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FBI warns US organizations of ProLock ransomware decryptor not working

Security Affairs

issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. ” In March, threat actors behind PwndLocker changed the name of their malware to ProLock, immediately after security firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool.

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TA505 is expanding its operations

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The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. Technical Analysis. The tool is able to grant remote access and full, direct control of the infected machine to the group.

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The stealthy email stealer in the TA505 hacker group’s arsenal

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In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular email attack wave probably related to the known TA505 hacking group , active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking companies. Technical Analysis. The piece of malware under analysis were downloaded from “bullettruth[.com/out[.exe”,

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TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies

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The analysis of a malicious email revealed a possible raising interest of the TA505 cybercrime gang in system integrator companies. During a normal monitoring activity, one of the detection tools hits a suspicious email coming from the validtree.com domain. Technical Analysis. Introduction.

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Cyber-Criminal espionage Operation insists on Italian Manufacturing

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This actor was first spotted by PaloAlto’s UNIT42 in 2018 during wide scale operations against technology, retail, manufacturing, and local government industries in the US, Europe and Asia. All threats use at least one obfuscation method to make the analysis harder. Technical Analysis. The MSHTA Drop Chain.

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Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server (for more than a year)

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Experts from Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab have spotted new attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector linked to Aggah campaign. Recently, during our Cyber Defence monitoring operations, we spotted other attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector. Technical Analysis.

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