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New Golang Ransomware Agenda Customizes Attacks

A new piece of ransomware written in the Go language has been targeting healthcare and education enterprises in Asia and Africa. This ransomware is called Agenda and is customized per victim.

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Ransomware & extortion
Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus

We investigate mhyprot2.sys, a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the popular role-playing game Genshin Impact. The driver is currently being abused by a ransomware actor to kill antivirus processes and services for mass-deploying ransomware.

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Iron Tiger Compromises Chat Application Mimi, Targets Windows, Mac, and Linux Users

We found APT group Iron Tiger's malware compromising chat application Mimi’s servers in a supply chain attack.

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Malware
Examining New DawDropper Banking Dropper and DaaS on the Dark Web

In this blog post, we discuss the technical details of a new banking dropper that we have dubbed DawDropper, give a brief history of banking trojans released in early 2022 that use malicious droppers, and elaborate on cybercriminal activities related to DaaS in the deep web.

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Ransomware & extortion
LockBit Ransomware Group Augments Its Latest Variant, LockBit 3.0, With BlackMatter Capabilities

In June 2022, LockBit revealed version 3.0 of its ransomware. In this blog entry, we discuss the findings from our own technical analysis of this variant and its behaviors, many of which are similar to those of the BlackMatter ransomware.

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Malware
Analyzing Penetration-Testing Tools That Threat Actors Use to Breach Systems and Steal Data

We discovered the use of two Python penetration-testing tools, Impacket and Responder, that malicious actors used to compromise systems and exfiltrate data. We share our key findings in this report.

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Cloud security
Analyzing the Risks of Using Environment Variables for Serverless Management

We examined the potential risks associated with using the serverless environment service for secrets management.

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Ransomware & extortion
New Linux-Based Ransomware Cheerscrypt Targeting ESXi Devices Linked to Leaked Babuk Source Code

New findings showed that Cheerscrypt, a new Linux-based ransomware variant that compromises ESXi servers, was derived from the leaked Babuk source code. We discuss our analysis in this report.

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Cryptocurrency
Fake Mobile Apps Steal Facebook Credentials, Cryptocurrency-Related Keys

We recently observed a number of apps on Google Play designed to perform malicious activities such as stealing user credentials and other sensitive user information, including private keys.

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Cloud security
Using Custom Containers in Serverless Environments for Better Security

After looking at offerings by cloud service providers (CSPs), we examined the possibilities of using a more secure serverless environment by running a custom container.

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