Tag: evasion

An Iranian campaign targeting the aerospace industry has been uncovered, distributing SnailResin malware through a 'dream job' scheme. Attributed to TA455, a subgroup of Charming Kitten, the campaign uses social engineering tactics on LinkedIn, impersonating recruiters to lure victims. The attack e…

APT29, also known as Cozy Bear, has targeted European diplomats using a sophisticated multi-stage attack chain involving a new modular backdoor called WINELOADER. The attack begins with a fake PDF invitation to a wine-tasting event, which leads to the download of a malicious HTA file. This file the…

An unknown threat actor is conducting a phishing campaign targeting Facebook business and advertising account users in Taiwan. The campaign uses emails impersonating legal departments, claiming copyright infringement to lure victims into downloading malware. The attackers abuse Google's Appspot dom…

ValleyRAT is a remote access Trojan targeting Chinese-speaking users through phishing campaigns. It employs multi-stage, multi-component tactics to evade detection and maintain persistence. The malware uses various techniques including process injection, registry manipulation, and UAC bypass. It at…

This analysis examines the Remote Access Trojan (RAT) DarkComet, detailing its capabilities, distribution methods, and technical operations. The malware alters file attributes, establishes communication with malicious domains, modifies process privileges, and gathers system information. It employs …

Security researchers have detected new attacks involving the Bumblebee malware loader, just four months after Europol disrupted its operations in Operation Endgame. The malware has resurfaced with updated tactics, using MSI files disguised as legitimate software installers to deliver its payload di…

An unknown threat actor is exploiting exposed Docker Remote API servers to deploy the perfctl malware. The attack sequence involves probing the server, creating a Docker container with specific settings, and executing a Base64 encoded payload. The payload escapes the container, creates a bash scrip…

This analysis uncovers a novel malware distribution mechanism utilizing VBE scripts stored in archive files to spread various malware families, including AgentTesla, Remcos, Snake, and NjRat. It details the infection chain, which involves downloading encoded files from a command-and-control server,…

This report delves into an analysis of CoreWarrior, a persistent trojan designed for rapid propagation. It creates multiple copies of itself, attempts connections to various IP addresses, opens backdoor access, and hooks Windows UI elements for monitoring purposes. The malware employs techniques li…

A sophisticated Linux malware named 'perfctl' has been actively targeting millions of servers worldwide for the past 3-4 years. It exploits over 20,000 types of misconfigurations to compromise Linux systems. The malware employs advanced evasion techniques, including rootkits, process masquerading, …

The report details sophisticated command and control (C2) techniques employed by the APT41 threat group. APT41 uses custom malware and legitimate tools to maintain persistent access to compromised networks while evading detection. Key techniques include DNS tunneling, domain fronting, and steganogr…

This comprehensive report analyzes Gomorrah Stealer, a sophisticated malware designed to exfiltrate sensitive information from compromised systems. It operates within a malware-as-a-service framework and targets data from web browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, VPNs, and configuration files. The stea…

The report provides insights into the evolving tactics and infrastructure of a threat group referred to as the 'Quad7 botnet operators.' It details the discovery of new staging servers, implants, and botnet clusters associated with this group. The operators appear to be compromising various router …

The report provides insights into the evolving tactics and infrastructure of a threat group referred to as the 'Quad7 botnet operators.' It details the discovery of new staging servers, implants, and botnet clusters associated with this group. The operators appear to be compromising various router …

Cybercriminals are employing a sophisticated two-stage malware campaign masquerading as the Palo Alto GlobalProtect tool to infiltrate systems in the Middle East region. The malware leverages a complex command-and-control infrastructure, involving newly registered domains designed to resemble legit…

Seqrite Labs APT-Team discovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting government and military officials in the Czech Republic. The campaign leveraged NATO-themed decoy documents to lure victims and employed a multistage attack chain involving a malicious batch script, a Rust-based loader, and…

Stroz Friedberg discovered sedexp, a stealthy Linux malware that utilizes udev rules to achieve persistence and evade detection. It provides reverse shell capabilities and advanced concealment tactics. Employed by a financially motivated threat actor, sedexp hides credit card scraping code, indicat…

Kaspersky has uncovered a complex malware campaign orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals. The threat actors create sub-campaigns mimicking legitimate projects, using social media to enhance credibility. They host initial downloaders on Dropbox to deliver infostealers like Danabot and Stea…

An investigation by The DFIR report revealed a collection of batch scripts designed for defense evasion and executing command-and-control payloads. These scripts performed various actions, including disabling antivirus processes, stopping services related to SQL, Hyper-V, security tools, and Exchan…

This comprehensive technical analysis delves into the intricate workings of an advanced and localized malware campaign employing the RHADAMANTHYS stealer. Dissecting the infection chain, anti-analysis techniques, data theft capabilities, and Command & Control infrastructure, this detailed report sh…

This analysis examines a recent malware campaign involving a dropper dubbed Gh0stGambit, which is employed to retrieve and execute encrypted payloads, specifically a variant of the notorious Gh0st Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The report details the multi-stage infection process, including the use of…

This report details a malicious campaign exploiting the CVE-2024-21412 vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SmartScreen to bypass security warnings and deliver malware. Attackers employ crafted links, LNK files, and HTA scripts to download decoy PDFs and shell code injectors, ultimately injecting ste…

This blog post examines MoonWalk, a new backdoor employed by APT41, a China-based threat actor known for campaigns in Southeast Asia. MoonWalk utilizes numerous evasion techniques, including DLL hollowing, call stack spoofing, and the abuse of Windows Fibers to evade security solutions. It also lev…

This blog post provides an in-depth technical analysis of a newly discovered malware loader called DodgeBox, which is attributed to the China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) actor APT41. DodgeBox incorporates various evasion techniques such as call stack spoofing, DLL sideloading, DLL hollow…

This report details a recent campaign by the Turla threat group involving malicious LNK files that deliver a fileless backdoor. The attack leverages compromised websites, PowerShell scripts, and MSBuild to deploy the payload, which employs various evasion techniques like disabling security features…

This article demonstrates how to circumvent anti-analysis techniques employed by GootLoader malware while utilizing Node.js debugging in Visual Studio Code. GootLoader JavaScript files employ an evasion technique that can pose a formidable challenge for sandboxes attempting to analyze the malware. …

This report discusses recent findings of malicious Cobalt Strike infrastructure and malicious Cobalt Strike samples that leverage publicly available Malleable C2 profiles for evasion. Despite its defensive cybersecurity use, threat actors continue exploiting Cobalt Strike's malleable and evasive na…

The report describes a recent campaign targeting Apache RocketMQ platforms, where attackers exploited a known vulnerability (CVE-2023-33246) to gain remote code execution on the systems. They then downloaded and executed the Muhstik malware, which provides persistence, evades detection, performs la…

A sophisticated multi-stage cyberattack was identified, utilizing an Excel file embedded with a VBA macro designed to deploy a DLL file. The attacker employed various evasion techniques and a multi-stage malware strategy to deliver the notorious 'Cobalt Strike' payload, establishing communication w…

The report analyzes a campaign where threat actors distribute various malware strains like RATs, coinminers, and loaders disguised as cracked versions of popular software. South Korean systems are heavily targeted, with malware persisting via scheduled tasks and evading security products. Detailed …

This comprehensive analysis delves into the continuous evolution and refinement of sophisticated malware entities employed by a persistent cyberespionage group targeting organizations in the Asia-Pacific region. The malware, known as Waterbear and its latest iteration, Deuterbear, have undergone si…

This analysis examines the infection process of the DanaBot malware, distributed through sophisticated spam emails containing malicious Word documents. The documents leverage external links to download and execute macro files, which subsequently fetch and run the DanaBot payload. The infection chai…

This comprehensive analysis provides a thorough examination of the REMCOS Remote Access Trojan (RAT), a prominent malware threat that gained significant prevalence in 2024. The analysis delves into the malware's configuration structure, command and control capabilities, persistence mechanisms, and …

HijackLoader, also known as IDAT Loader, is a modular malware loader capable of executing multiple payloads. It utilizes a variety of modules for code injection, execution, and evasion techniques. This report analyzes the updated version of HijackLoader, which includes new modules for bypassing Win…

The report analyzes a new variant of the Adload adware that evades Apple's recent XProtect malware signature updates. Despite Apple adding 74 new rules targeting Adload in XProtect version 2192, the adware authors have rapidly modified their code to bypass these detections. The report examines a sp…