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Ransomware & extortion
Rapture, a Ransomware Family With Similarities to Paradise

In March and April 2023, we observed a type of ransomware targeting its victims via a minimalistic approach with tools that leave only a minimal footprint behind. Our findings revealed many of the preparations made by the perpetrators and how quickly they managed to carry out the ransomware attack.

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Securing Cloud-Native Environments with Zero Trust: Real-World Attack Cases

The zero trust security model, which assumes that everything and everyone is a potential threat, is an approach to security that is becoming increasingly popular, especially in and for cloud-native environments.

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Pack it Secretly: Earth Preta’s Updated Stealthy Strategies

Earth Preta has actively been changing its tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions. In this blog entry, we will introduce and analyze the tools and malware used by the threat actor in its most recent campaigns.

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Cloud Network
ZTNA vs VPN: Secure Remote Work and Access

Explore the drivers behind switching from VPN to Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for any device access from anywhere.

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Malware
Emotet Returns, Now Adopts Binary Padding for Evasion

Following a three-month hiatus, Emotet spam activities resumed in March 2023, when a botnet known as Epoch 4 began delivering malicious documents embedded in Zip files that were attached to the emails.

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Iron Tiger’s SysUpdate Reappears, Adds Linux Targeting

We detail the update that advanced persistent threat (APT) group Iron Tiger made on the custom malware family SysUpdate. In this version, we also found components that enable the malware to compromise Linux systems.

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APTs Targeted attacks
Invitation to a Secret Event: Uncovering Earth Yako’s Campaigns

We detail the intrusion set Earth Yako, attributed to the campaign Operation RestyLink or EneLink. This analysis was presented in full at the JSAC 2023 in January 2023.

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Malware
Enigma Stealer Targets Cryptocurrency Industry with Fake Jobs

We discovered an active campaign targeting Eastern Europeans in the cryptocurrency industry using fake job lures.

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Data privacy & regulation
Hijacking Your Bandwidth: How Proxyware Apps Open You Up to Risk

In this investigation, we analyzed several prominent "passive income" applications and found out that there may be security risks upon participating in these programs.

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Ransomware & extortion
New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything APIs for its Encryption Process

Trend Micro researchers discovered a new ransomware that abuses the APIs of a legitimate tool called Everything, a Windows filename search engine developed by Voidtools that offers quick searching and real-time updates for minimal resource usage.

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