November ‘22 Publications During the previous month, members of Threat Bounty community submitted 433 rules for publication to the SOC Prime Platform. A number of rules were automatically rejected on the stage of automated checks because of structure, syntax, logic mistakes, or content duplication and were not sent to review by SOC Prime experts. In […]
Since the outbreak of the global cyber war, SOC Prime stays on the frontline helping Ukraine and its allies defend from russian aggression. On December 8, 2022, CERT-UA researchers received information from the cybersecurity department of the state Railway Transport Organization of Ukraine “Ukrzaliznytsia” about the distribution of phishing emails impersonating the State Emergency Service […]
A notorious North Korea-backed APT group, Lazarus, continuously broadens its attack surface, leveraging fraudulent cryptocurrency apps to distribute the AppleJeus malware. In this latest adversary campaign, Lazarus hackers use fake cryptocurrency apps dubbed BloxHolder to drop AppleJeus malware, gain initial access to networks, and steal crypto assets. During the last four years, Lazarus APT group […]
Security experts from Qualys’ Threat Research Unit warn of a novel vulnerability (CVE-2022-3328) in Snapd, a popular software management tool for Linux, that might be exploited for local privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution. The security issue in the spotlight can be chained with older vulnerabilities revealed in multipathd (CVE-2022-41973 & CVE-2022-41974) to escalate privileges […]
Cybersecurity researchers have observed a burst of the new malicious activity of the Emotet botnet, which has been under the radar for almost half a year. The infamous Trojan attributed to the malicious activity of the TA542 hacking group came back in November 2022, expanding its dominance and impact in the email threat landscape. In […]
MITRE ATT&CK is a globally-accessible knowledge base leveraged by all cyber defenders no matter their role in cybersecurity and the technology stack in use. Acting as a periodic table, the MITRE ATT&CK framework enables cybersecurity experts to profile, identify, and compare threat actors, while setting priorities for threat detection goals. Leveraging MITRE ATT&CK, the global […]
How to Create, Test & Have Your Sigma Rules Published to SOC Prime’s Platform via Slack SOC Prime has recently announced the launch of Sigma Rules Bot for Threat Bounty, which is now available in the Slack App Directory. Leveraging the app, both new and seasoned threat researchers who contribute to the SOC Prime Threat […]
Ransomware is a number one threat posing a significant menace to security defenders worldwide, with the attack trend constantly growing throughout 2021-2022. Recently, security experts revealed a massive QakBot malware campaign increasingly targeting U.S.-based vendors to deliver Black Basta ransomware. During the last decade of November 2022, at least 10 businesses in the United States […]
Create, Verify, and Get Sigma Rules Published via Slack SOC Prime is thrilled to announce that Sigma Rules Bot for Threat Bounty is now released to the Slack App Directory. Monetizing your Detection Engineering skills has never been easier! Join Threat Bounty Program, install the Bot to your Slack, and that’s it. Instantly craft your […]
Security experts warn of the notorious stealthy malware dubbed BatLoader, which has been increasingly infecting instances worldwide over the last few months. The notorious threat acts as a malware downloader dropping a variety of malicious payloads on the victims’ systems. During the latest campaigns, BatLoader has been observed delivering banking Trojans, ransomware samples, information stealers, […]