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On November 20, 2023, Cofense researchers published a report on a phishing campaign spreading DarkGate and Pikabot that is leveraging tactics previously used to deploy QakBot. Context Cofense researchers stated, “This campaign disseminates a high volume of emails to a wide range of industries, and due to the loader capabilities of the malware delivered, targets…

Context On October 24, 2023, Kaspersky researchers released a report on several cyber threats, including the GoPIX infostealer malware campaign, which they assess has been active since December 2022. Technical Details According to Kaspersky: “GoPIX is a typical clipboard stealer malware that steals PIX “transactions” used to identify payment requests and replaces them with a…

The Trustwave SpiderLabs team conducted a multi-month investigation into the cyber threats facing the hospitality industry worldwide and has released a detailed report displaying how threat actors conduct attacks, the methodologies used, and what organizations can do to protect themselves from specific types of attacks. The report, 2023 Hospitality Sector Threat Landscape: Trustwave Threat Intelligence…

On September 11, 2023, SentinelOne researchers reported the technical details a campaign targeting unspecified businesses that operate macOS in their environments with a series of infostealers written in Go they dubbed the “MetaStealer” family. Context According to the report, the campaign has been “proactively targeting macOS businesses by posing as fake clients in order to…

Context On August 22, 2023, researchers at ESET released the technical details of the Spacecolon toolset, which they observed being leveraged in multiple campaigns to deploy the Scarab ransomware against multiple industries. According to the report, the campaigns are not specifically targeted, but are opportunistic in nature. Known targets include “a hospital and a tourist…

On August 14, 2023, the threat actor managing Raccoon Stealer announced the return of the tool after a six-month break, as well as an updated version 2.3.0 with updates based on “feedback and analysis of customer requirements and market trends.” Context On August 15, 2023, researchers at Cyberint reported technical details of a resurgent campaign…

Context On August 9, 2023, Akamai researchers reported a campaign they dubbed “Xurum,” which leverages the “patched critical security flaw (CVE-2022-24086, CVSS score: 9.8) in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source that, if successfully exploited, could lead to arbitrary code execution.” Technical Details Key takeaways from the Akamai report include: “We have observed activity in…

On August 9, 2023, researchers at Proofpoint reported the technical details of a campaign between March and June 2023 leveraging the EvilProxy Phishing as a Service (PaaS) tool to target executives at over 100 global firms with a combination of attacker in the middle (AiTM) and account takeover (ATO) tactics. Context Key takeaways from the…

Context On July 27, 2023, The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) released an advisory “to warn vendors, designers, and developers of web applications and organizations using web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities.” The advisory primarily consists…

Before publishing, Descope informed Microsoft, several “large vulnerable applications,” and two authentication platform providers of the issue and Microsoft has reportedly taken mitigating steps. Context On June 20, 2023, researchers at Descope reported the technical details of a security flaw in the Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) Open Authorization (OAuth) process they dubbed “n0Auth.” According…