Phishing attacks on Ukrainian state bodies spreading diverse malware strains have not been a rarity throughout 2022. Hard on the heels of a phishing cyber attack against Ukraine distributing DolphinCape malware, another phishing campaign is causing a stir in the cyber threat arena. On December 18, 2022, CERT-UA researchers issued the latest alert tracked as […]
Security experts from ESET revealed a destructive operation launched by Iran-backed Agrius APT to target organizations with a novel data wiper. Dubbed Fantasy, the destructive malware has been deployed via a coordinated supply-chain attack abusing the software updates of an unnamed Israeli vendor. Among the victims are HR and IT consulting company, diamond wholesaler, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The infamous China-linked Earth Preta (aka Mustang Panda, Bronze President, TA416) APT group has been attributed to a wave of spear-phishing attacks against global organizations in multiple industry sectors, including government institutions, primarily in Asia Pacific regions. Cybersecurity researchers have observed that threat actors abused fake Google accounts to spread different strains of malware, including […]