Unwrapping the emerging Interlock ransomware attack
Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) recently observed an attacker conducting big-game hunting and double extortion attacks using the relatively new Interlock ransomware.
Threat actor abuses Gophish to deliver new PowerRAT and DCRAT
Cisco Talos recently discovered a phishing campaign using an open-source phishing toolkit called Gophish by an unknown threat actor.
Impact of data breaches is fueling scam campaigns
Data breaches have become one of the most crucial threats to organizations across the globe, and they’ve only become more prevalent and serious over time.
Unveiling SpiceRAT: SneakyChef's latest tool targeting EMEA and Asia
The new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed SpiceRAT was used by the threat actor SneakyChef in a recent campaign targeting government agencies in EMEA and Asia.
SneakyChef espionage group targets government agencies with SugarGh0st and more infection techniques
Cisco Talos recently discovered an ongoing campaign from SneakyChef, a newly discovered threat actor using SugarGh0st malware, as early as August 2023.
Only one critical issue disclosed as part of Microsoft Patch Tuesday
The lone critical security issue is a remote code execution vulnerability due to a use-after-free issue in the HTTP handling function of Microsoft Message Queuing.
CoralRaider targets victims’ data and social media accounts
Cisco Talos discovered a new threat actor we’re calling “CoralRaider” that we believe is of Vietnamese origin and financially motivated. CoralRaider has been operating since at least 2023, targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
GhostSec’s joint ransomware operation and evolution of their arsenal
Cisco Talos observed a surge in GhostSec, a hacking group’s malicious activities since this past year. GhostSec has evolved with a new GhostLocker 2.0 ransomware, a Golang variant of the GhostLocker ransomware.
New SugarGh0st RAT targets Uzbekistan government and South Korea
Cisco Talos recently discovered a malicious campaign that likely started as early as August 2023, delivering a new remote access trojan (RAT) we dubbed “SugarGh0st.”