Earth Bogle: Campaigns Target the Middle East with Geopolitical Lures

Credit to Author: Peter Girnus| Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We discovered an active campaign ongoing since at least mid-2022 which uses Middle Eastern geopolitical-themed lures to distribute NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) to infect victims across the Middle East and North Africa.

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Abusing a GitHub Codespaces Feature For Malware Delivery

Credit to Author: Nitesh Surana| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Proof of Concept (POC): We investigate one of the GitHub Codespaces’ real-time code development and collaboration features that attackers can abuse for cloud-based trusted malware delivery. Once exploited, malicious actors can abuse legitimate GitHub accounts to create a malware file server.

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4 Predictions for Cyber Insurance Requirements 2023

Credit to Author: Vince Kearns| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

As the threat landscape evolves and the cost of data breaches increase, so will cyber insurance requirements from carriers. Cyber Risk Specialist Vince Kearns shares his 4 predictions for 2023.

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Gootkit Loader Actively Targets Australian Healthcare Industry

Credit to Author: Hitomi Kimura| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We analyzed the infection routine used in recent Gootkit loader attacks on the Australian healthcare industry and found that Gootkit leveraged SEO poisoning for its initial access and abused legitimate tools like VLC Media Player.

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IcedID Botnet Distributors Abuse Google PPC to Distribute Malware

Credit to Author: Ian Kenefick| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We analyze the latest changes in IcedID botnet from a campaign that abuses Google pay per click (PPC) ads to distribute IcedID via malvertising attacks.

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