Apr 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Dark Web The threat actor behind the information-stealing malware known as Typhon Reborn has resurfaced with an updated version (V2) that packs in improved capabilities to evade detection and resist analysis. The new version is offered for sale on the criminal underground for $59 per month, $360 per year, or alternatively, for $540 … [Read more...] about Typhon Reborn Stealer Malware Resurfaces with Advanced Evasion Techniques
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DLL Side-Loading: How To Combat Threat Actor Evasion Techniques
Threat actors constantly evolve their tactics and techniques to circumvent security solutions. Working at the cutting-edge of detection engineering, CrowdStrike rapidly tracks and observes these evolutions in tactics to deliver timely, effective detections that protect customers. In this blog, we explore DLL side-loading and learn how CrowdStrike has expanded protections with … [Read more...] about DLL Side-Loading: How To Combat Threat Actor Evasion Techniques
Parallax RAT Targeting Cryptocurrency Firms with Sophisticated Injection Techniques
Mar 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Attack Cryptocurrency companies are being targeted as part of a new campaign that delivers a remote access trojan called Parallax RAT. The malware "uses injection techniques to hide within legitimate processes, making it difficult to detect," Uptycs said in a new report. "Once it has been successfully injected, attackers can … [Read more...] about Parallax RAT Targeting Cryptocurrency Firms with Sophisticated Injection Techniques
DLL Side-Loading: How to Combat Threat Actor Evasion Techniques
Threat actors constantly evolve their tactics and techniques to circumvent security solutions. Working at the cutting-edge of detection engineering, CrowdStrike rapidly tracks and observes these evolutions in tactics to deliver timely, effective detections that protect customers. In this blog, we explore DLL side-loading and learn how CrowdStrike has expanded protections with … [Read more...] about DLL Side-Loading: How to Combat Threat Actor Evasion Techniques
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 4: Helper Techniques
This is the fourth blog post in a four-part series. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. In Part 3, CrowdStrike’s Endpoint Protection Content Research Team covered the finer points of Input/Output Control (IOCTL) usage by various wipers. The fourth and final part of the wiper series covers some of the rarely used “helper” techniques implemented by wipers, which achieve secondary … [Read more...] about The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 4: Helper Techniques
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 1: Common Techniques
This blog post is the first in a four-part series in which CrowdStrike’s Endpoint Protection Content Research Team will dive into various wipers discovered by the security community over the past 10 years. Our goal is to review in depth the various techniques employed by wipers that target the Windows operating system. Background A wiper is a type of malware with a single … [Read more...] about The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 1: Common Techniques
Researchers Detail Techniques LockBit Ransomware Using to Infect its Targets
LockBit ransomware attacks are constantly evolving by making use of a wide range of techniques to infect targets while also taking steps to disable endpoint security solutions. "The affiliates that use LockBit's services conduct their attacks according to their preference and use different tools and techniques to achieve their goal," Cybereason security analysts Loïc Castel and … [Read more...] about Researchers Detail Techniques LockBit Ransomware Using to Infect its Targets
SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems
In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor have been found leveraging stealthy Windows Registry tricks to establish long-term persistence on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Sophos, which spotted the new behavior, said that the remote access implants are … [Read more...] about SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems
StellarParticle Campaign: Novel Tactics and Techniques
StellarParticle is a campaign tracked by CrowdStrike as related to the SUNSPOT implant from the SolarWinds intrusion in December 2020 and associated with COZY BEAR (aka APT29, “The Dukes”). The StellarParticle campaign has continued against multiple organizations, with COZY BEAR using novel tools and techniques to complete their objectives, as identified by CrowdStrike … [Read more...] about StellarParticle Campaign: Novel Tactics and Techniques
FIN11 Hackers Spotted Using New Techniques In Ransomware Attacks
A financially-motivated threat actor known for its malware distribution campaigns has evolved its tactics to focus on ransomware and extortion. According to FireEye's Mandiant threat intelligence team, the collective — known as FIN11 — has engaged in a pattern of cybercrime campaigns at least since 2016 that involves monetizing their access to organizations' networks, in … [Read more...] about FIN11 Hackers Spotted Using New Techniques In Ransomware Attacks