Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The threat actors leverage spear-phishing emails to deliver archive files utilizing DLL side-loading schemes. ” reads the analysis published by Checkpoint. shell – Sends the computer name in a JSON format encrypted with simple XOR encryption and base64 encoded to the C2.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. The.rar archive contained a dropper named “Abraham Accords & MENA.pdf.lnk.” If the target is a macOS system, TA453 sends a second email with a ZIP archive embedding a Mach-O binary that masquerades as a VPN application. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

The attackers were delivering the malware using archive files and Microsoft Office documents exploiting the Follina Windows flaw ( CVE-2022-30190 ). “The earliest versions of this Rat was typically archived into a zip file pretending to be a document specific to a Russian group. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

Zacks is the leading investment research firm focusing on stock research, analysis, and recommendations. The availability of the archive was reported by the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned , which notified Zecks. HIBP pointed out that the most recent record in the leaked database is dated May 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Secureworks. In the recent campaign, the malware is included in RAR archive files. Once opened the archive, it will displays a Windows shortcut (LNK) file that masquerades as a document. The Bronze President group is targeting political and law enforcement organizations and NGOs in Asia.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Backed by a huge open source database of known exploits, it also provides IT with an analysis of pen testing results so remediation steps can be done efficiently. Read more: Metasploit: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis. Read more: Fiddler: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis. Security Onion. Aircrack-ng.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

This forum hosted a ZIP archive that contains the malicious.js “When the user downloaded and opened this file, it spawned an obfuscated script which, through registry stuffing, installed a chunk of encrypted codes in the registry and added scheduled tasks for persistence. . ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

A deeper analysis revealed that the threat actor CloudWizard has been linked to an activity cluster that dates back to May 2016 that was tracked by ESET researchers as Operation Groundbait. The archive contained two files, a decoy document (i.e. PDF, XLSX and DOCX versions) and a malicious LNK file with a double extension (i.e.,pdf.lnk)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

” reads the analysis published by BlackBerry. Attackers timestamped files with date timestamps of 11th April 2020, 15:16:22: Upon establishing a foothold onto the target network, the attackers executed the Java ransomware module, which encrypted the files on connected servers. ”continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky researcher Denis Legezo. The experts discovered that the attackers are hiding encrypted shellcode containing the next-stage malware as 8KB pieces in event logs. ” continues the analysis. The attack chain aims at distributing.RAR archive from the legitimate site file.io

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

The threat actor also accessed a subset of email addresses and other contact information, as well as encrypted and/or hashed and salted credentials. “ We have no evidence that the threat actor accessed email or archive content held by us on behalf of our customers.” ” reads the incident report published by mimecast.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Technical Analysis. The downloaded file, as previously mentioned, is a Self Extracting Archive (SFX/SEA). In the archive, five files with different extensions are stored. Once executed, the first file that runs is “ Dwsil23j.vbs” , as described in the archive configuration on the right of the following figure.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2022

Upon clicking on the bottom, a ZIP archive is downloaded on the victim’s computer. The compressed archive contains a CHM file consisting of several compiled HTML files. ” reads the analysis published by MalwareBytes. ” reads the analysis published by MalwareBytes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

” reads the analysis published by Menlo Labs. ” The attack chain starts with spear phishing emails containing Discord app URL that points to a password-protected ZIP archive containing the PureCrypter malware. The malware uses an XOR algorithm to encrypt its config file. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Then they moved the conversation away from the platform to encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp. If the social engineering attack succeeds, behavioral analysis can spot anomalous activity, and monitoring outgoing traffic can reveal suspicious activity. They used LinkedIn to connect with the victims and gain their trust.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

“X-Force recent analysis identified a new HawkEye malware variant distributed in mails spoofing the World Health Organization. The phishing messages use an archive attachment, that contained an executable named “Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) CURE.exe.” ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Symantec. ” continues the analysis. “Data that cmd.exe pulled from the output and error streams is encrypted and sent back to the attackers’ servers.” The malware deletes all archives older than a week. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2021

” reads the analysis published by researchers Gabor Szappanos and Andrew Brandt from Sophos. ” continues the analysis. Gootloader infection process is multi-stage, it begins with a.NET loader, which comprises a Delphi-based loader malware, which, in turn, contains the final payload in encrypted form. “This.js

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2021

BrickStor works with primary storage systems, online archives in the cloud, at the edge, or in the data center. It supports file, block and object storage, works with AWS and Azure, encrypts data at rest and in motion, and offers compliance and metadata intelligence. It integrates with SIEM and SOAR systems for log analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Cofense.” ” continues the analysis. Once the victims have clicked on the attachment, the.HTM file downloads a.ZIP archive that contains a malicious.LNK file. Using these resources adds to the trusted source methodology employed by this campaign to bypass the security stack.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

” reads hte analysis published by Trend Micro. ” Experts warn of its ability to bypass static analysis methods due to the combined use of Inno Setup Installer and PyInstaller. “ PyLocky is configured to encrypt a hardcoded list of file extensions, as shown in Figure 4. ” states the report.

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

“During recent analysis we discovered Platinum using a new backdoor that we call Titanium (named after a password to one of the self-executable archives). ” reads the analysis publisjed by Kaspersky. The backdoor deploys an SFX archive containing a Windows task installation script.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

The attachment used in this campaign is an archive containing a Word document (missile.docx) and a Windows Shortcut file (_weapons.doc.lnk.lnk). ” reads the analysis published by the experts. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. Once opened the LNK file, the infection chain starts.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

While some packers like UPX only compress the file, others can also encrypt it. Through a self-extracting archive executable, a packer can unpack itself in memory when a packed file is executed. Packers basically take the original executable and add a small piece of code called a “stub” to the newly created executable.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

rar archive files. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. More than 80% of all malicious files were disguised as .zip

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Minerva Labs. 7zz.exe – a legitimate 7z archiver. dll file” continues the analysis. dll file” continues the analysis. In the final phase, Purple Fox is downloaded from the C2 as an.msi file that contains encrypted shellcode for both 32 and 64-bit systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

The new variant resurfaced in April, it uses the stunnel encrypted tunneling mechanism and abuses a legitimate shareware app. Stunnel is a proxy designed to add TLS encryption functionality to existing clients and servers without any changes in the programs’ code. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

stealc does not generate an archive on the client side, each file to be collected is sent to the server in a separate request The malware exfiltrates the collected data file by file and doesn’t wait to receive all configuration to collect and send data. All lines of work are obfuscated.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Further analysis showed that the malware was designed to be planted on the victim’s ATMs, where it could read and store the data of cards that were inserted into the machines.” ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” states the analysis. ” continues Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

“Recently, an analysis of Emotet traffic has revealed that new samples use a different POST-infection traffic than previous versions. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. The ZIP archive contains variants of Powload that uses Powershell to download an executable the final Emotet payload.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2022

The compromise of Exchange servers allows threat actors to access the target networks, perform internal reconnaissance and lateral movement activities, and steal sensitive documents before encrypting them. The attackers created a dump file of the LSASS.exe process via Taskmgr.exe and saved the file to a ZIP archive.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Intezer. The analysis revealed that the malicious code includes an unfinished keylogger , some comments, symbol names and compilation metadata, a circumstance that suggests the authors are still working on it. ” continues the analysis. run suffix, that can be launched as is. .

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