New APT34 Malware Targets The Middle East

Credit to Author: Mohamed Fahmy| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We analyze an infection campaign targeting organizations in the Middle East for cyberespionage in December 2022 using a new backdoor malware. The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to external mail accounts controlled by the attackers.

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Batloader Malware Abuses Legitimate Tools, Uses Obfuscated JavaScript Files in Q4 2022 Attacks

Credit to Author: Junestherry Dela Cruz| Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We discuss the Batloader malware campaigns we observed in the last quarter of 2022, including our analysis of Water Minyades-related events (This is the intrusion set we track behind the creation of Batloader).

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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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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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