WebLogic RCE Leads to XMRig
Intro This report will review an intrusion where, the threat actor took advantage of a WebLogic remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020–14882) to gain initial access to the system before installing … 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
Trickbot Brief: Creds and Beacons
Intro “TrickBot malware—first identified in 2016—is a Trojan developed and operated by a sophisticated group of cybercrime actors. The cybercrime group initially designed TrickBot as a banking trojan to steal … 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
Bazar Drops the Anchor
Intro The malware identified as Anchor first entered the scene in late 2018 and has been linked to the same group as Trickbot, due to similarities in code and usage … Read More
Laravel Apps Leaking Secrets
An attacker logged in through RDP a few days ago to run a “smtp cracker” that scans a list of IP addresses or URLs looking for misconfigured Laravel systems. These … Read More
Bazar, No Ryuk?
Intro In the fall of 2020, Bazar came to prominence when several campaigns delivered Ryuk ransomware. While Bazar appeared to drop-off in December, new campaigns have sprung up recently, using … Read More
All That for a Coinminer?
A threat actor recently brute forced a local administrator password using RDP and then dumped credentials using Mimikatz. They not only dumped LogonPasswords but they also exported all Kerberos tickets. … Read More
Trickbot Still Alive and Well
In October of 2020, the group behind the infamous botnet known as Trickbot had a bad few days. The group was under concerted pressure applied by US Cyber Command infiltrating … Read More
Defender Control
Defender Control is a free software utility we’ve come across in various intrusions. The creators describe it by saying the following: What is certain however is that it [Windows Defender] … Read More