New SOHO Router Botnet AVrecon Spreads to 70,000 Devices Across 20 Countries
A new malware strain has been found covertly targeting small office/home office (SOHO) routers for more than two years, infiltrating over 70,000 devices and creating a botnet with 40,000 nodes spanning 20 countries. Lumen Black Lotus Labs has dubbed the malware AVrecon, making it the third such strain to focus on SOHO routers after ZuoRAT and HiatusRAT over the past […]
From Malvertising to Ransomware: A ThreatDown webinar recap
Our recent webinar From Malvertising to Ransomware highlight the clear connection between malvertising—the practice of embedding malicious code within legitimate online advertisements—and the epidemic of ransomware attacks affecting businesses globally. Presented by Mark Stockley, security evangelist at Malwarebytes, and Jerome Segura, Director of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes, the webinar explains how malvertising has evolved into an effective entry point in the […]
Ransomware review: July 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, “known attacks” are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far […]
Crit.IX: Flaws in Honeywell Experion DCS, Posing Risk to Critical Industries
By Deeba Ahmed There is no evidence of exploitation of these vulnerabilities as yet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crit.IX: Flaws in Honeywell Experion DCS, Posing Risk to Critical Industries
Fake THREADS App Climbs to Number 1 Spot on Apple Store in Europe
By Habiba Rashid Due to privacy concerns, Meta has not yet released the Threads app in EU countries, creating a loophole for criminals to upload fake versions of the app. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake THREADS App Climbs to Number 1 Spot on Apple Store in Europe
PicassoLoader Malware Used in Ongoing Attacks on Ukraine and Poland
Government entities, military organizations, and civilian users in Ukraine and Poland have been targeted as part of a series of campaigns designed to steal sensitive data and gain persistent remote access to the infected systems. The intrusion set, which stretches from April 2022 to July 2023, leverages phishing lures and decoy documents to deploy a […]
TeamTNT’s Silentbob Botnet Infecting 196 Hosts in Cloud Attack Campaign
As many as 196 hosts have been infected as part of an aggressive cloud campaign mounted by the TeamTNT group called Silentbob. “The botnet run by TeamTNT has set its sights on Docker and Kubernetes environments, Redis servers, Postgres databases, Hadoop clusters, Tomcat and Nginx servers, Weave Scope, SSH, and Jupyter applications,” Aqua security researchers Ofek […]
Fake PoC for Linux Kernel Vulnerability on GitHub Exposes Researchers to Malware
In a sign that cybersecurity researchers continue to be under the radar of malicious actors, a proof-of-concept (PoC) has been discovered on GitHub, concealing a backdoor with a “crafty” persistence method. “In this instance, the PoC is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, harboring malicious intent under the guise of a harmless learning tool,” Uptycs researchers […]
Rockwell Automation ControlLogix Bugs Expose Industrial Systems to Remote Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has alerted of two security flaws impacting Rockwell Automation ControlLogix EtherNet/IP (ENIP) communication module models that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). “The results and impact of exploiting these vulnerabilities vary depending on the ControlLogix system configuration, but
Stories from the SOC: OneNote MalSpam – Detection & response
This blog was co-written with Kristen Perreault – Professional Cybersecurity andJames Rodriguez – Sr. Specialist Cybersecurity. Executive summary Since December 22nd, 2022, there has been an increase in malware sent via Phishing emails via a OneNote attachment. As with most phishing emails, the end user would open the OneNote attachment but unlike Microsoft Word or […]