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The North Korean Kimsuky APT threatens South Korea evolving its TTPs

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Hash 757dfeacabf4c2f771147159d26117818354af14050e6ba42cc00f4a3d58e51f Threat Kimsuky loader Brief Description Scr file, initial loader Ssdeep 12288:APWcT1z2aKqkP/mANd2JiEWKZ52zfeCkIAYfLeXcj6uuLl:uhT1z4q030JigZUaULeXc3uLl. Figure 2: Written file (AutoUpdate.dll) in the “%AppData%LocalTemp” path. Table 2: AutoUpdate.dll Information.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

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File name: patent-2019-02-20T093A283A05-1.xls Next image presents when the file is opened. However, as already mentioned at the beginning of the technical analysis, SI-LAB team obtained two types of files, namely xls and doc archives. File name : 68131_46_20190219.doc Technical Analysis.

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JSWorm: The 4th Version of the Infamous Ransomware

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Unlike most ransomware, JSWorm does not embed a list of file extensions to encrypt, but uses a set of extensions to exclude during the cipher step. The malware encrypts all the files whose extension is not present in the list. Figure 4: Content of “key” file contained in “C:ProgramData”.

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A new trojan Lampion targets Portugal

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The downloaded file is a compressed file (.zip) As observed, after extracting the file, three files are presented. The file “ FacturaNovembro-4492154-2019-10_8.vbs This is a Visual Basic Script (VBScript) file that is acting as a dropper and downloader. At the moment, the file 0.zip amazonaws[.]com/0.zip

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Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware

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The following schema is an effort to present in a single high-level diagram the workflow of the most popular Latin American trojans. Next, an email template used by Javali to lure victims is presented. MSI file – The Javali Dropper. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY.

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Guarding Against Solorigate TTPs

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Presenting itself as a JPG file named “gracious_truth.jpg,” Teardrop is a memory-only dropper built to enter a network seamlessly and replace the embedded payload. ” The Orion update was signed and presented as the latest update, and malware taking root went undetected.

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New release of Lampion trojan spreads in Portugal with some improvements on the VBS downloader

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Figure 4: VBS file – Lampion downloader – obfuscation layer. The next graph presents the various forms already documented the threat. As noted, malware is usually distributed with a simple email template, where the victim downloads a ZIP file with a VBS downloader inside. LNK files from the Windows startup folder.