Hackers Turn Exchange Servers into Malware Command & Control Centers

Turla, also known as Secret Blizzard, KRYPTON, and UAC-0003, is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group that has been associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). This group has gained fame for its sophisticated and persistent cyber…

P2PInfect, a Rusty P2P worm targets Redis Servers on Linux and Windows systems

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems. The capability to target Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows operating systems makes P2PInfect more scalable and […]

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[SANS ISC] Deobfuscation of Malware Delivered Through a .bat File

Today, I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Deobfuscation of Malware Delivered Through a .bat File“: I found a phishing email that delivered a RAR archive (password protected). Inside the archive, there was a simple .bat file (SHA256: 57ebd5a707eb69dd719d461e1fbd14f98a42c6c3dcb8505e4669c55762810e70) with the following name: “SRI DISTRITAL – DPTO DE COBRO -SRI

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LLMs and AI positioned to dominate the AppSec world

As modern software trends toward distributed architectures, microservices, and extensive use of third-party and open source components, dependency management only gets harder, according to Endor Labs. Application development risks A new research report…

Dark.IoT & Custom Botnets Exploit Zyxel Flaw in DDoS Attacks

By Waqas
The DDoS attacks have been observed in various regions, including Central America, North America, East Asia, and South Asia.
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FIN8 Revamped Hacking Toolkit with New Stealthy Attack Features

Syssphinx (aka FIN8) is a financially motivated cyber-crime group deploying revamped sardonic backdoor to deliver Noberus ransomware. This group has been active since January 2016, targeting organizations such as hospitality, retail, entertainment, ins…

US Gov adds surveillance firms Cytrox and Intellexa to Entity List for trafficking in cyber exploits

The U.S. government added surveillance technology vendors Cytrox and Intellexa to an economic blocklist for trafficking in cyber exploits. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added surveillance technology vendors Intellexa and Cytrox to the Entity List for trafficking in cyber exploits used to gain access to information systems. The Entity List maintained […]

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Virustotal data leak exposed data of some registered customers, including intelligence members

The online malware scanning service VirusTotal leaked data associated with some registered customers, German newspapers reported. German newspapers Der Spiegel and Der Standard reported that the online malware scanning service VirusTotal leaked data associated with some registered customers. At the end of June, a small file of 313 kilobytes containing a list of 5,600 names was exposed online. […]

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FIN8 Group spotted delivering the BlackCat Ransomware

The cybercrime group FIN8 is using a revamped version of the Sardonic backdoor to deliver the BlackCat ransomware. The financially motivated group FIN8 (aka Syssphinx) was spotted using a revamped version of a backdoor tracked as Sardonic to deliver the BlackCat ransomware (aka Noberus ransomware). Sardonic is a sophisticated backdoor that supports a wide range of features that was designed […]

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