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
APT35 Automates Initial Access Using ProxyShell
In December 2021, we observed an adversary exploiting the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerabilities to gain initial access and execute code via multiple web shells. The overlap of activities and tasks … Read More
2021 Year In Review
As we come to the end of the first quarter of 2022, we want to take some time to look back over our cases from 2021, in aggregate, and look … 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
Qbot Likes to Move It, Move It
Qbot (aka QakBot, Quakbot, Pinkslipbot ) has been around for a long time having first been observed back in 2007. More info on Qbot can be found at the following … 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
Exchange Exploit Leads to Domain Wide Ransomware
Intro In late September, we observed an intrusion in which initial access was gained by the threat actor exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. The threat actors in this case … Read More