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On November 9, 2022, Trend Micro researchers reported two campaigns they attribute to a new threat group Earth Longzhi, which they assess is a subgroup of APT41. Context Trend Micro researchers based the assessed connection between the groups on shared targets, shared Cobalt Strike metadata, code similarities, and shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Impact…

Vienna, VA (November 7, 2022) – The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) today released its Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends report, which examines the threat landscape facing the retail and hospitality sector during the holiday season, typically the busiest time of year for these industries. According to the report, QakBot, Emotet, Agent…

On November 3, 2022, Sentinel Labs researchers published a report linking the Black Basta Ransomware group to FIN7 (also known as Carbanak) based on shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) between Black Basta tools and FIN7 tools. Key Takeaways Key findings for the report include: SentinelLabs researchers describe Black Basta operational TTPs in full detail,…

On November 1, 2022, OpenSSL developers released details of two vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602. Context In an accompanying blog post, OpenSSL explained that they downgraded the severity of the vulnerabilities to high from the originally announced critical level due to technical barriers to exploitation. No in the wild exploits or proofs of concept (POCs) are…

Key Takeaways On October 25, 2022, Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) researchers published their Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q3 2022. Key findings include: Ransomware was the top threat this quarter, a slight change from last quarter where commodity trojans surpassed ransomware by a narrow margin. Several high-profile ransomware groups appeared in CTIR engagements…

Context On October 22, 2022, Bleeping Computer reported the technical details of a new Windows zero-day vulnerability that “allows threat actors to use malicious stand-alone JavaScript files to bypass Mark-of-the-Web security warnings.” Bleeping Computer assesses that the zero-day was leveraged by ransomware threat actors to deliver the Magniber ransomware in a recent campaign. Technical Details…

Context On October 18, 2022, Symentec researchers reported an extension to the Operation CuckooBees campaign leveraging the Spyder Loader to target government organizations in Hong Kong. Community Impact Operation CuckooBees is publicly attributed to APT41 (also known as Winnti), a Chinese state-backed threat group based on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). The campaign was initially…

The RH-ISAC is officially launching a community Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP) instance for our core members. By utilizing an open-source threat intelligence platform (TIP) like MISP, we can share, store, enrich, vet, correlate, and analyze our shared intelligence. MISP includes many galaxy clusters containing the MITRE ATT&CK framework, Threat Actors, and Tools, to name…

A new campaign is targeting home users using impersonated software updates leveraging JavaScript to deliver the Magniber Ransomware. Context On October 13, 2022, HP security researchers reported the technical details of a current campaign leveraging JavaScript files impersonating legitimate Windows Security updates to infect home users with the single-client Magniber ransomware. Technical Details HP researchers…

On October 10, 2022, the threat group “KillNet” claimed a number of denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against websites of several major airports in the U.S. Context Airport sites targeted in the campaign include the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), the Orlando International Airport (MCO),…