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How Researchers Collect Indicators of Compromise

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How Researchers Collect Indicators of Compromise 2025-08-14 at 23:06 By Messiah Dela Cruz As security researchers, we actively monitor the latest CVEs and their publicly available exploits to create signatures. Beyond CVEs, we also hunt for malware on platforms such as MalwareBazaar, which enhances our visibility into attacks occurring across networks. This article is an […]

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When Hackers Call: Social Engineering, Abusing Brave Support, and EncryptHub’s Expanding Arsenal

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When Hackers Call: Social Engineering, Abusing Brave Support, and EncryptHub’s Expanding Arsenal 2025-08-13 at 21:40 By Nathaniel Morales and Nikita Kazymirskyi Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers have recently identified an EncryptHub campaign that combines social engineering with abuse of the Brave Support platform to deliver malicious payloads via the CVE-2025-26633 vulnerability. In this blog post, we will

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Echoes in the Shell: Legacy Tooling Behind Ongoing SharePoint ‘ToolShell’ Exploitation

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Echoes in the Shell: Legacy Tooling Behind Ongoing SharePoint ‘ToolShell’ Exploitation 2025-08-08 at 19:08 By Serhii Melnyk, Cris Tomboc, King Orande The Trustwave SpiderLabs CTI team began correlating telemetry from multiple enterprise environments in response to a rapidly developing threat landscape involving the widespread exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint on-premises infrastructure. In this blog, we share

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Inside Silver Fox’s Den: Trustwave SpiderLabs Unmasks a Global Threat Actor

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Inside Silver Fox’s Den: Trustwave SpiderLabs Unmasks a Global Threat Actor 2025-08-05 at 17:20 By Trustwave SpiderLabs’ latest research details the advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns conducted by Silver Fox group, a significant and evolving threat actor. The likely China-based threat group primarily targets Chinese-speaking organizations. Trustwave SpiderLabs examines the tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

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In-the-wild Exploitation of CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771: Technical Details and Mitigation Strategies

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In-the-wild Exploitation of CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771: Technical Details and Mitigation Strategies 2025-07-24 at 00:23 By Pauline Bolaños Two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the Microsoft SharePoint Server environment, CVE-2025-53770 (9.8 CVSS score) and CVE-2025-53771 (6.5 CVSS score), are being actively exploited by threat actors to compromise vulnerable on-premises SharePoint servers. This article is an excerpt from

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Travelling Through the Dark Web: Answering 6 Questions About Dark Web “Travel Agencies”

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Travelling Through the Dark Web: Answering 6 Questions About Dark Web “Travel Agencies” 2025-07-21 at 16:06 By Uncover how dark web “travel agencies” operate—from booking flights and hotels with stolen credentials to building customer-facing services that mimic legitimate platforms. Learn who uses dark web travel services and how unsuspecting consumers may get lured in through

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No Tell Motel: Trustwave Exposes the Secrets of Dark Web Travel Agencies

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No Tell Motel: Trustwave Exposes the Secrets of Dark Web Travel Agencies 2025-07-21 at 16:06 By Nikita Kazymirskyi Dark web travel agencies remain a persistent niche in the cybercrime ecosystem. SpiderLabs reviewed the operation of four dark web travel agencies. Dark web travel agencies were not spotted targeting specific hotel chains or airlines; instead, they

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Unmasking Malicious APKs: Android Malware Blending Click Fraud and Credential Theft

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Unmasking Malicious APKs: Android Malware Blending Click Fraud and Credential Theft 2025-07-18 at 16:06 By Serhii Melnyk Malicious APKs (Android Package Kit files) continue to serve as one of the most persistent and adaptable delivery mechanisms in mobile threat campaigns. Threat actors routinely exploit social engineering and off-market distribution to bypass conventional security controls and capitalize

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Ransomware Threat Still Rising: Key Trends in the Technology Sector in 2025

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Ransomware Threat Still Rising: Key Trends in the Technology Sector in 2025 2025-07-02 at 16:01 By The 2025 Trustwave Technology Risk Radar Report highlights ransomware as a major and persistent threat within the technology sector that shows no signs of abating as new ransomware-focused threat groups are constantly appearing. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

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Tracing Blind Eagle to Proton66

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Tracing Blind Eagle to Proton66 2025-06-27 at 16:19 By Serhii Melnyk Trustwave SpiderLabs has assessed with high confidence that the threat group Blind Eagle, aka APT-C-36, is associated with the Russian bulletproof hosting service provider Proton66. Blind Eagle is a threat actor actively targeting organizations across Latin America, with a notable focus on Colombian financial institutions.

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Trustwave SpiderLabs Goes Inside the AI Cyber Arms Race

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Trustwave SpiderLabs Goes Inside the AI Cyber Arms Race 2025-06-26 at 16:01 By While all manner of legitimate organizations are attempting to understand how to best and safely use artificial intelligence to improve productivity, the Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Technology Deep Dive: AI Cyber Arms Race takes a forward-looking view at how adversaries are gaining experience and capability in

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Tech Under Siege: Unpacking Cyber Threats in Trustwave’s 2025 Risk Report

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Tech Under Siege: Unpacking Cyber Threats in Trustwave’s 2025 Risk Report 2025-06-25 at 16:40 By Dive into Trustwave SpiderLabs’ newest report for crucial insights on protecting tech companies from today’s changing cyber threats. Uncover the impact of ransomware attacks on tech firms and identify the most active threat actors of 2025. Learn about the best

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ 2025 Risk Radar Report: Technology Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ 2025 Risk Radar Report: Technology Sector 2025-06-25 at 16:02 By Explore key insights from Trustwave SpiderLabs’ latest report on securing tech firms against evolving cyber threats. Discover how ransomware attacks are impacting technology companies and learn about the most prolific threat actors in 2025. Find out the best practices and mitigation strategies technology

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Dire Wolf Strikes: New Ransomware Group Targeting Global Sectors

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Dire Wolf Strikes: New Ransomware Group Targeting Global Sectors 2025-06-25 at 01:04 By Nathaniel Morales Dire Wolf is a newly emerged ransomware group first observed in May 2025 and Trustwave SpiderLabs recently uncovered a Dire Wolf ransomware sample that revealed for the first time key details about how the ransomware operates. This article is an

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The Attack Vector: Database Triggers as Persistence Mechanisms

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The Attack Vector: Database Triggers as Persistence Mechanisms 2025-06-24 at 16:15 By Organizations often assume that restoring a backup to a patched environment eliminates threats. However, backups encapsulate both data and schema objects, including triggers. A compromised backup, often taken after an initial breach, may contain hidden triggers that reactivate the attacker’s access upon restore.

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The Digital Front Line: Israel and Iran Turn the Internet into a Covert Combat Zone

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The Digital Front Line: Israel and Iran Turn the Internet into a Covert Combat Zone 2025-06-18 at 22:47 By The Israel-Iran conflict is barely a week old, but the security repercussions for the two combatants and the wider global community can already be seen as the cyberwarfare portion of the conflict is already spilling over

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How Dark Web Travel Agencies and Fraud Impact the Hospitality Industry

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How Dark Web Travel Agencies and Fraud Impact the Hospitality Industry 2025-05-23 at 16:04 By Dark Web Travel Agencies: Discover how stolen hospitality data fuels fraudulent bookings and impacts customers. From Breach to Booking Abuse: Learn the lifecycle of stolen hotel data and its exploitation on the dark web. Trustwave SpiderLabs’ just released Deep Dive: How Threat Actors

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Deep Dive: A DFIR Case Study in Hospitality

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Deep Dive: A DFIR Case Study in Hospitality 2025-05-22 at 16:03 By Phishing in Hospitality: Real-world case study reveals how QR codes and fake e-signatures target hotel employees. Inside a Hotel Cyberattack: Learn DFIR tactics used to analyze and respond to phishing attempts against hospitality targets. Protect your Hospitality Business: Actionable insights from a 2024 phishing case study

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Trustwave SpiderLabs Report Highlights Ransomware and Dark Web Dangers for the Hospitality Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs Report Highlights Ransomware and Dark Web Dangers for the Hospitality Sector 2025-05-21 at 16:07 By New Trustwave SpiderLabs report reveals rising ransomware and dark web risks for hotels. Understand the dark web connection and key vulnerabilities in the hospitality sector. Arm your hospitality business against evolving travel scams & ransomware – download the

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Hospitality Under Attack: New Trustwave Report Highlights Cybersecurity Challenges in 2025

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Hospitality Under Attack: New Trustwave Report Highlights Cybersecurity Challenges in 2025 2025-05-21 at 16:07 By As the summer travel season approaches, travelers worldwide are busy booking their holidays, entrusting the hospitality industry with some of their most sensitive personal and financial information. Unfortunately, this makes the sector a prime target for threat actors looking to

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