Tag: socgholish

8 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

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MintsLoader Malware Analysis: Multi-Stage Loader Used in Cyber Attacks

MintsLoader, a malicious loader first observed in 2024, is employed in phishing and drive-by download campaigns to deploy payloads like GhostWeaver, StealC, and modified BOINC clients. It uses obfuscated JavaScript and PowerShell scripts in a multi-stage infection chain, featuring sandbox evasion t…

drive-by download

multi-stage loader

Published: April 29, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

SocGholish's Intrusion Techniques Facilitate Distribution of RansomHub Ransomware

SocGholish, a malware-as-a-service framework, is being used to deploy RansomHub ransomware. It compromises legitimate websites, redirecting visitors to fake browser updates that deliver malicious payloads. The highly obfuscated JavaScript loader evades detection and executes various tasks, includin…

credential theft

compromised websites

Published: March 14, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

An Update on Fake Updates: Two New Actors, and New Mac Malware

Proofpoint has identified two new cybercriminal threat actors, TA2726 and TA2727, operating web inject campaigns. TA2726 acts as a traffic distribution service for TA569 and TA2727, while TA2727 delivers various malware payloads including a new MacOS information stealer called FrigidStealer. The la…

traffic distribution

Published: February 18, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 10

Don't Ghost the SocGholish: GhostWeaver Backdoor

The article details a sophisticated malware infection chain involving SocGholish, MintsLoader, and the GhostWeaver backdoor. The attack begins with a fake browser update, progressing through multiple stages to deploy a PowerShell backdoor and various plugins. These components work together to steal…

credential theft

juniper stealer

Published: February 17, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 14

Uncovering Cyber Threat Networks: SmartApeSG & NetSupport RAT

This investigation explores the connections between SmartApeSG, a FakeUpdate threat, and NetSupport RAT. Through analysis of Internet telemetry data, the research uncovered related C2 management hosts, active NetSupport RAT servers, and cross-connections to suspicious infrastructure. Key findings i…

c2 infrastructure

pivoting analysis

Published: February 4, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 57

RansomHub Affiliate leverages Python-based backdoor

A threat actor utilized a Python-based backdoor to maintain access to compromised endpoints, later deploying RansomHub encryptors across the impacted network. The malware, an updated version of a previously documented backdoor, features obfuscation, deployment via RDP, and unique indicators of comp…

lateral movement

python backdoor

c2 infrastructure

Published: January 16, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 6

Fake update puts visitors at risk

This intelligence report discusses SocGholish, a JavaScript downloader used by threat actors to deliver malware payloads disguised as fake browser updates. It analyzes the recent tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by threat groups like Evil Corp in compromising WordPress websites, fingerp…

redline stealer

Published: July 24, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 10

Code Emulation and Cybercrime Infrastructure Discovery

This report details the analysis of a malspam campaign utilizing the Matanbuchus loader, which involved decrypting strings within the malware through emulation techniques. The investigation pivoted to uncover a Russian bulletproof hosting service, Proton66 OOO, that currently hosts various maliciou…

Published: May 8, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 76

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