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Ongoing ITG05 operations leverage evolving malware arsenal in global campaigns

13 min read - As of March 2024, X-Force is tracking multiple ongoing ITG05 phishing campaigns featuring lure documents crafted to imitate authentic documents of government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and North and South America. The uncovered…

February 21, 2024

X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 reveals stolen credentials as top risk, with AI attacks on the horizon

4 min read - Explore top findings from the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, and learn how your organization can defend against evolving threats.

October 30, 2023

Hive0051’s large scale malicious operations enabled by synchronized multi-channel DNS fluxing

12 min read - Recent analysis of Hive0051 has identified three key changes to capabilities: an improved multi-channel approach to DNS fluxing, obfuscated multi-stage scripts, and the use of fileless PowerShell variants of the Gamma malware.

September 7, 2023

New Hive0117 phishing campaign imitates conscription summons to deliver DarkWatchman malware

8 min read - IBM X-Force uncovered a new phishing campaign likely conducted by Hive0117 delivering the fileless malware DarkWatchman, directed at individuals associated with major energy, finance, transport, and software security industries based in Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia. DarkWatchman malware is capable…

June 6, 2023

ITG10 likely targeting South Korean entities of interest to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

7 min read - In late April 2023, IBM Security X-Force uncovered documents that are most likely part of a phishing campaign mimicking credible senders, orchestrated by a group X-Force refers to as ITG10, and aimed at delivering RokRAT malware, similar to what has…

Ransomware renaissance 2023: The definitive guide to stay safer

2 min read - Ransomware is experiencing a renaissance in 2023, with some cybersecurity firms reporting over 400 attacks in the month of March alone. And it shouldn’t be a surprise: the 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index found backdoor deployments — malware providing remote access — as the top attacker action in 2022, and aptly predicted 2022’s backdoor failures would become 2023’s ransomware crisis. Compounding the problem is the industrialization of the cybercrime ecosystem, enabling adversaries to complete more attacks, faster. Over the last…

BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware levels up for stealth, speed and exfiltration

9 min read - This blog was made possible through contributions from Kat Metrick, Kevin Henson, Agnes Ramos-Beauchamp, Thanassis Diogos, Diego Matos Martins and Joseph Spero. BlackCat ransomware, which was among the top ransomware families observed by IBM Security X-Force in 2022, according to the 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, continues to wreak havoc across organizations globally this year. BlackCat (a.k.a. ALPHV) ransomware affiliates' more recent attacks include targeting organizations in the healthcare, government, education, manufacturing and hospitality sectors. Reportedly, several of these incidents resulted…

Ex-Conti and FIN7 actors collaborate with new backdoor

15 min read - April 27, 2023 Update This article is being republished with modifications from the original that was published on April 14, 2023, to change the name of the family of malware from Domino to Minodo. This is being done to avoid any possible confusion with the HCL Domino brand. The family of malware that is described in this article is unrelated to, does not impact, nor uses HCL Domino or any of its components in any way. The malware is…

When the absence of noise becomes signal: Defensive considerations for Lazarus FudModule

7 min read - In February 2023, X-Force posted a blog entitled “Direct Kernel Object Manipulation (DKOM) Attacks on ETW Providers” that details the capabilities of a sample attributed to the Lazarus group leveraged to impair visibility of the malware’s operations. This blog will not rehash analysis of the Lazarus malware sample or Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) as that has been previously covered in the X-Force blog post. This blog will focus on highlighting the opportunities for detection of the FudModule within the…

When the absence of noise becomes signal: Defensive considerations for Lazarus FudModule

Kronos malware reemerges with increased functionality

6 min read - The evolution of Kronos malware The Kronos malware is believed to have originated from the leaked source code of the Zeus malware, which was sold on the Russian underground in 2011. Kronos continued to evolve and a new variant of…

A view into Web(View) attacks in Android

9 min read - James Kilner contributed to the technical editing of this blog. Nethanella Messer, Segev Fogel, Or Ben Nun and Liran Tiebloom contributed to the blog. Although in the PC realm it is common to see financial malware used in web attacks…

RansomExx upgrades to rust

4 min read - IBM Security X-Force Threat Researchers have discovered a new variant of the RansomExx ransomware that has been rewritten in the Rust programming language, joining a growing trend of ransomware developers switching to the language.

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Ongoing ITG05 operations leverage evolving malware arsenal in global campaigns

X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 reveals stolen credentials as top risk, with AI attacks on the horizon

Hive0051’s large scale malicious operations enabled by synchronized multi-channel DNS fluxing

New Hive0117 phishing campaign imitates conscription summons to deliver DarkWatchman malware

ITG10 likely targeting South Korean entities of interest to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Ransomware renaissance 2023: The definitive guide to stay safer

BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware levels up for stealth, speed and exfiltration

Ex-Conti and FIN7 actors collaborate with new backdoor

When the absence of noise becomes signal: Defensive considerations for Lazarus FudModule

When the absence of noise becomes signal: Defensive considerations for Lazarus FudModule

Kronos malware reemerges with increased functionality

A view into Web(View) attacks in Android

RansomExx upgrades to rust

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