MOONSHINE Exploit Kit and DarkNimbus Backdoor Enabling Earth Minotaur’s Multi-Platform Attacks 2024-12-05 at 09:33 By Trend Micro’s monitoring of the MOONSHINE exploit kit revealed how it’s used by the threat actor Earth Minotaur to exploit Android messaging app vulnerabilities and install the DarkNimbus backdoor for surveillance. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, […]
The Road to Agentic AI: Exposed Foundations 2024-12-04 at 17:18 By Our research into Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems uncovered at least 80 unprotected servers. We highlight this problem, which can lead to potential data loss and unauthorized access. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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Gafgyt Malware Targeting Docker Remote API Servers 2024-12-03 at 11:50 By Our researchers identified threat actors exploiting misconfigured Docker servers to spread the Gafgyt malware. This threat traditionally targets IoT devices; this new tactic signals a change in its behavior. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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AI Pulse: The Good from AI and the Promise of Agentic 2024-12-03 at 03:54 By The perils of AI get a lot of airtime, but what are the upsides? This issue of AI Pulse looks at some of the good AI can bring, from strengthening cybersecurity to driving health breakthroughs—and how the coming wave of
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Guess Who’s Back – The Return of ANEL in the Recent Earth Kasha Spear-phishing Campaign in 2024 2024-11-26 at 10:33 By Trend Micro has identified a spear-phishing campaign active in Japan since June 2024. Evidence about the malware used by this campaign suggests this was part of a new operation by Earth Kasha. This article
Spot the Difference: Earth Kasha’s New LODEINFO Campaign And The Correlation Analysis With The APT10 Umbrella 2024-11-19 at 11:01 By LODEINFO is a malware used in attacks targeting mainly Japan since 2019. Trend Micro has been tracking the group as Earth Kasha. We have identified a new campaign connected to this group with significant updates
Inside Water Barghest’s Rapid Exploit-to-Market Strategy for IoT Devices 2024-11-18 at 11:33 By In this blog entry, we discuss Water Barghest’s exploitation of IoT devices, transforming them into profitable assets through advanced automation and monetization techniques. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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Trend Micro and Japanese Partners Reveal Hidden Connections Among SEO Malware Operations 2024-11-11 at 11:18 By Trend Micro researchers, in collaboration with Japanese authorities, analyzed links between SEO malware families used in SEO poisoning attacks that lead users to fake shopping sites. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View
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Breaking Down Earth Estries’ Persistent TTPs in Prolonged Cyber Operations 2024-11-08 at 02:00 By Discover how Earth Estries employs a diverse set of tactics, techniques, and tools, including malware such as Zingdoor and Snappybee, for its campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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SOC Around the Clock: World Tour Survey Findings 2024-11-05 at 05:49 By Trend surveyed 750 cybersecurity professionals in 49 countries to learn more about the state of cybersecurity, from job pressures to the need for more advanced tools. Explore what SOC teams had to say. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News
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AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more 2024-10-31 at 22:02 By In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about
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Attacker Abuses Victim Resources to Reap Rewards from Titan Network 2024-10-30 at 09:47 By In this blog entry, we discuss how an attacker took advantage of the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2023-22527 to connect servers to the Titan Network for cryptomining purposes. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original
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Understanding the Initial Stages of Web Shell and VPN Threats: An MXDR Analysis 2024-10-24 at 12:33 By While cyberattacks that employ web shells and VPN compromise are not particularly novel, they are still prevalent. The recent incidents that Trend Micro MXDR analyzed highlight the importance of behavioral analysis and anomaly detection in security measures. This
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Unmasking Prometei: A Deep Dive Into Our MXDR Findings 2024-10-23 at 16:23 By How does Prometei insidiously operate in a compromised system? This Managed Extended Detection and Response investigation conducted with the help of Trend Vision One provides a comprehensive analysis of the inner workings of this botnet so users can stop the threat in
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Using gRPC and HTTP/2 for Cryptominer Deployment: An Unconventional Approach 2024-10-22 at 12:47 By In this blog entry, we discuss how malicious actors are exploiting Docker remote API servers via gRPC/h2c to deploy the cryptominer SRBMiner to facilitate their mining of XRP on Docker hosts. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News
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Attackers Target Exposed Docker Remote API Servers With perfctl Malware 2024-10-21 at 18:33 By We observed an unknown threat actor abusing exposed Docker remote API servers to deploy the perfctl malware. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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Gartner 2024 CNAPP Market Guide Insights for Leaders 2024-10-18 at 19:46 By As businesses increasingly pivot to cloud-native applications, the landscape of cybersecurity becomes ever more challenging. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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How to Mitigate the Impact of Rogue AI Risks 2024-10-17 at 23:34 By This is the latest blog in an ongoing series on Rogue AI. Keep following for more technical guidance, case studies, and insights. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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Fake LockBit, Real Damage: Ransomware Samples Abuse AWS S3 to Steal Data 2024-10-16 at 14:35 By This article uncovers a Golang ransomware abusing AWS S3 for data theft, and masking as LockBit to further pressure victims. The discovery of hard-coded AWS credentials in these samples led to AWS account suspensions. This article is an excerpt
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Silent Threat: Red Team Tool EDRSilencer Disrupting Endpoint Security Solutions 2024-10-15 at 11:02 By Trend Micro’s Threat Hunting Team discovered EDRSilencer, a red team tool that threat actors are attempting to abuse for its ability to block EDR traffic and conceal malicious activity. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives
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