Researchers revealed a critical security hole in 29 models of DrayTek Vigor routers, totaling more than 700,000 devices currently in use. DrayTek Vigor routers gained popularity during the worldwide shift to home offices during the pandemic and are mostly used by employees of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, Netherlands, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Australia. […]
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 […]
Spyware dubbed DevilsTongue is causing a fair share of trouble for journalists and free speech advocates in the Middle East, especially those Lebanon-based. Adversaries exploit a Chrome zero-day assigned CVE-2022-2294 that Google patched earlier this month to achieve shellcode execution, elevate privileges, and gain file-system permissions on the breached device’s memory. Researchers discovered that the […]
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8220 Gang, aka 8220 Mining Group, has ramped up activity in the last year, growing the cloud botnet of infected hosts from 2,000 in mid-2021 to 30,000 and counting as of now. In their previous attacks, the threat group focused on leveraging existing vulnerabilities and launching brute-force attacks to compromise cloud servers and drop cryptocurrency […]
New CloudMensis malware springs into action with highly targeted attacks. Researchers have yet to establish the techniques attackers used to gain initial access to victims’ devices; however, the small number of documented attacks happened since February indicate that the CloudMensis malware was deployed to exfiltrate information as part of a targeted campaign aimed at a […]
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. […]