This July a remote access trojan (RAT) KONNI was discovered to be involved in a cyberattack targeting North Korea, which was presumably linked to South Korea. This RAT spreads mainly through phishing emails. Specifically, the attacker first tries to have a powershell script executed via an .scr file, and then...
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Dumbo Exploit Project
Overview This week WikiLeaks published a document outlining another leaked hacking tool developed by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The exploit titled ‘Dumbo’ possesses the capability of remotely managing and altering video and audio recordings on Windows XP systems. At the moment, the malware is only able to successfully run...
Threat Actor – APT28
Overview APT28 is a recognized state-sponsored threat actor operating out of Russia. Nefarious efforts and known exploits conducted by ATP28 (Advanced Persistent Threat) have been tracked as early as 2007 by various cyber-security experts in the field. The following information will outline the worldwide cyber warfare attacks that have been...
Blackmoon Banking Trojan Overview
Overview The Blackmoon Bank Trojan that was originally identified in 2016 has since re-surfaced. Recently, more than 150,000 bank accounts were compromised in South Korea and the Blackmoon Trojan has been identified as the culprit. A new 2017 version has hit the financial industry and employs a new framework model...
Retrospective: NHS, ransomware and technical debt
By: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS On May 15th, the NHS (UK’s National Health Service) suffered its single worst disruption to service in the history of the organisation. The disruption was due to a type of malicious software, known as ransomware, with the purpose of attempting to extort money...
Solving the DDoS Problem – One Summit at a Time
By: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS It’s no secret that DDoS attacks are on the rise. Statistic-after-statistic, report-after-report, all say the same thing about DDoS. However, who are the companies that have perfected the technology, tactics, techniques, and procedures used in front-lines to defeat DDoS attacks every day? NSFOCUS...
