Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Technical Analysis. The document uses a common phishing schema, it invites the user to enable the macro execution due to compatibility reasons with older Microsoft Office versions. The document contains an obfuscated VBA macro. Figure 1: Screen of the fake document. Static information about the doc macro. Load()” method.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2019

The sample has been initially identified by an Italian independent security researcher, who warned the InfoSec community and shared the binary for further analysis. Technical Analysis. The attack vector is still not clear, APT28 typically use decoy Office documents armed with VB macro. AutoIt script’s main function. Conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

” reads the analysis published by ESET. It exploits a vulnerability in the Windows wdigest.dll library and then uses an improved ListPlanting technique to inject its code into a trusted process. This allows the InvisiMole group to devise creative ways to operate under the radar.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

We noticed that the TTP of the group is almost the same leveraging a weaponized document with a fake certificate of request of an Indian public fund. So, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team decided to dive deep into technical analysis. Technical Analysis. Figure 1: Piece of the malicious document employed in the Op. Transparent Tribe.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Malware researchers from ESET have conducted a new analysis of a backdoor used by the Russia-linked APT Turla in targeted espionage operations. The new analysis revealed a list of high-profile victims that was previously unknown. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 After the Excel document is opened (xls file), the content it displays will lure the user to execute malicious Excel 4.0 For more details on this finding see the Technical Analysis below.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

N051118 ), where the malicious payload was dropped abusing a macro-enabled word document able to download the malicious DLL paylaod. Technical Analysis. These registry keys are responsible of the loading of dynamically linked libraries in the “read only ” and “ hidden ” “ C:ProgramDataD93C2DAC ”. Registry key created by malware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2019

For instance, the latest waves increased their target selectivity abilities by implementing various country-checks and their anti-analysis capabilities through heavy code obfuscation. Technical Analysis. This layer is quite different because it contains a junk-char enriched hexadecimal code, actually XOR encrypted with the 0x52 key.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is a blog post for advanced users with binary analysis experience. Non-glibc C standard library. Lack of available source code or documentation. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. Extracting firmware can sometimes be difficult due to custom firmware layouts and encryption. Prerequisites.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This is a blog post for advanced users with binary analysis experience. Non-glibc C standard library. Lack of available source code or documentation. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. Extracting firmware can sometimes be difficult due to custom firmware layouts and encryption. Prerequisites.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

EMOTET has evolved in its delivery, however, this wave was conducted with the most prominent form: inserting malicious documents or URL links inside the body of an email sometimes disguised as an invoice or PDF attachment. For more details and complete analysis of this malicious campaign see the Technical Analysis below.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American trojans share the same modus operandi and even modules and blocks of code observed during the analysis of several malware samples. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Rapid7 conducted an analysis on three distinct infusion pump models: the Alaris PC 8015, the Baxter Sigma Spectrum model 35700BAX2 along with its associated Wireless Battery Module (WBM), and the Hospira Abbott PLUM A+ with MedNet. ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7. . ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2021

This piece of malware is focused on stealing banking credentials and victim’s secrets using different techniques tactics and procedures (TTP) which have evolved over the years, including its delivery mechanisms, C2 techniques, and anti-analysis and reversing features. The malicious documents take advantage of Excel 4.0

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Below the attack chain documented by the reseachers from Palo Alto Networks: The attacker targeted an unsecured Kubelet on the internet and searched for containers running inside the Kubernetes nodes. It also hides malicious processes using library injection and encrypts the malicious payload.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The top DevSecOps vendors offer a comprehensive suite of application security testing tools, including static application security testing (SAST), dynamic and interactive analysis testing (DAST and IAST), and software composition analysis (SCA). Aqua Security Features. Checkmarx Features. Contrast Security Features.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

In 2018, the cyberespionage group targeted once again Vietnam running a spear-phishing campaign that uses weaponized documents featuring Vietnamese-language lures and themes. Since 2017, the group was observed launching attacks using RTF lure documents with political content related to Vietnam.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2020

Lampion was first documented in December 2019 , and it was distributed in Portugal via phishing emails using templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. The text is written in Portuguese, and just the logo at the end of the document was changed between May and July malware versions. exe TargetFileDOSName: rundll32.exe

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

For SQLi purposes, this means keeping all web application software components, including database server software, frameworks, libraries, plug-ins, and web server software, up to date. . Encryption: Keep Your Secrets Secret. Encryption is almost universally employed as a data protection technique today and for a good reason.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In Symantec’s analysis, they noted three examples of how Raindrop behaved: Enabled the malware to access network computers via the management software, and later extract a copy of the Directory Services Internals. With user account credentials, attackers had a suite of email, documents, and data at their fingertips. Encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

XSL StyleSheet Document MiZl5xsDRylf0W.tmp. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. Taking it on static analysis it will expose three callable functions: DeleteOfficeData ( 0x10001020 ), GetOfficeData ( 0x10001000 ) and EntryPoint 0x100015ac ). 3UDBUTNY7YstRc.tmp.

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Info Source

MARCH 5, 2018

In addition to secure access to print devices and pull-printing, YSoft SafeQ encrypts communications within YSoft SafeQ and communications to other systems (for example, 3 rd party document repositories, shared network folders and email services) and will provide the corresponding tools to our customers in order for them to be fully GDPR compliant.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

And I think that probably the one which most people resonate with is this physical document, which again, has some attributes and fields, some pieces of information in there, which somehow represents this physical person to somebody else. So by that, I mean, if your developer libraries are available, it's easy to do. It's documented.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It will ensure that libraries can continue to archive material, that journalists can continue to enjoy the freedoms that we cherish in this country, and that the criminal justice system can continue to keep us safe. Is the consequent cross-referencing to an absent document the best that can be done? You could call it Macavity the cat.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. and software libraries to attack the supply chain. 34% of workers use unapproved applications or software.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

Technical Analysis. Unlike most ransomware, LooCipher uses a macro-weaponized document as dropper of the real threat. We identified two different document files involved to deploy the ransomware, they are called: “Info_BSV_2019.docm” Document content. Actions during encryption phase. Macro code. Figure 6.

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