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. […]
New day, the headache for cyber defenders! Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) Â reports a new ransomware strain attacking small to middle-sized businesses across the globe since June 2021. Dubbed H0lyGh0st, the malware has been initially developed by an emerging North Korean APT tracked under the DEV-0530 moniker. The ransomware attacks are explicitly financially motivated, targeting […]
Researchers discovered that Node.js, an open source server environment, is susceptible to dynamic link library (DLL) hijacking if OpenSSL is installed on the target. The affected versions include all of the 16.x, and 14.x releases lines. Detect CVE-2022-32223 To timely identify possible system breaches through the exploitation of the CVE-2022-32223 flaw, download a Sigma rule […]
On July 6, 2022, SOC Prime introduced a Smoking Guns Sigma Rules list enabling the organization of any scale to proactively detect cyber-attacks, perform Threat Hunting for the latest adversarial TTPs, and get a tactical defense advantage for their business during the global cyber war. SOC Prime’s Detection as Code platform users are now equipped […]
With a mounting number of cyber criminal operations pursuing the illicit installation of crypto mining software on victim devices and systems, increasing awareness of crypto-jacking is paramount. Earlier this Summer, US-CERT released a malware analysis report related to XMRig coin miner, detailing new approaches to hijacking victims’ devices and leveraging them for crypto mining. CISA […]