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Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem

Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem 2024-08-28 at 08:02 By A technical analysis on how CVE-2023-22527 can be exploited by malicious actors for cryptojacking attacks that can spread across the victim’s system. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this headline:

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How Trend Micro Managed Detection and Response Pressed Pause on a Play Ransomware Attack

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How Trend Micro Managed Detection and Response Pressed Pause on a Play Ransomware Attack 2024-08-21 at 11:01 By Using the Trend Micro Vision One platform, our MDR team was able to quickly identify and contain a Play ransomware intrusion attempt. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source

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A Dive into Earth Baku’s Latest Campaign

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A Dive into Earth Baku’s Latest Campaign 2024-08-09 at 07:16 By Since late 2022, Earth Baku has broadened its scope from the Indo-Pacific region to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Their latest operations demonstrate sophisticated techniques, such as exploiting public-facing applications like IIS servers for initial access and deploying the Godzilla webshell for command

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Social Media Malvertising Campaign Promotes Fake AI Editor Website for Credential Theft

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Social Media Malvertising Campaign Promotes Fake AI Editor Website for Credential Theft 2024-08-01 at 12:16 By We uncovered a malvertising campaign where the threat actor hijacks social media pages, renames them to mimic popular AI photo editors, then posts malicious links to fake websites. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and

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AI-Powered Deepfake Tools Becoming More Accessible Than Ever

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AI-Powered Deepfake Tools Becoming More Accessible Than Ever 2024-07-30 at 22:17 By Trend Micro research uncovers new cybercrime tools posing increased threats to security, highlighting the rapid evolution of AI-powered hacking services and their potential for mass exploitation This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to

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Play Ransomware Group’s New Linux Variant Targets ESXi, Shows Ties With Prolific Puma

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Play Ransomware Group’s New Linux Variant Targets ESXi, Shows Ties With Prolific Puma 2024-07-19 at 10:31 By Trend Micro threat hunters discovered that the Play ransomware group has been deploying a new Linux variant that targets ESXi environments. Read our blog entry to know more. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News

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The Potential Impact of the OpenSSH Vulnerabilities CVE-2024–6387 and CVE-2024-6409

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The Potential Impact of the OpenSSH Vulnerabilities CVE-2024–6387 and CVE-2024-6409 2024-07-17 at 11:46 By We check the OpenSSH vulnerabilities CVE-2024–6387 and CVE-2024-6409, examining their potential real-world impact and the possibility of exploitation for CVE-2024–6387 in x64 systems. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this

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Turning Jenkins Into a Cryptomining Machine From an Attacker’s Perspective

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Turning Jenkins Into a Cryptomining Machine From an Attacker’s Perspective 2024-07-05 at 12:02 By In this blog entry, we will discuss how the Jenkins Script Console can be weaponized by attackers for cryptomining activity if not configured properly. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to

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Mekotio Banking Trojan Threatens Financial Systems in Latin America

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Mekotio Banking Trojan Threatens Financial Systems in Latin America 2024-07-04 at 12:16 By We’ve recently seen a surge in attacks involving the Mekotio banking trojan. In this blog entry, we’ll provide an overview of the trojan and what it does. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source

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Examining Water Sigbin’s Infection Routine Leading to an XMRig Cryptominer

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Examining Water Sigbin’s Infection Routine Leading to an XMRig Cryptominer 2024-06-28 at 08:31 By We analyze the multi-stage loading technique used by Water Sigbin to deliver the PureCrypter loader and XMRIG crypto miner. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this headline:

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ICO Scams Leverage 2024 Olympics to Lure Victims, Use AI for Fake Sites

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ICO Scams Leverage 2024 Olympics to Lure Victims, Use AI for Fake Sites 2024-06-27 at 14:06 By In this blog we uncover threat actors using the 2024 Olympics to lure victims into investing in an initial coin offering (ICO). Similar schemes have been found to use AI-generated images for their fake ICO websites. This article

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Behind the Great Wall: Void Arachne Targets Chinese-Speaking Users With the Winos 4.0 C&C Framework

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Behind the Great Wall: Void Arachne Targets Chinese-Speaking Users With the Winos 4.0 C&C Framework 2024-06-19 at 10:17 By We recently discovered a new threat actor group that we dubbed Void Arachne. This group targets Chinese-speaking users with malicious Windows Installer (MSI) files in a recent campaign. These MSI files contain legitimate software installer files

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Noodle RAT: Reviewing the New Backdoor Used by Chinese-Speaking Groups

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Noodle RAT: Reviewing the New Backdoor Used by Chinese-Speaking Groups 2024-06-11 at 11:46 By This blog entry provides an analysis of the Noodle RAT backdoor, which is likely being used by multiple Chinese-speaking groups engaged in espionage and other types of cybercrime. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View

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Commando Cat: A Novel Cryptojacking Attack Abusing Docker Remote API Servers

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Commando Cat: A Novel Cryptojacking Attack Abusing Docker Remote API Servers 2024-06-06 at 11:01 By We analyze a cryptojacking attack campaign exploiting exposed Docker remote API servers to deploy cryptocurrency miners, using Docker images from the open-source Commando project. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React

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Decoding Water Sigbin’s Latest Obfuscation Tricks

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Decoding Water Sigbin’s Latest Obfuscation Tricks 2024-05-30 at 08:09 By Water Sigbin (aka the 8220 Gang) exploited the Oracle WebLogic vulnerabilities CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839 to deploy a cryptocurrency miner using a PowerShell script. The threat actor also adopted new techniques to conceal its activities, making attacks harder to defend against. This article is an excerpt

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Tracking the Progression of Earth Hundun’s Cyberespionage Campaign in 2024

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Tracking the Progression of Earth Hundun’s Cyberespionage Campaign in 2024 2024-05-16 at 10:46 By This report describes how Waterbear and Deuterbear — two of the tools in Earth Hundun’s arsenal — operate, based on a campaign from 2024. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to

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Router Roulette: Cybercriminals and Nation-States Sharing Compromised Networks

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Router Roulette: Cybercriminals and Nation-States Sharing Compromised Networks 2024-05-01 at 12:16 By This blog entry aims to highlight the dangers of internet-facing routers and elaborate on Pawn Storm’s exploitation of EdgeRouters, complementing the FBI’s advisory from February 27, 2024. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React

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The Fall of LabHost: Law Enforcement Shuts Down Phishing Service Provider

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The Fall of LabHost: Law Enforcement Shuts Down Phishing Service Provider 2024-04-18 at 04:16 By On April 18, 2024, the UK’s Metropolitan Police Service and others conducted an operation that succeeded in taking down the Phishing-as-a-Service provider LabHost. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to

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Cyberespionage Group Earth Hundun’s Continuous Refinement of Waterbear and Deuterbear

Cyberespionage Group Earth Hundun’s Continuous Refinement of Waterbear and Deuterbear 2024-04-11 at 13:16 By Our blog entry provides an in-depth analysis of Earth Hundun’s Waterbear and Deuterbear malware. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this headline:

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Unveiling the Fallout: Operation Cronos’ Impact on LockBit Following Landmark Disruption

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Unveiling the Fallout: Operation Cronos’ Impact on LockBit Following Landmark Disruption 2024-04-03 at 14:31 By Our new article provides key highlights and takeaways from Operation Cronos’ disruption of LockBit’s operations, as well as telemetry details on how LockBit actors operated post-disruption. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original

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