MrAnon Stealer Spreads via Email with Fake Hotel Booking PDF

FortiGuard Labs recently identified an email phishing campaign using deceptive booking information to entice victims into clicking on a malicious PDF file. The PDF downloads a .NET executable file created with PowerGUI and then runs a PowerShell script to fetch Read More …

Protecting credentials against social engineering

Our story begins with a customer whose help desk unwittingly assisted a threat actor posing as a credentialed employee. In this fourth report in our ongoing Cyberattack Series, we look at the steps taken to discover, understand, and respond to Read More …

Booking.com hackers increase attacks on customers

Hackers are increasing their attacks on Booking.com customers by posting adverts on dark web forums asking for help finding victims. Cyber-criminals are offering up to $2,000 (£1,600) for login details of hotels as they continue to target the people who Read More …

Europol and Eurojust support Czech and Ukrainian police in taking down multi-million euro voice phishing gang

The Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have defrauded victims across Europe of tens of millions of euros. In Czechia alone, the damage caused by this criminal Read More …

In-depth analysis of July 2023 exploit chain featuring CVE-2023-36884 and CVE-2023-36584

During their analysis of a July 2023 campaign targeting groups supporting Ukraine’s admission into NATO, Unit 42 researchers discovered a new vulnerability for bypassing Microsoft’s Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) security feature. This activity has been attributed by the community to the pro-Russian Read More …

Ducktail fashion week

Ducktail is a malware family that has been active since the second half of 2021 and aims to steal Facebook business accounts. Kaspersky Daily Iran, WithSecure, and GridinSoft have all covered Ducktail attacks: the infostealer spread under the guise of documents Read More …

Booking.com customers targeted by scam ‘confirmation’ emails

Travellers using the popular hotel website Booking.com are being warned not to fall for scam emails asking them to confirm their hotel payment, after a hack of Booking.com’s email system. In recent weeks the Observer has been contacted by a Read More …

Backchannel Diplomacy: APT29’s Rapidly Evolving Diplomatic Phishing Operations

During the lead up to Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Mandiant and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have tracked an increase in the frequency and scope of APT29 phishing operations. Investigations into the group’s recent activity have identified an intensification of operations centered Read More …

Watch out, this LastPass email with “Important information about your account” is a phish

The consequences of last year’s LastPass breach continue to be felt, with the latest insult to users coming in the form of a highly convincing phishing email. Although the “unauthorized party” that compromised LastPass users’ data was able to steal Read More …