XE Group: From Credit Card Skimming to Exploiting Zero-Days
Executive Summary This blog provides an in-depth analysis of XE Group’s recent operations based on a collaborative research effort with Solis Security. The team’s findings include detailed technical...
View ArticleThreat Bulletin: Weaponized Software Targets Chinese-Speaking Organizations
Overview of the Attack Intezer Labs research team has identified a series of attacks targeting organizations in Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China itself. These attacks utilize...
View ArticleBabble Babble Babble Babble Babble Babble BabbleLoader
Loaders, an Ever Evolving Market. The pace of innovation and development in the malware detection market is relentless, the same goes for the development of malware itself. Constantly charging and...
View ArticleTechnical Analysis of a Novel IMEEX Framework
The IMEEX framework is a newly discovered, custom-built malware designed to target Windows systems. Delivered as a 64-bit DLL, it offers attackers extensive control over compromised machines. This...
View ArticleThere’s Something About CryptBot: Yet Another Silly Stealer (YASS)
Recently Intezer was investigating a file that we came across during alert triage. This particular file piqued our interest due to the interesting delivery chain, and the even more interesting...
View ArticleDissecting SSLoad Malware: A Comprehensive Technical Analysis
SSLoad is a stealthy malware that is used to infiltrate systems through phishing emails, gather reconnaissance and transmit it back to its operators while delivering various payloads. Recently, Unit42...
View ArticleFBI Takedown: IPStorm Botnet Infrastructure Dismantled
UPDATE NOVEMBER 2023: IPStorm Infrastructure Dismantled by FBI The FBI today revealed US law enforcement’s dismantlement of a botnet proxy network, along with a guilty plea for the individual...
View ArticleMalware Reverse Engineering – Unraveling the Secrets of Encryption in Malware
Encryption is everywhere in our lives. You might not notice it, but you use it every single day. It is baked into even the most basic processes of our digital world. Every time you open a website,...
View ArticleCryptoClippy is Evolving to Pilfer Even More Financial Data
A banking trojan is a malware designed to steal sensitive financial information, such as online banking login credentials, credit card numbers, and other financial data. Recently Unit42 released a...
View ArticleYTStealer Malware: “YouTube Cookies! Om Nom Nom Nom”
The Stage: The Dark Web Market for YouTube Account Access In 2006, the term “data is the new oil” was coined. Ever since then, the value of data has just increased. We live in a world where many...
View ArticleSymbiote Deep-Dive: Analysis of a New, Nearly-Impossible-to-Detect Linux Threat
This research is a joint effort between Joakim Kennedy, Security Researcher at Intezer, and the BlackBerry Threat Research & Intelligence team. It can be found in the BlackBerry blog here as well....
View ArticleNew Conversation Hijacking Campaign Delivering IcedID
This post describes the technical analysis of a new campaign detected by Intezer’s research team, which initiates attacks with a phishing email that uses conversation hijacking to deliver IcedID. The...
View ArticleHow Hackers Use Binary Padding to Outsmart Sandboxes and Infiltrate Your Systems
What is binary padding? How can you detect against threats using junk data in various ways to evade defensive systems and sandboxes? Read on to learn more. Binary padding is the process of adding...
View ArticlePhishing Campaign Targets Chinese Nuclear Energy Industry
Intezer has been tracking activity targeting the energy sector and noted a campaign with techniques that align with those of Bitter APT, operating in the Asia-Pacific region. We have made the...
View ArticleLightning Framework: New Undetected “Swiss Army Knife” Linux Malware ⚡
Lightning Framework is a new undetected Swiss Army Knife-like Linux malware that has modular plugins and the ability to install rootkits. Year after year Linux environments increasingly become the...
View ArticleOrBit: New Undetected Linux Threat Uses Unique Hijack of Execution Flow
Linux is a popular operating system for servers and cloud infrastructures, and as such it’s not a surprise that it attracts threat actors’ interest and we see a continued growth and innovation of...
View ArticleElephant Framework Delivered in Phishing Attacks Against Ukrainian...
A recently developed malware framework called Elephant is being delivered in targeted spear phishing campaigns using spoofed Ukrainian governmental email addresses. The four malware components...
View ArticleDetection Rules for Sysjoker (and How to Make Them With Osquery)
On January 11, 2022, we released a blog post on a new malware called SysJoker. SysJoker is a malware targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux. At the time of the publication, the Linux and macOS versions...
View ArticleNew SysJoker Backdoor Targets Windows, Linux, and macOS
Malware targeting multiple operating systems has become no exception in the malware threat landscape. Vermilion Strike, which was documented just last September, is among the latest examples until now....
View ArticleExposed Prefect Workflows Could Lead to Disruptive Attacks
Workflow management platforms are powerful tools for automating and managing complex tasks. Integrating workflow platforms can help companies coordinate and ease their business processes as well as...
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