Thanos Ransomware: Destructive Variant Targeting State-Run Organizations in the Middle East and North Africa

On July 6 and July 9, 2020, we observed files associated with an attack on two state-run organizations in the Middle East and North Africa that ultimately installed and ran a variant of the Thanos ransomware. The Thanos variant created Read More …

Transparent Tribe: Evolution analysis, part 1

Transparent Tribe, also known as PROJECTM and MYTHIC LEOPARD, is a highly prolific group whose activities can be traced as far back as 2013. Proofpoint published a very good article about them in 2016, and since that day, we have Read More …

XCSSET Mac Malware: Infects Xcode Projects, Performs UXSS Attack on Safari, Other Browsers, Leverages Zero-day Exploits

Trend Micro has discovered an unusual infection related to Xcode developer projects. Upon further investigation, we discovered that a developer’s Xcode project at large contained the source malware, which leads to a rabbit hole of malicious payloads. Most notable in Read More …

Script-Based Malware: A New Attacker Trend on Internet Explorer

Over the past few months, we have detected sophisticated script-based malware through Internet Explorer (IE) browser exploits that infect Windows Operating System (OS) users. We decided to investigate those scripts to identify their key features to demonstrate that they are Read More …

Take a “NetWalk” on the Wild Side

The NetWalker ransomware, initially known as Mailto, was first detected in August 2019. Since then, new variants were discovered throughout 2019 and the beginning of 2020, with a strong uptick noticed in March of this year. NetWalker has noticeably evolved Read More …

Mirai Botnet Exploit Weaponized to Attack IoT Devices via CVE-2020-5902

Following the initial disclosure of two F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilities on the first week of July, we continued monitoring and analyzing the vulnerabilities and other related activities to further understand their severities. Based on the workaround published for CVE-2020-5902, we found Read More …