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RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware employed in attacks in the wild

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Once inside the system, this malicious variant stealthily extracts sensitive information and proceeds to encrypt the compromised files.” ” reads the analysis published by Zscaler. ” continues the analysis. The malware communicates with the command and control servers through HTTPS.

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China-linked APT41 group targets Hong Kong with Spyder Loader

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The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. Spyder Loader loads AES-encrypted blobs to create the wlbsctrl.dll which acts as a next-stage loader that executes the content.

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New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

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According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. ” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro. BlackSuit appends the . similarities in blocks, and 98.9%

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Spotting RATs: Delphi wrapper makes the analysis harder

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Experts observed an increase of the malware spreading using less-known archive types as dropper,in particular ISO image.Delphi wrapper makes analysis harder. Technical Analysis. As expected, the malicious payload is stored in the resource section in encrypted way (probably using a simple XOR-encryption). Introduction.

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. A Webcam made by HiChip that includes the iLnkP2P software.

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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

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The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023. The command-and-control beacons allowed Royal to prepare the City’s network resources for the May 03, 2023, ransomware encryption attack.”

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EventBot, a new Android mobile targets financial institutions across Europe

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” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. The malware also downloads the Command-and-control (C2) URLs, C2 communication is encrypted using Base64, RC4, and Curve25519. . ” concludes the report. ” Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].