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.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Malware Cybercrime Banking 112

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 Bot include command execution, file management, process management, test network access, C2 connection agent, and network scanning.

Malware 106

Malware Advertising Encryption Hacking 106

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 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.

Government 111

Government Hacking Advertising Encryption 111

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. . “Certified documents.docx”) delivered inside a ZIP file.

Energy and Utilities 137

Energy and Utilities Malware Government Healthcare 137

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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Encryption Malware Hacking Government 133

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.

Advertising 136

Advertising Malware Encryption Authentication 136

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. Experts noticed that modules are stored encrypted on disk at the same location with inoffensive-looking names.

Malware 134

Malware Hacking Advertising Architecture 134

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. . “The Winnti malware was also found at these universities a few weeks p rior to ShadowPad.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Malware 95

Malware Advertising Encryption Hacking 95

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]. .

Malware 137

Malware Antivirus Hacking Accountability 137

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

Encryption 91

Encryption Government Authentication Technology 91

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

Security experts at Kaspersky revealed that the Russia-linked APT group Turla used new variants of the KopiLuwak Trojan in targeted attacks since early 2019. The list of previously known victims is long and includes also the Swiss defense firm RUAG , US Department of State, and the US Central Command. . ” concludes Kaspersky.

Advertising 97

Advertising Encryption Malware Government 97

Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

That doesn’t mean the risk is zero, noted Christos Sarris , a longtime information security analyst. He shared an anecdote in Cisco Secure’s recent e-book, “ Building Security Resilience ,” about finding malware on an intensive care unit device that compromised a pump used to deliver precise doses of medicine.

Internet 145

Internet Internet Manufacturing IoT 145

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. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

Phishing 101

Phishing Hacking Cryptocurrency Malware 101

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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Malware Firmware Government Education 98

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)))).

Computers and Electronics 135

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Cyber Attacks 135

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In this file, the Workbook stream is interesting as it contains all the information related to that workbook such as the included sheets. The structure of this stream is fully specified in Microsoft Office Excel 97-2007 – Binary File Format Specification. The full list of programs it is seeking is the following.

Malware 109

Malware Antivirus Technology Phishing 109

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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Malware Encryption Banking Software 119

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. Vamosi: The slogan of the RSA Conference is “Where the World Talks Security,” and, in general. Instead we have these faceless ransomware groups. Here's the BBC.

Cybercrime 40

Cybercrime Government Ransomware Hacking 40

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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Malware Manufacturing Engineering Encryption 123