Year: 2022 - RH-ISAC Blog

Context On June 28, 2022, ReversingLABS researchers reported a phishing campaign using malicious Microsoft Office files to distribute the new 2.0 version of the AstraLocker ransomware. Researchers assess that the threat actors behind the campaign likely obtained the AstraLocker 2.0 code from the Babuk leak in September of 2021, based on shared code and campaign…

Vienna, VA (June 29, 2022) — The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) today announced Ira Winkler as the opening keynote speaker at the RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit taking place September 20-21, 2022, at the Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park in Plano, Texas. Ira serves as the chief security architect for the world’s largest retailer,…

Context On June 28, 2022, Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported technical details and a proof of concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2022-30137, which they have designated FabricScape. CVE-2022-30137 is rated at 6.7 or medium severity, and affects Microsoft Service Fabric. Service Fabric is commonly used with Azure and hosts over one million applications daily. Microsoft released a patch…

Summary The Common Weakness Enumeration (CEV) organization has released their 2022 Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list. This list demonstrates the most common and impactful software weaknesses occurring during the year of 2022. To create the list, the CWE Team leveraged Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) data found within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability…

Context On June 24, 2022, AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) researchers reported the technical details of an ongoing phishing campaign that uses malicious files disguised as copyright claim documents to deliver the LockBit ransomware. The use of copyright claims as a theme is an ongoing trend in ransomware phishing campaigns observed in the wild….

Vienna, VA (June 14, 2022) – The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) will host an Emerging Technology Showcase on June 29-30. The event will highlight cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies and demonstrate how these solutions can mitigate cyber threats in the consumer-facing sector. The showcase will feature five sessions: Automating Security Hygiene More…

Context On June 9, 2022, SentinelLabs disclosed technical details of a new Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group designated Aoqin Dragon. According to researchers at SentinelLabs, the group has been operating a cyberespionage campaign against government, education, and telecommunication organizations in Southeast Asia and Australia from at least 2013 to the present. SentinelLabs researchers also assessed with moderate…

Context On the evening of June 7, 2022, the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint advisory detailing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by unspecified Chinese state-backed threat actors to target unspecified telecommunication and network service organizations…

Vienna, VA (June 6, 2022) – The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) today released the Retail & Hospitality Industry Insights Report, which analyzes cybersecurity trends in the consumer-facing sector. The report compares key takeaways from the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) with RH-ISAC member data to provide additional context that…

Context On June 1, 2022, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Treasury Department, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a joint advisory with technical details and indicators of compromise for the Karakurt data extortion group. Karakurt is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group focused…