Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Attackers employed a custom tunneling tool to achieve this, it forwards client traffic to the server, the malware encrypts the traffic using trivial binary encryption. The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The Mac version uses the same AES key and IV as the Linux variant to encrypt and decrypt the config file. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Msadoz<n> dll (detected by Trend Micro as BKDR64_BINLODR.ZNFJ-A) – encrypted backdoor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. SecurityAffairs – Winnti, hacking).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In a first stage it allocates the memory space where to copy the encrypted data and whose content is executed by the packer. Then, in the second stage the packer decrypts the code into another portion of the same memory allocation where it stored the encrypted data, and then transfers the execution to this second layer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Dacls is the first malware linked to the Lazarus group that targets Linux systems. com /cms/ wp -content/uploads/2015/12/.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Upon opening the archive, malicious macros are downloaded, which subsequently proceeds to drop and execute a second-stage PowerShell script encrypted inside the original Word document. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). . “Certified documents.docx”) delivered inside a ZIP file. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Attackers also employed an encrypted Chrome password-stealer hosted on ZINC domain [link]. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zinc).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The APT41 group (aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Attackers also a Packerloader tool to load and execute shellcode, which is stored in a file in an encrypted form. The attack is the latest in a series of intrusions against CNI targets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations. SecurityAffairs – Tesla, hacking).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

” The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. SecurityAffairs – APT, hacking). . “The Winnti malware was also found at these universities a few weeks p rior to ShadowPad.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

The wisdom of proactively purging stored data was driven home by the hack of Capital One bank. Turnkey solutions Smarter data governance may not be as sexy as the latest automated threat hunting tools or post quantum encryption. “I challenge anybody who thinks they actually need to keep any data beyond a regulatory requirement.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lazarus APT). The RAT connects the command-and-control (C2) server to receive commands and drop shellcode.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America and former Soviet bloc nations. ” concludes Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” through 12.4

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. The encryption is performed by a simple xor having as key the single byte 0 while the encoding procedure is a multi conversion routine which could be summarized as follows: chr(asc(chr(“&h”&mid(x,y,2)))).

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage APT group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. This is a binary blob with a special format that contains encrypted commands for the backdoor ,” reads the report released by ESET.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. As you know, I don't really talk about criminal hackers on the hacker mind.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

An IAM solution with adaptive MFA combined with Zero Trust can help minimize this risk.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

The structure of this stream is fully specified in Microsoft Office Excel 97-2007 – Binary File Format Specification. This temp file is the Ammyy RAT encrypted file, which will be decrypted and renamed at a later stage ( wsus.exe ). SecurityAffairs – FlawedAmmyy malware, hacking). Figure 25: Customer-based AV solutions.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 18, 2023

We reviewed password data breaches from 2007 to present, reported through HaveIBeenPwned , to see what attackers have actually been trying to crack and whether that changed over time. Our password table focuses on the idea that the hacker is working in a “black box” situation and is having to start from scratch to hack your hash.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 18, 2023

We reviewed password data breaches from 2007 to present, reported through HaveIBeenPwned , to see what attackers have actually been trying to crack and whether that changed over time. Our password table focuses on the idea that the hacker is working in a “black box” situation and is having to start from scratch to hack your hash.

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Passwords Software Manufacturing Internet 52

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2021

A taste of the latest release of QakBot – one of the most popular and mediatic trojan bankers active since 2007. The malware QakBot , also known as Qbot , Pinkslipbot , and Quakbot is a banking trojan that has been made headlines since 2007. Figure 15: Identification of Delphi forms and unknown resources (encrypted QakBot DLL).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Securi ty Affairs – APT, hacking). First of all, Lazarus group has entered a new platform: macOS. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Centre for Defence: In 2007, a struggle over a divisive Soviet statutes set the standard for a new form of Russian interference in the affairs of foreign states. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. The second largest company in the USA was not hacked yesterday. That's not news.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. That field post number 74455 is the same for the APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Moreover, also the macro code is totally readable without the usage of encryption or obfuscation to evade detection.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” The APT group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers,the gang has been active since 2007. The malware also employs XOR and ChaCha20 encryption to obfuscate characteristic strings, further complicating detection and reverse engineering.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Same organization, hacked by the Mask in 2019 Having examined available information about the organization compromised in 2022, we found that it was also compromised with an advanced attack in 2019. uploadfile Reads a specified file from disk, encrypts it and uploads it to Google Drive. exec Executes a specified shell command.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Infamous cyber opsattributed to Russia-backed hackers fall into a pattern that’s worth noting: • C yber a ttack s on Estonia (2007) Websites of Estonian banks, media outlets and government bodies get knocked down in a dispute over a Soviet-era war memorial. • The wider context is all too easy to overlook. It’s not just Russia.

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SecureList

MAY 9, 2024

The payloads were distinctively served, veiled as font files, in compressed and encrypted fashion. Careto is a highly sophisticated threat actor that has been seen targeting various high-profile organizations since at least 2007. This small group, active since 2022, mainly performs hack-and-leak operations.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Meanwhile, details of Alexsey Belan’s Russian-backed escapades came to light in March 2017 when the FBI indicted Belan and three co-conspirators in connection with hacking Yahoo to pilfer more than 500 million email addresses and gain deep access to more than 30 million Yahoo accounts. presidential elections. It’s safe to assume that the U.S.

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