Tag: rdp

A new ransomware group called Interlock has emerged, targeting various sectors with big-game hunting and double extortion attacks. The group uses a sophisticated delivery chain including a RAT disguised as a browser updater, PowerShell scripts, credential stealers, and keyloggers. They primarily mo…

On October 22, 2024, Microsoft identified a spear-phishing campaign in which Midnight Blizzard sent phishing emails to thousands of users in over 100 organizations. The emails were highly targeted, using social engineering lures relating to Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the concept of Z…

Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs uncovered an ongoing cyberattack campaign utilizing malicious LNK files to gain unauthorized Remote Desktop access on compromised systems. The sophisticated multi-stage attack chain employs PowerShell and BAT scripts to evade detection, create administrative acc…

CERT-UA has uncovered a new malicious email campaign targeting Ukrainian government agencies, enterprises, and military entities. The campaign uses RDP configuration files to establish remote connections, enabling data theft and further malware deployment. Attributed to UAC-0215 and linked to APT29…

A new ransomware threat, dubbed Rast, has emerged targeting Chinese government and enterprises since December 2023. Written in Rust, Rast has infected over 6,800 terminals, successfully encrypting more than 5,700. The Rast gang, named after the ransomware, operates primarily between 20:00 and 05:00…

Security researchers at ASEC have discovered that a threat actor is using high-performance bots to turn compromised systems into their central server (C2) servers, using tools such as the Cloudflare tunneling client.

This report discusses a case where a CoinMiner threat actor's proxy server, used to access an infected botnet, became the target of a ransomware threat actor's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) scan attack. The ransomware threat actor successfully breached the proxy server and distributed ransomware to…