Threat Intelligence

Following the DNS Trail of APT Group Newbie Unfading Sea Haze

A new advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed "Unfading Sea Haze" has been trailing its sights on various organizations based in countries surrounding the South China Sea.

On the DNS Trail of the Foxit PDF Bug Exploitation Attackers

Check Point Research reported a Foxit PDF Reader vulnerability that threat actors have begun exploiting, putting the application's users at risk. When exploited, the bug triggers security warnings that may deceive unsuspecting users into executing harmful commands.

Profiling a Popular DDoS Booter Service’s Ecosystem

Cybercriminals can launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with relative ease these days by using DDoS booter services, online services that automate the DDoS attack process.

A DNS Investigation of the Phobos Ransomware 8Base Attack

Intel-Ops researchers recently discovered that the 8Base Ransomware Group has been using Phobos ransomware to infect their targets' networks. 8Base has reportedly been active since mid-2023.

Stately Taurus APT Group Targets Asian Countries: What Do the Campaign IoCs Reveal?

A decade-old advanced persistent threat (APT) group called "Stately Taurus," also known as "Mustang Panda" and "Earth Preta," was recently observed targeting Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in cyberespionage activities. Specifically, Palo Alto Networks observed two malware packages that may have been used to target Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Managing Expanding Attack Surfaces for Growing Businesses

While 20% of businesses may not survive past their first year, those that manage steady growth face new challenges over time. Among them is external attack surface expansion, one of the most critical security aspects for growing businesses.

Looking for More Signs of Nitrogen in the DNS

Malwarebytes Labs recently published a report on the latest Nitrogen malware campaign that has been targeting system administrators using fake ads in the guise of Google sponsored search results. According to the security analysts, the victims are currently limited to North America.

A DNS Investigation of the Typhoon 2FA Phishing Kit

Bleeping Computer recently reported that a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) available in cybercriminal forums dubbed "Typhoon 2FA" has the ability to compromise Microsoft 365 and Google accounts even if users have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.

Examining a U.S. Tax Scammer’s Web Infrastructure through the DNS Lens

The 2024 U.S. tax season is well underway, and as usual, scams of all kinds targeting taxpayers and causing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) problems have cropped up. One such ongoing malicious campaign has explicitly been trailing its sights on small business owners and the self-employed.

Digging Deep to Examine the Roots of the Glupteba UEFI Bootkit

Glupteba, an advanced piece of malware, has been used in several cybercriminal attacks for more than a decade now. But Palo Alto's Unit 42 only brought to light one of the features that made it so effective - its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit component, which allowed it to intervene and control the operating system (OS) boot process and be extremely difficult to detect and remove, last November 2023.