allies by russian offensive forces. On February 23, CERT-UA cybersecurity researchers revealed the malicious activity attributed to the UAC-0056 hacking group, which was observed in malicious campaigns against Ukraine […]
How Fusing Sigma & MITRE ATT&CK® Empowers Collective Cyber Defense to Gain a Competitive Advantage in the Global Cyber War This article is based on the original interview conducted by AIN.UA and covered in the corresponding article.  In this second part of the interview with SOC Prime’s Founder, CEO, and Chairman, Andrii Bezverkhyi, we’ll provide […]