Phobos Ransomware represents the relatively new ransomware family based on Dharma (CrySis) that has been notorious since 2016. The first traces of Phobos were spotted less than two years ago, at the turn of 2019. SOC Prime Threat Detection Marketplace, the world’s largest platform for SOC content, offers Phobos ransomware detection scenarios among its library […]
Companies worldwide are reported to have failed victims of the recent ransomware attack by Mount Locker. The new ongoing ransomware attack targets corporate networks and demands millions of dollars ransom payment is Bitcoins, and the hackers utter threats to reveal the encrypted data publicly if the victims refuse to pay ransom. Mount Locker ransomware activity […]
Aruba Networks, the subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has released a Security Advisory on recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in their product leveraged by enterprise clients worldwide. In this article, we will cover the details of the most severe of the reported Remote Command Execution vulnerability in Aruba ClearPass (CVE-2020-7115) with CVSS 8.1, and content to […]
Dridex malware has been attacking banks and financial institutions for almost a decade. In 2019, the US Department of Justice brought charges against Russian nationals who stood behind the creation of the Dridex malware and were leading criminal activities that delivered them about $100 million. Even back in 2015, Dridex was responsible for roughly $30.5 […]
Infostealers occupy a special place among malware, since, with their simplicity, they very effectively cope with their primary tasks: to collect all potentially valuable information in the system, exfiltrate it to the command-and-control server, and then delete themselves and traces of their activities. They are used by both beginners and advanced threat actors, and there are […]
Nanocore RAT has been used in cyberattacks for about 7 years, and there are a huge number of modifications of this trojan. Official, “semi-official” and cracked versions of this malware are sold on forums on the DarkNet, and sometimes even given away for free, so it is not surprising that the number of attacks using […]
This week, Lee Archinal, the Threat Bounty Program contributor posted a community Sigma rule for detecting yet another infostealer. The “Immortal Stealer (Sysmon Behavior)” rule is available for download in the Threat Detection Marketplace after registration: https://tdm.socprime.com/tdm/info/V0Q03WX81XBY/dEM_SXQBSh4W_EKGVbX_/?p=1 Immortal Infostealer appeared a little over a year ago on the dark web forums with different build-based subscriptions. […]
The QBot banking Trojan that is also known as Qakbot or Pinkslipbot has been known to cybersecurity researchers since 2008, and it keeps tricking the business with emerging campaigns demonstrating its elaborated stealth capabilities. Another phishing campaign delivering the malicious document has attracted the researchers’ attention. The latest QakBot attack is notable for delivering a […]
The Lazarus APT group is one of the few state-sponsored cyber espionage units that also handle financially motivated cybercrimes and it is the most profitable threat actor in the cryptocurrency scene which managed to steal about $2 billion. In 2017 alone, the group stole more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency, so their interest […]
Late last week, Ariel Millahuel released community threat hunting rule to detect BLINDINGCAN Remote Access Trojan that is used by North Korean state-sponsored hackers: https://tdm.socprime.com/tdm/info/pi0B7x1SzQlU/FiBkEHQBSh4W_EKGcibk/?p=1 The rule is based on a malware analysis report recently published by CISA experts. Threat actor used BLINDINGCAN RAT in a cyberespionage campaign primarily targeted at the US defense and […]