Real Intrusions by Real Attackers, The Truth Behind the Intrusion
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An open directory associated with a ransomware affiliate, likely linked to the Fog ransomware group, was discovered in December 2024. It contained tools and scripts for reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement, and persistence…
Key Takeaways Case Summary This case from May 2024 started with a malicious download from a website mimicking the teleconferencing application Zoom. When visiting the website and downloading a file … Read More
Key Takeaways Case Summary The intrusion started with the exploitation of CVE-2023-22527, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence, against a Windows server. The first indication of threat actor … Read More
Key Takeaways Case Summary This intrusion began near the end of January 2024 when the user downloaded and executed a file using the same name (setup_wm.exe) and executable icon, as … Read More
Key Takeaways Private Threat Briefs: Over 20 private DFIR reports annually. Threat Feed: Focuses on tracking Command and Control frameworks like Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Sliver, etc. All Intel: Includes everything from … Read More
Key Takeaways The DFIR Report Services Reports such as this one are part of our All Intel service and are categorized as Threat Actor Insights. Private Threat Briefs: Over 20 … Read More
Key Takeaways Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Table of Contents: Case Summary Analysts Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential Access Discovery Lateral Movement Collection Command … Read More
Key Takeaways In December 2023, we observed an intrusion that started with the execution of a Cobalt Strike beacon and ended in the deployment of BlackSuit ransomware. The threat actor … Read More
Key Takeaways The DFIR Report Services Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Table of Contents: Summary Analysts Adversary Infrastructure Capability Victim Indicators Summary In this report, we delve into … Read More
Key Takeaways The DFIR Report Services → Click here to access the DFIR Lab related to this report ← Five new sigma rules were created from this report and added … Read More
Key Takeaways In August 2023, we observed an intrusion that started with a phishing campaign using PrometheusTDS to distribute IcedID. IcedID dropped and executed a Cobalt Strike beacon, which was … Read More
Key Takeaways We provide a range of services, one of which is our Threat Feed, specializing in monitoring Command and Control frameworks like Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Sliver, Viper, Mythic, Havoc, … Read More
Below is a recent Threat Brief that we shared with our customers. Each year, we produce over 20 detailed Threat Briefs, which follow a format similar to the below. Typically, … Read More
Key Takeaways More information about Gootloader can be found in the following reports: The DFIR Report, GootloaderSites, Mandiant, Red Canary, & Kroll. An audio version of this report can be … Read More
Key Takeaways In late December 2022, we observed threat actors exploiting a publicly exposed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) host, leading to data exfiltration and the deployment of Trigona ransomware. On … Read More
This report is a little different than our typical content. We were able to analyze data from a perspective we typically don’t get to see… a threat actor’s host! In … Read More
In December 2022, we observed an intrusion on a public-facing MSSQL Server, which resulted in BlueSky ransomware. First discovered in June 2022, BlueSky ransomware has code links to Conti and … Read More
NetSupport Manager is one of the oldest third-party remote access tools still currently on the market with over 33 years of history. This is the first time we will report … Read More
In 2022, The DFIR Report observed an increase in the adversarial usage of Remote Management and Monitoring (RMM) tools. When compared to post-exploitation channels that heavily rely on terminals, such … Read More
We’ve previously reported on a Nokoyawa ransomware case in which the initial access was via an Excel macro and IcedID malware. This case, which also ended in Nokoyawa Ransomware, involved … Read More
In this intrusion, dated May 2023, we observed Truebot being used to deploy Cobalt Strike and FlawedGrace (aka GraceWire & BARBWIRE) resulting in the exfiltration of data and the deployment … Read More
