October ‘22 Publications In October, the members of Threat Bounty Program actively contributed detections for critical emerging threats. After the SOC Prime validation, 256 detections were successfully released on the Platform and thus were included into monetization based on the client’s activities. Read Blog Explore Detections However, 375 rules were rejected to be published. SOC […]
September ‘22 Publications In September, members of the Threat Bounty Community submitted 441 rules for review by the SOC Prime team via the Developer Portal and Sigma rules Slack Bot. However, only 183 rules have successfully passed the verification and were approved for publication on the SOC Prime Platform. When creating new rules and submitting […]
August ‘22 Publications In August, 151 Sigma rules submitted by Threat Bounty Program members passed the SOC Prime acceptance validation and were released on the SOC Prime Platform. Totally, 313 rules were declined during the review’s first iteration for different reasons, including content quality, the detection value of the suggested code, full of partial duplication […]
Ransomware operators constantly seek lucrative and feasible extortion opportunities, affecting a wide array of organizations across industries. One of the latest examples of successful breaches is the Vice Society gang’s attack against the Los Angeles Unified School District that happened over the Labor Day weekend. The attack caused widespread disruption, affecting several information management systems. […]
Security researchers are raising the alarm on a new Mirai botnet variant dubbed MooBot that targets D-Link devices. The novel threat employs multiple exploitation techniques. MooBot first surfaced in 2019, hijacking LILIN digital video recorders and Hikvision video surveillance products and co-opting them into a family of denial-of-service bots. Detect MooBot To detect the signature […]
Researchers warn of a new ransomware family: a novel strain called Agenda sails in, targeting healthcare and education entities. Similar to another emerging piece written in Go language (aka Golang) dubbed BianLian, this cross-platform threat is gaining popularity with affiliates for its versatility and easy-to-tweak elements of the campaign, including encryption extension, personalized ransomware note […]
A novel attack framework called “Manjusaka” is currently making rounds in the wild. The name “Manjusaka,” which means “cow flower,” is far from denoting the high level of offense potential the attack framework bears. Deriving from ample evidence, the campaign operators behind this malware family are believed to be China-based. Developers of Manjusaka have designed […]
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 […]
Security experts have revealed a new variant of an information stealer and banking trojan known under the moniker QBot (aka QakBot, QuackBot, or Pinkslipbot). The trojan was first detected in the late 2000s, mostly used in financially motivated attacks aimed at stealing victims’ passwords. Its operators regularly resurface with new tricks up their sleeves, adopting […]
With a mounting number of cyber criminal operations pursuing the illicit installation of crypto mining software on victim devices and systems, increasing awareness of crypto-jacking is paramount. Earlier this Summer, US-CERT released a malware analysis report related to XMRig coin miner, detailing new approaches to hijacking victims’ devices and leveraging them for crypto mining. CISA […]