HTML Smuggling Leads to Domain Wide Ransomware
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
Category: icedid
IcedID Macro Ends in Nokoyawa Ransomware
Threat actors have moved to other means of initial access, such as ISO files combined with LNKs or OneNote payloads, but some appearances of VBA macros in Office documents can … Read More
Malicious ISO File Leads to Domain Wide Ransomware
IcedID continues to deliver malspam emails to facilitate a compromise. This case covers the activity from a campaign in late September of 2022. Post exploitation activities detail some familiar and … 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
IcedID to XingLocker Ransomware in 24 hours
Intro Towards the end of July, we observed an intrusion that began with IcedID malware and ended in XingLocker ransomware, a Mountlocker variant. XingLocker made its first appearance in early … Read More
IcedID and Cobalt Strike vs Antivirus
Intro Although IcedID was originally discovered back in 2017, it did not gain in popularity until the latter half of 2020. We have now analyzed a couple ransomware cases in … Read More
From Word to Lateral Movement in 1 Hour
Introduction In May 2021, we observed a threat actor conducting an intrusion utilizing the IcedID payloads for initial access. They later performed a number of techniques from host discovery to … Read More
Conti Ransomware
Introduction First seen in May 2020, Conti ransomware has quickly become one of the most common ransomware variants, according to Coveware. As per Coveware’s Quarterly Ransomware Report (Q1 2021), Conti … Read More
Sodinokibi (aka REvil) Ransomware
Intro Sodinokibi (aka REvil) has been one of the most prolific ransomware as a service (RaaS) groups over the last couple years. The ransomware family was purported to be behind … Read More