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Python-Based NodeStealer Version Targets Facebook Ads Manager

Python-Based NodeStealer Version Targets Facebook Ads Manager 2024-12-19 at 09:46 By In this blog entry, Trend Micro’s Managed XDR team discuss their investigation into how the latest variant of NodeStealer is delivered through spear-phishing attacks, potentially leading to malware execution, data theft, and the exfiltration of sensitive information via Telegram. This article is an excerpt […]

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Vishing via Microsoft Teams Facilitates DarkGate Malware Intrusion

Vishing via Microsoft Teams Facilitates DarkGate Malware Intrusion 2024-12-13 at 10:04 By In this blog entry, we discuss a social engineering attack that tricked the victim into installing a remote access tool, triggering DarkGate malware activities and an attempted C&C connection. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original

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The Road to Agentic AI: Exposed Foundations

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 React

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Gafgyt Malware Targeting Docker Remote API Servers

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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Guess Who’s Back – The Return of ANEL in the Recent Earth Kasha Spear-phishing Campaign in 2024

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

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Game of Emperor: Unveiling Long Term Earth Estries Cyber Intrusions

Game of Emperor: Unveiling Long Term Earth Estries Cyber Intrusions 2024-11-25 at 10:35 By Since 2023, APT group Earth Estries has aggressively targeted key industries globally with sophisticated techniques and new backdoors, like GHOSTSPIDER and MASOL RAT, for prolonged espionage operations. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original

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Spot the Difference: Earth Kasha’s New LODEINFO Campaign And The Correlation Analysis With The APT10 Umbrella

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

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Trend Micro and Japanese Partners Reveal Hidden Connections Among SEO Malware Operations

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

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 React to this

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SOC Around the Clock: World Tour Survey Findings

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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Attacker Abuses Victim Resources to Reap Rewards from Titan Network

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

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

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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Attackers Target Exposed Docker Remote API Servers With perfctl Malware

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 React to this headline:

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Fake LockBit, Real Damage: Ransomware Samples Abuse AWS S3 to Steal Data

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

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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Water Makara Uses Obfuscated JavaScript in Spear Phishing Campaign, Targets Brazil With Astaroth Malware

Water Makara Uses Obfuscated JavaScript in Spear Phishing Campaign, Targets Brazil With Astaroth Malware 2024-10-14 at 11:48 By Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a surge of malicious activities involving a threat actor group that we track as Water Makara. This group is targeting enterprises in Brazil, deploying banking malware using obfuscated JavaScript to slip past

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Earth Simnavaz Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against UAE and Gulf Regions

Earth Simnavaz Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against UAE and Gulf Regions 2024-10-11 at 11:02 By Trend Micro’s investigation into the recent activity of Earth Simnavaz provides new insights into the APT group’s evolving tactics and the immediate threat it poses to critical sectors in the UAE. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News

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How Ransomhub Ransomware Uses EDRKillShifter to Disable EDR and Antivirus Protections

How Ransomhub Ransomware Uses EDRKillShifter to Disable EDR and Antivirus Protections 2024-09-20 at 18:31 By Trend Micro tracked this group as Water Bakunawa, behind the RansomHub ransomware, employs various anti-EDR techniques to play a high-stakes game of hide and seek with security solutions. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives

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Vulnerabilities in Cellular Packet Cores Part IV: Authentication

Vulnerabilities in Cellular Packet Cores Part IV: Authentication 2024-09-18 at 13:46 By Our research reveals two significant vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Private 5G Core (AP5GC). The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-20685) allows a crafted signaling message to crash the control plane, leading to potential service outages. The second (ZDI-CAN-23960) disconnects and replaces attached base stations, disrupting network

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