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2022-12-09 19:52:16 | Importing Docker Logs with CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale Collector (lien direct) | Docker is the primary tool used for containerizing workloads. If your company wants to build containers with quality, then you'll need access to your Docker container logs for debugging, validation and optimization. While engineering teams can view container logs through straightforward CLI tools (think docker logs), these tools don't provide a mechanism for storing or […] | Tool | ★★ | |
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2022-12-08 16:19:09 | Hacked corporate email accounts used to send MSP remote access tool (lien direct) | MuddyWater hackers, a group associated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), used compromised corporate email accounts to deliver phishing messages to their targets. [...] | Tool | ★★★ | |
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2022-12-07 01:41:18 | Malware Distributed with Disguised Filenames (RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE) (lien direct) | In August, the ASEC analysis team made a post on the malware being distributed with filenames that utilize RTLO (Right-To-Left Override). RTLO is a unicode that makes an override from right to left. This type of malware induces users to execute its files by mixing filenames with extensions, with its distribution still being continued to this day. RAT Tool Disguised as Solution File (*.sln) Being Distributed on Github As of November 30th, 2022, when the keywords based on the last... | Malware Tool | ★★★ | |
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2022-12-06 17:09:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Infected Websites Show Different Headers Depending on Search Engine Fingerprinting, 10 Android Platform Certificates Abused in the Wild, Phishing Group Impersonated Major UAE Oil (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, In-memory evasion, Infostealers, North Korea, Phishing, Ransomware, Search engine optimization, and Signed malware. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Chinese Gambling Spam Targets World Cup Keywords
(published: December 2, 2022)
Since 2018, a large-scale website infection campaign was affecting up to over 100,000 sites at a given moment. Infected websites, mostly oriented at audiences in China, were modified with additional scripts. Compromised websites were made to redirect users to Chinese gambling sites. Title and Meta tags on the compromised websites were changed to display keywords that the attackers had chosen to abuse search engine optimization (SEO). At the same time, additional scripts were switching the page titles back to the original if the visitor fingerprinting did not show a Chinese search engine from a preset list (such as Baidu).
Analyst Comment: Website owners should keep their systems updated, use unique strong passwords and introduce MFA for all privileged or internet facing resources, and employ server-side scanning to detect unauthorized malicious content. Implement secure storage for website backups.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027
Tags: SEO hack, HTML entities, Black hat SEO, Fraudulent redirects, Visitor fingerprinting, Gambling, Sports betting, World Cup, China, target-country:CN, JavaScript, Baidu, baiduspider, Sogou, 360spider, Yisou
Leaked Android Platform Certificates Create Risks for Users
(published: December 2, 2022)
On November 30, 2022, Google reported 10 different Android platform certificates that were seen actively abused in the wild to sign malware. Rapid7 researchers found that the reported signed samples are adware, so it is possible that these platform certificates may have been widely available. It is not shared how these platform certificates could have been leaked.
Analyst Comment: Malware signed with a platform certificate can enjoy privileged execution with system permissions, including permissions to access user data. Developers should minimize the number of applications requiring a platform certificate signature.
Tags: Android, Google, Platform certificates, Signed malware, malware-type:Adware
Blowing Cobalt Strike Out of the Water With Memory Analysis
(published: December 2, 2022)
The Cobalt Strike attack framework remains difficult to detect as it works mostly in memory and doesn’t touch the disk much after the initial loader stage. Palo Alto researchers analyzed three types of Cobalt Strike loaders: KoboldLoader which loads an SMB beacon, MagnetLoader loading an HTTPS beacon, and LithiumLoader loading a stager beacon. These beacon samples do not execute in normal sandbox environments and utilize in-me |
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2022-12-06 14:30:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 [Keep An Eye Out] Beware of New Holiday Gift Card Scams (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 | December 6th, 2022
[Keep An Eye Out] Beware of New Holiday Gift Card Scams
By Roger A. Grimes
Every holiday season brings on an increase in gift card scams. Most people love to buy and use gift cards. They are convenient, easy to buy, easy to use, easy to gift, usually allow the receiver to pick just what they want, and are often received as a reward for doing something.
The gift card market is estimated in the many hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars. Who doesn't like to get a free gift card? Unfortunately, scammers often use gift cards as a way to steal value from their victims. There are dozens of ways gift cards can be used by scammers to steal money.
Roger covers these three scams in a short [VIDEO] and in detail on the KnowBe4 blog:
You Need to Pay a Bill Using Gift Cards
Maliciously Modified Gift Cards in Stores
Phish You for Information to Supposedly Get a Gift Card
Blog post with 2:13 [VIDEO] and links you can share with your users and family:https://blog.knowbe4.com/beware-of-holiday-gift-card-scams
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2022-12-06 09:44:51 | Tanium comments on log4j vulnerability ahead of anniversary (lien direct) | Tanium comments on log4j vulnerability ahead of anniversary. This weekend (10th December), it will have been a year since the Log4shell critical vulnerability in the widely used logging tool Log4j, which is used by millions of computers worldwide running online services.The commentary from Matt Psencik, Director, Endpoint Security Specialist, Tanium on the vulnerability and what has changed in the year since. - Opinion | Tool Vulnerability | ★★★ | |
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2022-12-06 08:38:00 | Don\'t become an unwitting tool in Russia\'s cyber war (lien direct) | Tanium comments on log4j vulnerability ahead of anniversary. This weekend (10th December), it will have been a year since the Log4shell critical vulnerability in the widely used logging tool Log4j, which is used by millions of computers worldwide running online services.The commentary from Matt Psencik, Director, Endpoint Security Specialist, Tanium on the vulnerability and what has changed in the year since. - Opinion | Tool | ★★ | |
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2022-12-06 06:00:00 | Action1 launches threat actor filtering to block remote management platform abuse (lien direct) | Action1 has announced new AI-based threat actor filtering to detect and block abuse of its remote management platform. The cloud-native patch management, remote access, and remote monitoring and management (RMM) firm stated its platform has been upgraded to spot abnormal user behavior and automatically block threat actors to prevent attackers exploiting its tool to carry out malicious activity. The release comes amid a trend of hackers misusing legitimate systems management platforms to deploy ransomware or steal data from corporate environments.Action1 platform enhanced to identify and terminate RMM abuse In an announcement, Action1 stated that the new enhancement helps ensure that any attempt at misuse of its remote management platform is identified and terminated before cybercriminals accomplish their goals. “It scans user activity for suspicious patterns of behavior, automatically suspends potentially malicious accounts, and alerts Action1's dedicated security team to investigate the issue,” it added.To read this article in full, please click here | Ransomware Tool Threat | ★★ | |
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2022-12-05 15:00:00 | VM Flare: un flareytale ouvert au public FLARE VM: A FLAREytale Open to the Public (lien direct) |
Flare VM est une collection de scripts d'installations logicielles pour les systèmes Windows qui vous permet de configurer et de maintenir facilement un environnement d'ingénierie inverse sur une machine virtuelle (VM).Des milliers d'ingénieurs inverses, d'analystes de logiciels malveillants et de chercheurs en sécurité comptent sur des VM Flare pour configurer Windows et pour installer une collection d'experts d'outils de sécurité.
Nos mises à jour les plus récentes rendent la machine virtuelle Flare plus ouverte et maintenable.Cela permet à la communauté d'ajouter et de mettre à jour facilement les outils et de les rendre rapidement à la disposition de tous.Nous avons travaillé dur pour ouvrir les packages qui détaillent comment installer
FLARE VM is a collection of software installations scripts for Windows systems that allows you to easily setup and maintain a reverse engineering environment on a virtual machine (VM). Thousands of reverse engineers, malware analysts, and security researchers rely on FLARE VM to configure Windows and to install an expert collection of security tools. Our most recent updates make FLARE VM more open and maintainable. This allows the community to easily add and update tools and to make them quickly available to everyone. We\'ve worked hard to open source the packages which detail how to install |
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2022-12-02 04:33:00 | BrandPost: Improving Cyber Hygiene with Multi-Factor Authentication and Cyber Awareness (lien direct) | Using multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the key components of an organizations Identity and Access Management (IAM) program to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture. Having multiple layers to verify users is important, but MFA fatigue is also real and can be exploited by hackers.Enabling MFA for all accounts is a best practice for all organizations, but the specifics of how it is implemented are significant because attackers are developing workarounds. That said, when done correctly – and with the right pieces in place – MFA is an invaluable tool in the cyber toolbox and a key piece of proper cyber hygiene. This is a primary reason why MFA was a key topic for this year's cybersecurity awareness month. For leaders and executives, the key is to ensure employees are trained to understand the importance of the security tools – like MFA – available to them while also making the process easy for them.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool Guideline | ★★ | |
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2022-11-30 13:15:10 | CVE-2022-24441 (lien direct) | The package snyk before 1.1064.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection when analyzing a project. An attacker who can convince a user to scan a malicious project can include commands in a build file such as build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar, which will be executed with the privileges of the application. This vulnerability may be triggered when running the the CLI tool directly, or when running a scan with one of the IDE plugins that invoke the Snyk CLI. Successful exploitation of this issue would likely require some level of social engineering - to coerce an untrusted project to be downloaded and analyzed via the Snyk CLI or opened in an IDE where a Snyk IDE plugin is installed and enabled. Additionally, if the IDE has a Trust feature then the target folder must be marked as ‘trusted’ in order to be vulnerable. **NOTE:** This issue is independent of the one reported in [CVE-2022-40764](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SNYK-3037342), and upgrading to a fixed version for this addresses that issue as well. The affected IDE plugins and versions are: - VS Code - Affected: | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-11-30 06:15:11 | CVE-2022-46338 (lien direct) | g810-led 0.4.2, a LED configuration tool for Logitech Gx10 keyboards, contained a udev rule to make supported device nodes world-readable and writable, allowing any process on the system to read traffic from keyboards, including sensitive data. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-29 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Caller-ID Spoofing Actors Arrested, Fast-Moving Qakbot Infection Deploys Black Basta Ransomware, New YARA Rules to Detect Cobalt Strike, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Caller-ID spoofing, False-flag, Phishing, Ransomware, Russia, the UK, and Ukraine. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Voice-Scamming Site “iSpoof” Seized, 100s Arrested in Massive Crackdown
(published: November 25, 2022)
iSpoof was a threat group offering spoofing for caller phone numbers (also known as Caller ID, Calling Line Identification). iSpoof core group operated out of the UK with presence in other countries. In the 12 months until August 2022 around 10 million fraudulent calls were made globally via iSpoof. On November 24, 2022, Europol announced a joint operation involving Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA, that led to the arrest of 142 suspects and seizure of iSpoof websites.
Analyst Comment: Threat actors can spoof Caller ID (Calling Line Identification) similar to spoofing the “From:” header in an email. If contacted by an organization you should not confirm any details about yourself, take the caller’s details, disconnect and initiate a call back to the organization yourself using a trusted number. Legitimate organizations understand scams and fraud and do not engage in unsolicited calling.
Tags: iSpoof, Teejai Fletcher, United Kingdom, source-country:UK, Caller ID, Calling Line Identification, Voice-scamming, Social engineering
New Ransomware Attacks in Ukraine Linked to Russian Sandworm Hackers
(published: November 25, 2022)
On November 21, 2022, multiple organizations in Ukraine were targeted with new ransomware written in .NET. It was dubbed RansomBoggs by ESET researchers who attributed it to the Russia-sponsored Sandworm Team (aka Iridium, BlackEnergy). Sandworm distributed RansomBoggs from the domain controller using the same PowerShell script (PowerGap) that was seen in its previous attacks. RansomBoggs encrypts files using AES-256 in CBC mode using a randomly generated key. The key is RSA encrypted prior to storage and the encrypted files are appended with a .chsch extension.
Analyst Comment: Ransomware remains one of the most dangerous types of malware threats and even some government-sponsored groups are using it. Sandworm is a very competent actor group specializing in these forms of attack. Organizations with exposure to the military conflict in Ukraine, or considered by the Russian state to be providing support relating to the conflict, should prepare offline backups to minimize the effects of a potential data-availability-denial attack.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027
Tags: detection:RansomBoggs, detection:Filecoder.Sullivan, malware-type:Ransomware, AES-256, PowerShell, detection:PowerGap, mitre-group:Sandworm Team, actor:Iridium, Russia |
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2022-11-29 16:00:00 | US Census Bureau Head Fends Off Critics of \'Differential Privacy\' Tool (lien direct) | Santos defended differential privacy against prominent researchers | Tool | ★★ | |
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2022-11-28 13:58:00 | BrandPost: Threat Notification Isn\'t the Solution – It\'s a Starting Point (lien direct) | Most organizations have the tools in place to receive notification of attacks or suspicious events. But taking the information gleaned from cybersecurity tools is only step one in handling a security threat.“The goal of a security practitioner is to link those data sets together and do something with the information,” says Mat Gangwer, VP of managed detection and response at Sophos. “The threat notification is just the beginning.”It's a common misconception that a tool has effectively blocked or remediated an issue simply because the IT or security team have received a notification of malicious activity.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool Threat | ★★ | |
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2022-11-24 09:16:37 | Westcon-Comstor to add Okta solution to its distribution portfolio in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece (lien direct) | Westcon-Comstor to add Okta solution to its distribution portfolio in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece Agreement delivers Okta's identity-first Zero Trust security solution to the channel-a vital security tool in an era of remote work - Business News | Tool | ||
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2022-11-23 11:10:00 | Nighthawk Likely to Become Hackers\' New Post-Exploitation Tool After Cobalt Strike (lien direct) | A nascent and legitimate penetration testing framework known as Nighthawk is likely to gain threat actors' attention for its Cobalt Strike-like capabilities. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said it detected the use of the software in mid-September 2022 with a number of test emails sent using generic subject lines such as "Just checking in" and "Hope this works2." However, there are no | Tool Threat | ★★★★ | |
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2022-11-22 23:47:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: URI Fragmentation Used to Stealthily Defraud Holiday Shoppers, Lazarus and BillBug Stick to Their Custom Backdoors, Z-Team Turned Ransomware into Wiper, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Cyberespionage, Phishing, Ransomware, Signed malware, and Wipers. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
DEV-0569 Finds New Ways to Deliver Royal Ransomware, Various Payloads
(published: November 17, 2022)
From August to October, 2022, Microsoft researchers detected new campaigns by a threat group dubbed DEV-0569. For delivery, the group alternated between delivering malicious links by abusing Google Ads for malvertising and by using contact forms on targeted organizations’ public websites. Fake installer files were hosted on typosquatted domains or legitimate repositories (GitHub, OneDrive). First stage was user-downloaded, signed MSI or VHD file (BatLoader malware), leading to second stage payloads such as BumbleBee, Gozi, Royal Ransomware, or Vidar Stealer.
Analyst Comment: DEV-0569 is a dangerous group for its abuse of legitimate services and legitimate certificates. Organizations should consider educating and limiting their users regarding software installation options. Links from alternative incoming messaging such as from contact forms should be treated as thorough as links from incoming email traffic.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Impair Defenses - T1562 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486
Tags: actor:DEV-0569, detection:Cobalt Strike, detection:Royal, malware-type:Ransomware, file-type:VHD, detection:NSudo, malware-type:Hacktool, detection:IcedID, Google Ads, Keitaro, Traffic distribution system, detection:Gozi, detection:BumbleBee, NirCmd, detection:BatLoader, malware-type:Loader, detection:Vidar, malware-type:Stealer, AnyDesk, GitHub, OneDrive, PowerShell, Phishing, SEO poisoning, TeamViewer, Adobe Flash Player, Zoom, Windows
Highly Sophisticated Phishing Scams Are Abusing Holiday Sentiment
(published: November 16, 2022)
From mid-September 2022, a new phishing campaign targets users in North America with holiday special pretenses. It impersonated a number of major brands including Costco, Delta Airlines, Dick's, and Sam's Club. Akamai researchers analyzed techniques that the underlying sophisticated phishing kit was using. For defense evasion and tracking, the attackers used URI fragmentation. They were placing target-specific tokens after the URL fragment identifier (a hash mark, aka HTML anchor). The value was used by a JavaScript code running on the victim’s browser to reconstruct the redirecting URL.
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Ransomware Malware Tool Threat Guideline Medical | APT 38 | ★★★★ |
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2022-11-22 18:15:10 | CVE-2022-41950 (lien direct) | super-xray is the GUI alternative for vulnerability scanning tool xray. In 0.2-beta, a privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered. This caused inaccurate default xray permissions. Note: this vulnerability only affects Linux and Mac OS systems. Users should upgrade to super-xray 0.3-beta. | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-11-22 10:00:00 | Experts Warn Threat Actors May Abuse Red Team Tool Nighthawk (lien direct) | C2 framework could be the next Cobalt Strike, says Proofpoint | Tool Threat | ||
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2022-11-21 22:06:09 | Joint CyberSecurity Advisory on a U.S. Federal Agency Breached by Iranian Threat Actors (lien direct) | FortiGuard Labs is aware of a joint advisory (AA22-320A) issued by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on November 16, 2022. The advisory is related to an Iranian government-sponsored campaign where threat actors breached an unnamed U.S. federal agency and deployed a crypto miner and a hacktool to the compromised network.Why is this Significant?This is significant because threat actors backed by the Iranian government compromised a U.S. federal agency and deployed XMRig (crypto miner) and Mimikatz (a post-exploit tool used for credential harvesting).In February 2022, Iranian threat actors reportedly compromised a federal government agency by exploiting CVE-2021-44228, also known as Log4Shell, in an unpatched VMware Horizon server. This signifies the importance of timely patching of vulnerable systems.How did the Attack Occur?The initial infection vector was exploitation of CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell) in a vulnerable VMware Horizon server. Once the attacker got a foot in the door to the victim's network, the attacker downloaded and installed XMRig (mining software for Monero cyrptocurrency) after excluding the victim's C:\ drive from scanning by Windows Defender. The attacker leveraged RDP to move laterally to other systems on the victim's network, deployed PsExec (a free Microsoft tool execute processes on other systems) and Mimikatz (an open-source tool for credential harvesting) and implanted Ngrok (a dual use tunneling tool). Also, the attacker accessed the domain controller and retrieved a list of machines that belong to the domain furthering compromise.What is CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell)?CVE-2021-44228 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Java-based logging utility Log4j2. The vulnerability was disclosed to the public by Apache in early December, however Proof-of-Concept (PoC) code for CVE-2021-44228 was believed to be available earlier.FortiGuard Labs previously released Outbreak Alert and Threat Signal for CVE-2022-44228. See the Appendix for a link to "Outbreak Alert: Apache Log4j2 Vulnerability" and "Apache Log4J Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)".What is the Status of Coverage? FortiGuard Labs detects the malicious files in the advisory that are available with the following AV signatures:Riskware/CoinMinerPossibleThreatAll reported network IOCs in the advisory are blocked by Webfiltering.FortiGuard Labs has IPS coverage in place for CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell):Apache.Log4j.Error.Log.Remote.Code.Execution | Tool Vulnerability Threat Patching | ★★★ | |
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2022-11-21 11:41:21 | Google provides rules to detect tens of cracked versions of Cobalt Strike (lien direct) | >Researchers at Google Cloud identified 34 different hacked release versions of the Cobalt Strike tool in the wild. Cobalt Strike is a paid penetration testing product that allows an attacker to deploy an agent named ‘Beacon’ on the victim machine. The Beacon includes a wealth of functionality for the attacker, including, but not limited to […] | Tool | ||
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2022-11-21 11:12:00 | Google Identifies 34 Cracked Versions of Popular Cobalt Strike Hacking Toolkit in the Wild (lien direct) | Google Cloud last week disclosed that it identified 34 different hacked release versions of the Cobalt Strike tool in the wild, the earliest of which shipped in November 2012. The versions, spanning 1.44 to 4.7, add up to a total of 275 unique JAR files, according to findings from the Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI) team. The latest version of Cobalt Strike is version 4.7.2. Cobalt | Tool Threat | ||
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2022-11-18 18:23:00 | LodaRAT Malware Resurfaces with New Variants Employing Updated Functionalities (lien direct) | The LodaRAT malware has resurfaced with new variants that are being deployed in conjunction with other sophisticated malware, such as RedLine Stealer and Neshta. "The ease of access to its source code makes LodaRAT an attractive tool for any threat actor who is interested in its capabilities," Cisco Talos researcher Chris Neal said in a write-up published Thursday. Aside from being dropped | Malware Tool Threat | ★★★ | |
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2022-11-18 15:03:25 | Anatomy of a Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Apache Spark (lien direct) | One of the services that Veracode offers is a consultation with an Application Security Consultant – a seasoned software developer and application security expert. In the context of a consultation, my team works with the software engineers of Veracode's customers to understand and, ideally, remediate security flaws found by the Veracode tool suite. There is a well-defined difference between a security flaw (a defect that can lead to a vulnerability) and a vulnerability (an exploitable condition within code that allows an attacker to attack it). While working with potentially dozens of different customer applications every week, we usually have a strong gut feeling for when a security flaw might constitute an exploitable vulnerability and should receive extra attention. During one of our consultations, a set of similar Cross-site Scripting (XSS) flaws was discovered by Veracode Static Analysis in what turned out to be 3rd party JavaScript files belonging to Apache Spark. After some… | Tool Vulnerability Guideline | ||
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2022-11-16 19:00:00 | Plus intelligent, pas plus difficile: comment hiérarchiser intelligemment le risque de surface d'attaque Smarter, Not Harder: How to Intelligently Prioritize Attack Surface Risk (lien direct) |
Il y a un dicton commun dans la cybersécurité: «Vous ne pouvez pas protéger ce que vous ne savez pas», et cela s'applique parfaitement à la surface d'attaque d'une organisation donnée.
De nombreuses organisations ont des risques cachés tout au long de leur infrastructure informatique et de sécurité étendue.Que le risque soit introduit par la croissance du nuage organique, l'adoption de dispositifs IoT ou par des fusions et acquisitions, le risque caché est dormant.En conséquence, les équipes informatiques et de sécurité n'ont pas toujours une image à jour de l'écosystème étendu qu'ils doivent défendre.Les outils hérités ont souvent des listes statiques de l'inventaire des actifs \\ 'connu
There\'s a common saying in cyber security, “you can\'t protect what you don\'t know,” and this applies perfectly to the attack surface of any given organization. Many organizations have hidden risks throughout their extended IT and security infrastructure. Whether the risk is introduced by organic cloud growth, adoption of IoT devices, or through mergers and acquisitions, the hidden risk lies dormant. As a result, IT and security teams do not always have an up-to-date picture of the extended ecosystem they need to defend. Legacy tools often have static lists of the \'known\' asset inventory |
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2022-11-16 17:18:43 | DuckDuckGo\'s Android anti-tracking tool offers stronger third-party protections (lien direct) | App Tracking Protection blocks outbound traffic to listed tracking firms. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-16 03:26:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Amadey Bot Started Delivering LockBit 3.0 Ransomware, StrelaStealer Delivered by a HTML/DLL Polyglot, Spymax RAT Variant Targeted Indian Defense, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, DDoS, Infostealers, Maldocs, Phishing, Ransomware, and Wipers. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
KmsdBot: The Attack and Mine Malware
(published: November 10, 2022)
KmsdBot is a cryptominer written in GO with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) functionality. This malware was performing DDoS attacks via either Layer 4 TCP/UDP packets or Layer 7 HTTP consisting of GET and POST. KmsdBot was seen performing targeted DDoS attacks against the gaming industry, luxury car manufacturers, and technology industry. The malware spreads by scanning for open SSH ports and trying a list of weak username and password combinations.
Analyst Comment: Network administrators should not use weak or default credentials for servers or deployed applications. Keep your systems up-to-date and use public key authentication for your SSH connections.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Denial of Service - T1498 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Resource Hijacking - T1496
Tags: detection:KmsdBot, SSH, Winx86, Arm64, mips64, x86_64, malware-type:DDoS, malware-type:Cryptominer, xmrig, Monero, Golang, target-industry:Gaming, target-industry:Car manufacturing, target-industry:Technology, Layer 4, Layer 7
Massive ois[.]is Black Hat Redirect Malware Campaign
(published: November 9, 2022)
Since September 2022, a new WordPress malware redirects website visitors via ois[.]is. To conceal itself from administrators, the redirect will not occur if the wordpress_logged_in cookie is present, or if the current page is wp-login.php. The malware infects .php files it finds – on average over 100 files infected per website. A .png image file is initiating a redirect using the window.location.href function to redirect to a Google search result URL of a spam domain of actors’ choice. Sucuri researchers estimate 15,000 affected websites that were redirecting visitors to fake Q&A sites.
Analyst Comment: WordPress site administrators should keep their systems updated and secure the wp-admin administrator panel with 2FA or other access restrictions. If your site was infected, perform a core file integrity check, query for any files containing the same injection, and check any recently modified or added files.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190
Tags: file-type:PHP, SEO poisoning, WordPress, Google Search, Google Ads
LockBit 3.0 Being Distributed via Amadey Bot
(published: November 8, 2022)
Discovered in 2018, Amadey Bot is a commodity malware that functions as infostealer and loader. Ahnlab researchers detected a new campaign where it is used to deliver the LockBit 3.0 ransomware. It is likely a part of a larger 2022 campaign delivering LockBit to South Korean users. The actors used phishing attachments with two variants of Amadey B |
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2022-11-15 12:16:34 | Another Event-Related Spyware App (lien direct) | Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app: The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. Even messages shared via encrypted services like WhatsApp are vulnerable, according to POLITICO’s technical review of the application, and two of the outside experts. The app also provides Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which created it, with other so-called backdoor privileges, or the ability to scan people’s devices... | Tool | ||
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2022-11-11 19:15:11 | CVE-2022-41882 (lien direct) | The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. In version 3.6.0, if a user received a malicious file share and has it synced locally or the virtual filesystem enabled and clicked a nc://open/ link it will open the default editor for the file type of the shared file, which on Windows can also sometimes mean that a file depending on the type, e.g. "vbs", is being executed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to version 3.6.1. As a workaround, users can block the Nextcloud Desktop client 3.6.0 by setting the `minimum.supported.desktop.version` system config to `3.6.1` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing files can still be used. Another workaround would be to enforce shares to be accepted by setting the `sharing.force_share_accept` system config to `true` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing shares can still be abused. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-11 16:15:12 | CVE-2022-26508 (lien direct) | Improper authentication in the Intel(R) SDP Tool before version 3.0.0 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-11 16:15:12 | CVE-2022-26024 (lien direct) | Improper access control in the Intel(R) NUC HDMI Firmware Update Tool for NUC7i3DN, NUC7i5DN and NUC7i7DN before version 1.78.2.0.7 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. | Tool | ★★★★ | |
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2022-11-11 11:26:33 | New BadBazaar Android malware linked to Chinese cyberspies (lien direct) | A previously undocumented Android spyware tool named 'BadBazaar' has been discovered targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. [...] | Malware Tool | ||
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2022-11-10 11:00:00 | The pros and cons of the digital transformation in banking (lien direct) | The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Digital transformation in banking began following the creation of the internet in the 1990s as a way for banks to deliver services to their customers more conveniently. Today, it has completely changed how most people interact with their banks. From opening a new account to making transactions and applying for loans, you can access all banking services directly from your computer or smartphone. According to an FDIC survey on banking behavior, over 80% of account holders engage in some form of digital banking. The popularity of digital banking stems from the convenience and level of personalization that it offers. But is digital banking good for you, or do the risks, such as cybersecurity issues, outweigh the benefits? Below, let’s explore some of the pros and cons of digital transformation in banking. Pros of digital transformation in banking Digital banking offers several advantages to the modern banking customer. Here are a few: 24/7 Access to your bank One of the most significant benefits of digital banking is that it gives you round-the-clock access to your account. You don’t have to wait for working hours to deposit your funds, get an account statement, change your account details, or transact funds. You can do it at any time from wherever you are. Additionally, you don’t have to waste time in long queues in the banking hall. Digital banking is like having your personal bank right in your pocket. Better rates, lower fees Banks typically charge account maintenance and transaction fees to cover expenses like employees, bank premises, etc. Since digital banking allows customers to serve themselves directly over the internet, there’s less demand for bank employees and multiple brick-and-mortar branches. Therefore, banks embracing digital transformation have lower overheads and can offer their customers lower fees and higher interest rates. These benefits are especially pronounced for purely digital banks without physical premises. Better customer experience A 2021 survey by Deloitte Insights found that digital-first banks routinely outperform traditional banks in multiple areas that matter most to customers, including simplicity of transactions, transaction speed, and the overall quality of the banking experience. Digital banks provide a smoother experience compared to traditional banks. For instance, transacting on a digital bank takes just a few minutes on your smartphone or laptop. In contrast, simply making a transaction in a traditional bank could take close to an hour as you must get to the physical bank, wait in line, fill out transaction forms, and speak to a teller. In addition, digital banks offer features like budgeting tools that make it easier to manage your money. They also update you on every aspect of your account with text and email alerts, such as when you make transactions, when you don’t have enough money for an upcoming bill, and so on. This makes the digital banking experience much better than what you get with a traditional bank. Automated payments With digital banks, it’s amazingly easy to automate your payments. You can set up payments that you want to make from your account every month, s | Ransomware Malware Tool | Deloitte Deloitte | |
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2022-11-09 16:15:12 | CVE-2021-34569 (lien direct) | In WAGO I/O-Check Service in multiple products an attacker can send a specially crafted packet containing OS commands to crash the diagnostic tool and write memory. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-08 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Active Probing Revealed Cobalt Strike C2s, Black Basta Ransomware Connected to FIN7, Robin Banks Phishing-as-a-Service Became Stealthier, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Active scanning, EDR evasion, Infostealers, Phishing, and Typosquatting. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
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Cobalt Strike Analysis and Tutorial: Identifying Beacon Team Servers in the Wild
(published: November 3, 2022)
Cobalt Strike remains a popular post-exploitation tool for threat actors trying to evade threat detection. Cobalt Strike’s Beacons use advanced, flexible command-and-control (C2) communication profiles for stealth communication with an attacker-controlled Linux application called Team Server. Beacon implants can covertly utilize the DNS protocol or communicate via HTTP/HTTPs using the the default Malleable C2 profile or Malleable C2 Gmail profile. Palo Alto researchers probed the Internet for these three types of communication to find previously-unknown active Team Server instances. Researchers were preselecting suspicious IP addresses with Shodan, actively probing them with stager requests and initializing a connection with the netcat tool to test, verify and extract communication profile settings (such as the served stager bytes).
Analyst Comment: Network fingerprinting and active scanning technologies allow for proactive identification of threats such as Cobalt Strike’s C2 IP addresses. Network defenders and intelligence feed providers can get better coverage by improving their collaboration and coverage via threat intelligence platforms such as ThreatStream provided by Anomali.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Application Layer Protocol - T1071
Tags: detection:Cobalt Strike Beacon, detection:Cobalt Strike, detection:Cobalt Strike Team Server, Cobalt Strike stager, Active scanning, Shodan, netcat, Post-exploitation tool, Gmail, DNS, TCP, HTTP, Windows
Abusing Microsoft Customer Voice to Send Phishing Links
(published: November 3, 2022)
Avanan researchers detected a phishing campaign that abuses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice since at least September 2022. These phishing emails come from legitimate email address surveys@email.formspro.microsoft.com, and clicking the link opens the Microsoft’s Customer Voice domain on a page with URL starting with: customervoice.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=... At the same time, a user clicking on the embedded “Play Voicemail” link redirects to an attacker-controlled phishing page asking for Microsoft account login credentials.
Analyst Comment: Organizations can use services like Anomali Digital Risk Protection, which defends your brand against brand abuse and continuously monitors domains for cybersquatters and domain hijacking to prevent phishing and malware attacks. Users are advised to always check the current domain by hovering over the URL, especially before entering credentials.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566
Tags: Customer Voice, Phishing, Microsoft, Forms Pro
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2022-11-08 11:00:00 | Prepare, respond & recover: Battling complex Cybersecurity threats with fundamentals (lien direct) | The cybersecurity industry has seen a lot of recent trends. For example, the proliferation of multifactor authentication (MFA) to fight against credential harvesting is a common thread. Threat actors have been creating legitimate-looking phishing campaigns, which have been a big driver for this trend. Although some of the tools for MFA can be complex, proper authentication/authorization is an absolute fundamental that every enterprise should embrace. Where should we start with fundamentals? People, Process & Technology Let’s have a little more strategic look at this, though. To provide a holistic approach to security, a higher-level perspective is necessary. Your Process must be sound. Yes, that means policy-level guidance. Yes, that means that standards need to be in place. Finally, it means that procedures to provide more detailed guidance must be available for employees. Again, perspective is essential. Nobody wants to work on the process first. Indeed, I was guilty of having a negative view of process early in my career. Let’s take the first example and reveal how the process might assist. An enterprise policy statement might provide simple guidance that access to all company resources requires management approval (as a policy). How does an enterprise define who needs access to specific resources? Glad you asked. Standards can be used to and determine data classification and controls for accessing and protecting the various categories of data. An access control standard would also be appropriate to complement the data categories. So far, we have policy-level guidance, data classification, and access control standards which guide the controls necessary to control access to company resources. Where does the requirement for MFA live? That is a good question; my thoughts are likely in the standards area. However, requiring MFA could be a policy, standard, or process/procedure level requirement. The next reasonable question is: where do the requirements for implementing an MFA belong? In an authentic consultant manner, I would say: It depends. Take that with the lighthearted intention I meant it with. Implementing MFA may be a process/procedure used by IT. Why did I say, “maybe?” The reality is that there may be automation that handles this. It is possible that HR defines each employee’s role, and based on that, an HR system provides that through API to the systems used to provide authentication/authorization. Doesn’t that sound pleasantly streamlined? More likely, things are not that automated. If they are, then kudos to your enterprise. There are likely multiple processes and procedures required before even setting this up, but I think most of the folks reading this will understand where I’m trying to go with this. HR will have processes and procedures around defining roles and requesting implementation. IT will have processes and procedures focused on implementing the solution. The information security team will have processes and procedures for monitoring authentication/authorization mechanisms. This is just to state that Process is as important as the tool or technology chosen to meet the need. None of these documents state which tool or Technology to use. That is the point. If you have policy guidance and standards that define the need and processes to guide implementing MFA, then the Technology should be interchangeable. So, the first fundamental which should be a foundation is sound process. I spoke about various teams here (IT and HR). That is another fundamental: People. People need to understand the requirements. People need to understand their role, and people need to be part of the solution. Finally, the last high-level fundamental is Technology. But I said Technology could be interchanged. Yes, in many cases it ca | Ransomware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline | ||
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2022-11-07 20:16:00 | This Hidden Facebook Tool Lets Users Remove Their Email or Phone Number Shared by Others (lien direct) | Facebook appears to have silently rolled out a tool that allows users to remove their contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, uploaded by others. The existence of the tool, which is buried inside a Help Center page about "Friending," was first reported by Business Insider last week. It's offered as a way for "Non-users" to "exercise their rights under applicable laws." | Tool | ||
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2022-11-06 08:00:00 | AORT – Un outil de reconnaissance pour vos séances de Bug Bounty (lien direct) | Si vous travaillez dans la sécurité, que vous pratiquez le pentest, le Bug Bounty ou tout simplement si vous avez un site et que vous êtes curieux, voici un super script nommé All In One Recon Tool – AORT. Ce script permet de faire de la reconnaissance autour d’un nom … Suite | Tool | ||
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2022-11-04 17:00:00 | Black Basta Ransomware Attacks Linked to FIN7 Threat Actor (lien direct) | The hacker behind a tool used by Black Basta had access to the source code used by FIN7 | Ransomware Tool Threat | ||
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2022-11-03 09:55:17 | Ransomware Black Basta |Attaques Déployer des outils d'évasion EDR personnalisés liés à l'acteur de la menace FIN7 Black Basta Ransomware | Attacks Deploy Custom EDR Evasion Tools Tied to FIN7 Threat Actor (lien direct) |
Les TTP opérationnels Black Basta sont décrits ici en détail, révélant des outils et techniques inconnus auparavant et un lien vers FIN7.
Black Basta operational TTPs are described here in full detail, revealing previously unknown tools and techniques and a link to FIN7. |
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2022-11-03 06:00:00 | BrandPost: New SOC Performance Report: Security Analysts Are Overworked and Under Resourced (lien direct) | The SOC is the engine that protects organizations worldwide today. Its core mission remains to help the enterprise manage cyber risk. The new Devo SOC Performance Report shows that security professionals behind the scenes are feeling the pain due to too much work and not enough resources.That means that SOC leaders today have a real balancing act when it comes to retaining analysts amid immense talent shortages and turnover. Respondents reported that average time to fill a SOC position is seven months. And 71% of SOC professionals said they're likely to quit their job, with the top reasons being information and work overload, followed by lack of tool integration, and alert fatigue.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool Guideline | ||
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2022-11-02 20:53:42 | Informatica vs Data Ladder: Data quality solutions comparison (lien direct) | >Informatica MDM and Data Ladder are both data quality solutions. Discover which tool best fits your organization's needs for data quality by reading this comparison. | Tool | ||
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2022-11-02 12:30:43 | Neuf employés sur dix ont besoin d\'une formation de base en matière de cybersécurité (lien direct) | Selon les résultats d'un test effectué à l'aide de l'outil Kaspersky Gamified Assessment Tool auprès de 3907 employés, seuls 11% d'entre eux ont démontré d'excellentes compétences en termes de sensibilisation à la cybersécurité. Les sujets les moins qualifiés ont commis la plupart de leurs erreurs au niveau de la navigation sur Internet. - Investigations | Tool | ||
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2022-11-01 15:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Active Probing Revealed ShadowPad C2s, Fodcha Hides Behind Obscure TLDs, Awaiting OpenSSL 3.0 Patch, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: China, DDoS, OpenSSL, Ransomware, Russia, Spyware, and Ukraine. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Threat Analysis: Active C2 Discovery Using Protocol Emulation Part3 (ShadowPad)
(published: October 27, 2022)
ShadowPad is a custom, modular malware in use by multiple China-sponsored groups since 2015. VMware researchers analyzed the command-and-control (C2) protocol in recent ShadowPad samples. They uncovered decoding routines and protocol/port combinations such as HTTP/80, HTTP/443, TCP/443, UDP/53, and UDP/443. Active probing revealed 83 likely ShadowPad C2 servers (during September 2021 to September 2022). Additional samples communicating with this infrastructure included Spyder (used by APT41) and ReverseWindow (used by the LuoYu group).
Analyst Comment: Researchers can use reverse engineering and active probing to map malicious C2 infrastructure. At the same time, the ShadowPad malware changes the immediate values used in the packet encoding per variant, so finding new samples is crucial for this monitoring.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Application Layer Protocol - T1071 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Information Discovery - T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105
Tags: detection:ShadowPad, C2, APT, China, source-country:CN, actor:APT41, actor:LuoYu, detection:Spyder, detection:ReverseWindow, TCP, HTTP, HTTPS, UDP
Raspberry Robin Worm Part of Larger Ecosystem Facilitating Pre-Ransomware Activity
(published: October 27, 2022)
The Raspberry Robin USB-drive-targeting worm is an increasingly popular infection and delivery method. Raspberry Robin works as a three-file infection: Raspberry Robin LNK file on an USB drive, Raspberry Robin DLL (aka Roshtyak) backdoor, and a heavily-obfuscated .NET DLL that writes LNKs to USB drives. Microsoft researchers analyzed several infection chains likely centered around threat group EvilCorp (aka DEV-0206/DEV-0243). Besides being the initial infection vector, Raspberry Robin was seen delivered by the Fauppod malware, which shares certain code similarities both with Raspberry Robin and with EvilCorp’s Dridex malware. Fauppod/Raspberry Robin infections were followed by additional malware (Bumblebee, Cobalt Strike, IcedID, TrueBot), and eventually led to a ransomware infection (LockBit, Clop).
Analyst Comment: Organizations are advised against enabling Autorun of removable media on Windows by default, as it allows automated activation of an inserted, Raspberry Robin-infected USB drive. Apply best practices related to credential hygiene, network segmentation, and attack surface reduction.
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2022-11-01 10:00:00 | Choosing a DAST solution: What to pay attention to? (lien direct) | The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The majority of today's web applications contain dangerous vulnerabilities. To analyze their security, one cannot do without a dynamic scanner. DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) tools allow you to detect and evaluate security problems quickly. Let me tell you what to look for when choosing such a tool. According to various studies, 70% of vulnerabilities have to do with errors in the code. Using vulnerabilities in your web application code, hackers can distribute malware, launch cryptojacking attacks, employ phishing and redirect users to malicious sites, hack a phone remotely, or steal personal data using social engineering techniques. Yes, sure, it is impossible to create perfectly secure software, but it is quite possible to reduce the number of vulnerabilities and increase the level of product security. To do this, you can rely on DevSecOps - a process that links development and security and where software is checked and tested for vulnerabilities at every stage of its creation. The DevSecOps process is very voluminous; it may include numerous information security tools. In this article, I want to talk about DAST and how to choose the right scanner for dynamic application analysis. Together we will figure out what tool characteristics and parameters you need to pay attention to and what product types are currently available on the market. What is DAST, and how does it work? Dynamic application security testing is one of the secure development practices where an automated analysis of a deployed and functioning application is carried out. The dynamic scanner checks all access points via HTTP, simulates external attacks using common vulnerabilities, and simulates various user actions. The tool determines which APIs the service has, sends verification requests, uses, where possible, incorrect data (quotes, delimiters, special characters, and more). The dynamic scanner sends and analyzes a large number of requests. The analysis of the sent request and the received response, as well as their comparison with a regular request, allows you to find different security problems. Most scanners have similar functions and modus operandi. Their main components are a crawler and an analyzer. The crawler traverses every link on every page it can reach, examining the contents of files, pressing buttons, and going through a dictionary of possible page names. This process allows you to estimate the size of the attack surface and possible attack vectors taking into account the existing ways of interacting with the application. The analyzer checks the application directly. It can work in passive or active mode. In the first case, the analyzer studies only information that the crawler sends to it. In the second, the analyzer sends requests with incorrect data to the points found by the crawler and to other places that are not currently present on the pages but can be used in the application. It then infers the presence of a vulnerability based on the server's responses. What should you pay attention to when choosing a DAST tool? Scan quality This | Tool Vulnerability Studies Guideline | ||
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2022-10-31 18:22:00 | Experian tool exposed partial Social Security numbers, putting customers at risk (lien direct) | >The problem with using Social Security numbers to authenticate consumers goes much deeper than Experian, experts say. | Tool | ||
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2022-10-26 18:31:00 | Accelerating Security Resilience at a Fraction of the Cost (lien direct) | Manage security in the current macro and help increase business revenue and EPS with a scalable SOC
IMAGINE accelerating security resilience at a fraction of the cost – an operating foundation at scale to change how we play the infinite game of cybersecurity and even shift the security cost to the bad guys.
Muhammed Ali was not the strongest and toughest boxer – he owned the middle of the ring, using his speed to play the infinite and shift the hard work to his adversaries – he was the greatest.
Elevating Security Resilience requires focused visibility to deliver the punches – the underlying foundation must be automated to keep up with scale at a fraction of the cost.
The popular mantra says, “every business is a digital business; you’re digital, or you’re dead.” This could not be truer in today’s world. While digital transformation has been an ongoing trend, Covid-19 accelerated that transformation beyond normal. Companies transformed their digital processes 20-25[1] times faster than before due to the onset of the pandemic. The changes included customer interactions, employee engagement, back-office processes, supply chain, and more. It’s a cliché to state that cyber becomes a core business risk as businesses get more digitally connected. Scan the SEC filings of any publicly listed company, and it’s amply clear that digital transformation unlocks massive growth but also expands the risk profile for most organizations. Cyber resilience is business resilience. The corollary holds equally true – cyber fragility impedes business growth.
 Figure 1: Digital transformation & cyber risk
The traditional approach to cybersecurity has focused on a tech-centric approach to security, evolving a technology acronym soup, continuously trying to find the smarter tool to speed up and scale security operations. This approach, somewhat successful at the lower levels of digital transformation, has become unmanageable and incredibly expensive for businesses. In spending time with board directors, management teams, CIOs, and CISOs, we’ve realized that there is a dire need to pause and reset the foundational thinking with an eye on more effective delivery that can scale at a manageable cost.
When an attacker targets an organization, they start by first conducting reconnaissance and understanding a company’s business model, profile, and strategy. Security needs to focus on the WHY - the business context. Why are they an interesting target, and what can they do to deter the attackers? This fusion of business context with security is critical to transforming security for the modern enterprise and helping executives answer key questions on business risk and resilience.
As Einstein aptly said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.”
Sprucing up Security Operations
A recent ESG survey highlighted that 52% of security professionals consider security today more complex today than two years ago[2]. There are several drivers for this, including changing threat landscape, growing attack surface, higher volume and complexity of security alerts, growing adoption of public cloud services, keeping up with operational needs of SecOps technologies, and collecting and growing more data.
Elevating security necessitates a step back first to understand the goal.
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2022-10-25 16:53:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Daixin Team Ransoms Healthcare Sector, Earth Berberoka Breaches Casinos for Data, Windows Affected by Bring-Your-Own-Vulnerable-Driver Attacks, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, DDoS, Infostealers, Iran, Ransomware, and Russia. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Alert (AA22-294A) #StopRansomware: Daixin Team
(published: October 21, 2022)
Daixin Team is a double-extortion ransomware group that has been targeting US businesses, predominantly in the healthcare sector. Since June 2022, Daixin Team has been encrypting electronic health record services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. The group has exfiltrated personal identifiable information and patient health information. Typical intrusion starts with initial access through virtual private network (VPN) servers gained by exploitation or valid credentials derived from prior phishing. They use SSH and RDP for lateral movement and target VMware ESXi systems with ransomware based on leaked Babuk Locker source code.
Analyst Comment: Network defenders should keep organization’s VPN servers up-to-date on security updates. Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) on your VPN server and other critical accounts (administrative, backup-related, and webmail). Restrict the use of RDP, SSH, Telnet, virtual desktop and similar services in your environment.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Valid Accounts - T1078 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Service Session Hijacking - T1563 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Use Alternate Authentication Material - T1550 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486
Tags: actor:Daixin Team, malware-type:Ransomware, PHI, SSH, RDP, Rclone, Ngrok, target-sector:Health Care NAICS 62, ESXi, VMware, Windows
Exbyte: BlackByte Ransomware Attackers Deploy New Exfiltration Tool
(published: October 21, 2022)
Symantec detected a new custom data exfiltration tool used in a number of BlackByte ransomware attacks. This infostealer, dubbed Exbyte, performs anti-sandbox checks and proceeds to exfiltrate selected file types to a hardcoded Mega account. BlackByte ransomware-as-a-service operations were first uncovered in February 2022. The group’s recent attacks start with exploiting public-facing vulnerabilities of ProxyShell and ProxyLogon families. BlackByte removes Kernel Notify Routines to bypass Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products. The group uses AdFind, AnyDesk, Exbyte, NetScan, and PowerView tools and deploys BlackByte 2.0 ransomware payload.
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2022-10-25 08:00:00 | Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q3 2022 (lien direct) |  Ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements make up 40 percent of threats seen this quarterBy Caitlin Huey.For the first time since compiling these reports, Cisco Talos Incident Response saw an equal number of ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements, making up nearly 40 percent of threats this quarter. It can be difficult to determine what constitutes a pre-ransomware attack if ransomware never executes and encryption does not take place. However, Talos IR assesses that the combination of Cobalt Strike and credential-harvesting tools like Mimikatz, paired with enumeration and discovery techniques, indicates a high likelihood that ransomware is the final objective. This quarter featured a variety of publicly available tools and scripts hosted on GitHub repositories or other third-party websites to support operations across multiple stages of the attack lifecycle. This activity coincides with a general increase in the use of other dual-use tools, such as the legitimate red-teaming tool Brute Ratel and the recently discovered Manjusaka and Alchimist attack frameworks. .jpg) TargetingAttackers targeted the education sector the most of any vertical this quarter, closely followed by the financial services, government, and energy sectors, respectively. For the first time since Q4 2021, telecommunications was not the top-targeted vertical. While the reason for the education sector being more frequently targeted this quarter is unknown, this is a popular time |
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