- Mirai Variant ECHOBOT Resurfaces with 13 Previously Unexploited Vulnerabilities
December 13, 2019
Since the discovery of the Mirai variant using the binary name ECHOBOT in May 2019, it has resurfaced from time to time, using new infrastructure, and more remarkably, adding to the list of vulnerabilities it scans for, as a means to increase its attack surface with each evolution. Unlike other Mirai variants, this particular variant stands out for the sheer ...
- Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities
December 12, 2019
Many of today’s threats evolve to incorporate as many living-off-the-land techniques as possible into the attack chain. The PowerShell-based downloader Trojan known as sLoad, however, puts all its bets on BITS. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a component of the Windows operating system that provides an ability to transfer files in an asynchronous and throttled fashion using ...
- More than a Dozen Obfuscated APT33 Botnets Used for Extreme Narrow Targeting
December 12, 2019
The threat group regularly referred to as APT33 is known to target the oil and aviation industries aggressively. This threat group has been reported on consistently for years, but our recent findings show that the group has been using about a dozen live Command and Control (C&C) servers for extremely narrow targeting. The group puts up multiple layers of obfuscation to ...
- DeCypherIT – All eggs in one basket
December 12, 2019
These days, attackers use cheap and publicly accessible services to help them bypass Anti-Virus protections and gain a foothold in their victims’ systems. We give a behind the scenes look at a service called CypherIt, which is sold publicly as a legitimate service but is used to wrap malwares and hide their malicious content. This evasion technique ...
- Zeppelin: Russian Ransomware Targets High Profile Users in the U.S. and Europe
December 11, 2019
Zeppelin is the newest member of the Delphi-based Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) family initially known as Vega or VegaLocker. Although it’s clearly based on the same code and shares most of its features with its predecessors, the campaign that it’s been part of differs significantly from campaigns involving the previous versions of this malware. Vega samples were first ...
- Waterbear is Back, Uses API Hooking to Evade Security Product Detection
December 11, 2019
Waterbear, which has been around for several years, is a campaign that uses modular malware capable of including additional functions remotely. It is associated with the cyberespionage group BlackTech, which mainly targets technology companies and government agencies in East Asia (specifically Taiwan, and in some instances, Japan and Hong Kong) and is responsible for some infamous campaigns ...
- Cyberattack Downs Pensacola’s City Systems
December 10, 2019
The city of Pensacola, Fla., said it has been hit by a cyberattack that shut down the city’s computer networks and affected its systems. The attack occurs just days after a shooting occurred Friday at U.S. military base Naval Air Station Pensacola, leaving three dead. Pensacola’s mayor, Grover Robinson, told news outlets that he didn’t know if the cyberattack was ...
- Snatch Team Steals Data and Hammers Orgs with Ransomware
December 10, 2019
A fresh ransomware variant known as “Snatch” has been spotted in campaigns, forcing Windows machines to reboot into Safe Mode before beginning the encryption process. It’s one of multiple components of a malware constellation being used in carefully orchestrated attacks that also feature rampant data collection. According to researchers with SophosLabs, Snatch runs itself in an ...
- International law enforcement operation exposes the world’s most harmful cyber crime group
December 5, 2019
A Russian national who runs Evil Corp has been indicted in the United States following unprecedented collaboration between the NCA, the FBI and the National Cyber Security Centre. A Russian national who runs Evil Corp – the world’s most harmful cyber crime group that created and deployed malware causing financial losses totalling hundreds of millions of ...
- Ransomware attack hits major US data center provider
December 5, 2019
CyrusOne, one of the biggest data center providers in the US, has suffered a ransomware attack, ZDNet has learned. In an email after this article’s publication, a CyrusOne spokesperson confirmed the incident and said they are currently working with law enforcement and forensics firms to investigate the attack, and help customers restore systems impacted systems. “Six of ...