Threat Spotlight: WarmCookie/BadSpace
WarmCookie is a malware family that emerged in April 2024 and has been distributed via regularly conducted malspam and malvertising campaigns.
Highlighting TA866/Asylum Ambuscade Activity Since 2021
TA866 (also known as Asylum Ambuscade) is a threat actor that has been conducting intrusion operations since at least 2020.
Astaroth, Mekotio & Ousaban abusing Google Cloud Run in LATAM-focused malware campaigns
Since September 2023, we have observed a significant increase in the volume of malicious emails leveraging the Google Cloud Run service to infect potential victims with banking trojans.
Microsoft starts off new year with relatively light Patch Tuesday, no zero-days
One of the critical vulnerabilities patched Tuesday is CVE-2024-20674, a security bypass vulnerability in the Windows Kerberos authentication protocol.
SapphireStealer: Open-source information stealer enables credential and data theft
SapphireStealer appears to be delivered as part of a multi-stage infection process, with threat actors leveraging open-source malware downloaders like FUD-Loader to deliver SapphireStealer to potential victims.
Typhon Reborn V2: Updated stealer features enhanced anti-analysis and evasion capabilities
The stealer is for sale on dark web forums for $59 a month, or $540 for a lifetime subscription, which is relatively inexpensive compared to other infostealers.
Emotet resumes spam operations, switches to OneNote
Since returning, Emotet has leveraged several distinct infection chains, indicating that they are modifying their approach based on their perceived success in infecting new systems.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft released its monthly security update on Tuesday, disclosing 48 vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerabilities, 6 are classified as “Critical”, 41 are classified as “Important”, with the remaining vulnerability classified as “Moderate.”
Threat Spotlight: Cyber Criminal Adoption of IPFS for Phishing, Malware Campaigns
* The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is an emerging Web3 technology that is currently seeing widespread abuse by threat actors. * Cisco Talos has observed multiple ongoing campaigns that leverage the IPFS network to host their malware payloads and phishing kit infrastructure