At least for two decades, we have been witnessing relentless changes in the threat landscape towards growth and sophistication, with both rough actors and state-sponsored collectives devising sophisticated offensive campaings against organizations globally. In 2024, adversaries, on average, proceed with 11,5 attacks per minute. Simultaneously, it takes 277 days for SecOps teams to detect and […]
The China-linked cyber-espionage group Velvet Ant has been infiltrating F5 BIG-IP devices for about three years, using them as internal C2 servers, deploying malware, and gaining persistence to smartly evade detection and steal sensitive data. Detect Velvet Ant Attacks In Q1 2024, APT groups from various regions, including China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia, demonstrated […]
The TellYouThePass ransomware operators have been spotted behind a novel adversary campaign leveraging the PHP-CGI vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4577. Adversaries weaponize the flaw to upload web shells and distribute TellYouThePass ransomware on compromised instances. Detect TellYouThePass Ransomware Campaign In light of the newly uncovered PHP-CGI bug being swiftly weaponized for in-the-wild attacks, facilitating the distribution […]
Hot on the heels of the disclosure of CVE-2024-29849 and its PoC release, another security flaw is creating a buzz in the cyber threat landscape. Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-4577, which affects Windows-based PHP servers, could lead to RCE. The security bug is a CGI argument injection vulnerability that impacts all versions of PHP on the […]
Make the Most of Advanced Threat Detection at No Extra Cost In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, where both rogue actors and well-funded state-sponsored entities continuously devise sophisticated attacks, maintaining relevant and up-to-date detection capabilities is more critical than ever. In Q1 2024, APT groups from various global regions, such as China, North Korea, Iran, […]
The Vermin hacking group, also known as UAC-0020, resurfaces, targeting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the latest “SickSync” campaign uncovered by CERT-UA in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, adversaries once again employ SPECTR malware, which has been part of their adversary toolkit since 2019. SickSync Campaign Targeting the […]
Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, there has been a significant rise in offensive operations, highlighting the profound impact of geopolitical tensions on global enterprises. Multiple hacking groups continue to use Ukraine as a testing ground to extend their attack surface into European and U.S. political arenas. CERT-UA has been lately reported […]
In mid-April 2024, CERT-UA warned defenders of repeated adversary attempts to compromise Ukrainian organizations using COOKBOX malware. Defenders observed the ongoing phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and took measures to disrupt the offensive attempts. The identified russia-linked malicious activity is tracked under the moniker FlyingYeti and overlaps with the UAC-0149 operation covered in the CERT-UA#9522 alert. […]
Continuously Stream Selected Detection Content from the SOC Prime Platform to Your GitHub Repository SOC Prime launches integration with GitHub, enabling security engineers to automatically push prioritized detection content directly to a private GitHub repository. By enabling this capability, teams can stream detection algorithms that match predefined criteria and their current security needs to the […]
Heads up! The nefarious cyber-espionage group Kimsuky APT, aka Springtail, enriches its offensive toolkit with a novel malware variant dubbed Linux.Gomir. The novel backdoor, which is considered to be a Linux iteration of the GoBear malware, is leveraged by adversaries in the ongoing cyber attacks against South Korean organizations. Detect Gomir Backdoor Delivered by Kimsuky […]