Research, News, and Perspectives

ChatGPT Shared Links and Information Protection: Risks and Measures Organisations Must Understand

Since its initial release in late 2022, the AI-powered text generation tool known as ChatGPT has been experiencing rapid adoption rates from both organisations and individual users. However, its latest feature, known as Shared Links, comes with the potential risk of unintentional disclosure of confidential information.

July 05, 2023

APT & Targeted Attacks

APT34 Deploys Phishing Attack With New Malware

We observed and tracked the advanced persistent threat (APT) APT34 group with a new malware variant accompanying a phishing attack comparatively similar to the SideTwist backdoor malware. Following the campaign, the group abused a fake licence registration form of an African government agency to target a victim in Saudi Arabia.

Sep 29, 2023

APT & Targeted Attacks

Examining the Activities of the Turla APT Group

We examine the campaigns of the cyberespionage group known as Turla over the years, with a special focus on the key MITRE techniques and the corresponding IDs associated with the threat actor group.

Sep 22, 2023

Cyber Threats

Decoding Turla: Trend Micro's MITRE Performance

This year, the MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK evaluation tested cybersecurity vendors against simulated attack scenarios mimicking the adversary group “Turla.” Learn about Trend Micro's 100% successful protection performance.

Cybercriminals Exploit the Moroccan Tragedy in New Scam Campaign

This blog entry details a scheme that exploits the recent Morocco earthquake by impersonating the domain name of a well-known humanitarian organisation for financial fraud.

Attacks on 5G Infrastructure From Users’ Devices

Crafted packets from cellular devices such as mobile phones can exploit faulty state machines in the 5G core to attack cellular infrastructure. Smart devices that critical industries such as defence, utilities, and the medical sectors use for their daily operations depend on the speed, efficiency, and productivity brought by 5G. This entry describes CVE-2021-45462 as a potential use case to deploy a denial-of-service (DoS) attack to private 5G networks.

Sep 20, 2023

Cyber Threats

Unsung Hero in Cyber Risk Management

Behind the scenes of the world of vulnerability intelligence and threat hunting

Earth Lusca Employs New Linux Backdoor, Uses Cobalt Strike for Lateral Movement

While monitoring Earth Lusca, we discovered an intriguing, encrypted file on the threat actor's server — a Linux-based malware, which appears to originate from the open-source Windows backdoor Trochilus, which we've dubbed SprySOCKS due to its swift behaviour and SOCKS implementation.

Research Sep 18, 2023

Ransomware

RedLine/Vidar Abuses EV Certificates, Shifts to Ransomware

In this blog, we investigate how threat actors used information-stealing malware with EV code signing certificates and later delivered ransomware payloads to its victims via the same delivery method.

Research Sep 13, 2023

Compliance & Risks

TrickBot & Conti Sanctions: Implications for CISOs & Boardrooms

Discover what the increased regulatory risk due to recent US and UK sanctions imposed on TrickBot and Conti cybercriminals mean for CISOs and board members.

Security Strategies Sep 08, 2023

Malware

Analysing a Facebook Profile Stealer Written in Node.js

We analyse an information stealer written in Node.js, packaged into an executable, exfiltrated stolen data via both Telegram bot API and a C&C server, and employed GraphQL as a channel for C&C communication.

Research Sep 05, 2023

Research, News, and Perspectives

ChatGPT Shared Links and Information Protection: Risks and Measures Organisations Must Understand

APT34 Deploys Phishing Attack With New Malware

Examining the Activities of the Turla APT Group

Decoding Turla: Trend Micro's MITRE Performance

Cybercriminals Exploit the Moroccan Tragedy in New Scam Campaign

Attacks on 5G Infrastructure From Users’ Devices

Unsung Hero in Cyber Risk Management

Earth Lusca Employs New Linux Backdoor, Uses Cobalt Strike for Lateral Movement

RedLine/Vidar Abuses EV Certificates, Shifts to Ransomware

TrickBot & Conti Sanctions: Implications for CISOs & Boardrooms

Analysing a Facebook Profile Stealer Written in Node.js

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