BumbleBee: Round Two
In this intrusion from May 2022, the threat actors used BumbleBee as the initial access vector. BumbleBee has been identified as an initial access vector utilized by several ransomware affiliates. … Read More
Category: cobaltstrike
Dead or Alive? An Emotet Story
In this intrusion from May 2022, we observed a domain-wide compromise that started from a malware ridden Excel document containing the never-dying malware, Emotet. The post-exploitation started very soon after … Read More
BumbleBee Roasts Its Way to Domain Admin
In this intrusion from April 2022, the threat actors used BumbleBee as the initial access vector. BumbleBee is a malware loader that was first reported by Google Threat Analysis Group … Read More
SEO Poisoning – A Gootloader Story
In early February 2022, we witnessed an intrusion employing Gootloader (aka GootKit) as the initial access vector. The intrusion lasted two days and comprised discovery, persistence, lateral movement, collection, defense … Read More
Quantum Ransomware
In one of the fastest ransomware cases we have observed, in under four hours the threat actors went from initial access, to domain wide ransomware. The initial access vector for … Read More
Stolen Images Campaign Ends in Conti Ransomware
In this intrusion from December 2021, the threat actors utilized IcedID as the initial access vector. IcedID is a banking trojan that first appeared in 2017, usually, it is delivered … Read More
Qbot and Zerologon Lead To Full Domain Compromise
In this intrusion (from November 2021), a threat actor gained its initial foothold in the environment through the use of Qbot (a.k.a. Quakbot/Qakbot) malware. Soon after execution of the Qbot … Read More
Cobalt Strike, a Defender’s Guide – Part 2
Our previous report on Cobalt Strike focused on the most frequently used capabilities that we had observed. In this report, we will focus on the network traffic it produced, and provide … Read More
Diavol Ransomware
In the past, threat actors have used BazarLoader to deploy Ryuk and Conti ransomware, as reported on many occasions. In this intrusion, however, a BazarLoader infection resulted in deployment of … Read More
CONTInuing the Bazar Ransomware Story
In this report we will discuss a case from early August where we witnessed threat actors utilizing BazarLoader and Cobalt Strike to accomplish their mission of encrypting systems with Conti … Read More