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 […]
LockBit threat actors have been recently under the spotlight in the cyber domain. In July 2022, the hacking collective hit the headlines by introducing the first-ever bug bounty program launched by a ransomware gang. In the latest cyber-attacks, the notorious ransomware group applies Living-off-the-Land tools by abusing the legitimate Microsoft Defender’s command-line utility to deploy […]
We could start this article with a bold statement saying that Threat Hunting is easier than you think, and by reading our blog post, you will instantly become a pro. Unfortunately or luckily, that’s not the case. However, we understand that starting out as a Cyber Threat Hunter is tough. That’s why we are introducing […]
On July 27, 2022, Microsoft cybersecurity researchers published a notice observing the recently revealed malicious activity of the European private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) tracked as KNOTWEED, which leverages a set of Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits, including the newly patched CVE-2022-22047 vulnerability. According to the research, threat actors launch targeted cyber-attacks against organizations in Europe […]
In spring 2022, the notorious Russian nation-backed cyber espionage group Armageddon, also tracked as UAC-0010, launched a series of targeted phishing cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and European state bodies. On July 26, 2022, CERT-UA issued a series of new cybersecurity alerts warning the global cyber defender community of a wave of novel phishing campaigns by these […]
Information stealing attacks that leverage the phishing email attack vector against Ukrainian organizations are currently on the rise, such as the malicious campaign less than one week ago spreading AgentTesla spyware and targeting Ukrainian state bodies. On July 25, 2022, CERT-UA released a new heads-up warning the global cyber defender community of an ongoing email […]
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Due to the global cyber war fueled by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the attacks in the cyber domain against Ukrainian government entities are continuously on the rise. A week after the phishing campaign by the UAC-0056 group delivering Cobalt Strike Beacon, another cyber-attack targeting Ukrainian officials using information-stealing malware comes on the scene. On […]
According to the latest SOC Prime’s Detection as Code Innovation report, proactive detection of vulnerability exploitation remains one of the top 3 security use cases throughout 2021-2022, which resonates with a growing number of revealed vulnerabilities affecting open-source products. The cybersecurity researcher has recently revealed a new vulnerability in Apache Spark, an open-source unified analytics […]
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed a wave of new activity of the notorious BlackCat ransomware group deploying custom malware binaries for more sophisticated intrusions. In the latest attacks, threat actors have been leveraging Cobalt Strike beacons and a new penetration testing tool dubbed Brute Ratel, installing the latter as a Windows service on the compromised machines. […]