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MortalKombat Ransomware Used in Recent Campaign

Feb 24, 2023 1:57:55 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Ransomware, Cryptocurrency, Laplas Clipper, MortalKombat, Xorist

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Related Families: Xorist, Laplas Clipper

Executive Summary

Cisco Talos recently reported on threat actor activity leveraging MortalKombat ransomware and Laplas Clipper. MortalKombat encrypts files on the infected machine and drops a ransom note instructing victims on how to pay the ransom to recover their files.

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ESXiArgs Ransomware

Feb 21, 2023 1:20:39 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Ransomware, Linux, ESXiArgs, Babuk, CVE-2021-21974

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Related Malware: Babuk
Verticals Targeted: Multiple

Executive Summary

Industry researchers recently reported on ESXiArgs ransomware, which targeted VMware ESXi servers around the globe. After CISA released a recovery script, the threat actors behind ESXiArgs distributed a new variant of the ransomware.

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Pro-Palestine Group Targets Israeli Chemical Sector

Feb 17, 2023 2:24:12 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Gaza, ICS, Palestine, Chemical, Israel, Electronic, Electronic Quds Force

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Verticals Targeted: Chemical

Executive Summary

A recent hacking campaign targeted Israeli chemical sector companies operating in the occupied territories. The threat actor group Electronic Quds Force is responsible for the campaign. This threat bulletin is provided for situational awareness.

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Emotet’s New TTPs

Feb 13, 2023 12:26:57 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, IcedID, Bumblebee, Emotet, xls

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Related Families: Bumblebee, IcedId
Verticals Targeted: Financial

Executive Summary

BlackBerry recently reported on Emotet’s new TTPs, including new email lures, IcedID, and Bumblebee as secondary payloads and evasion methods.

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Mimic Ransomware

Feb 7, 2023 12:25:08 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Ransomware, Mimic, Everything.exe, Conti

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Related Families: Conti

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Trend Micro recently reported on Mimic ransomware, a ransomware family that abuses Everything APIs.

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Roaming Mantis Wroba.o Android Malware

Feb 3, 2023 1:20:46 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Android, Shaoye, Xloader, Roaming Mantis, DNS, Wroba.o

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Related Families: Wroba.o, Xloader

Executive Summary

Kaspersky SecureList recently reported on a Roaming Mantis campaign using Wroba.o with DNS hijacking to infect routers and Android devices.


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Hook Android Banking Trojan

Jan 31, 2023 12:25:40 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Banking, Android, RAT, Trojan, Hook, Ermac, DukeEugene

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Related Families: Ermac
Verticals Targeted:
Financial

Executive Summary

Threat Fabric recently reported on Hook, an Android banking trojan that is a fork of Ermac.

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Malicious Lolip0p PyPI Packages Drop Wacatac

Jan 27, 2023 2:58:20 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, PyPI, Supply Chain Attack, Lolip0p, Wacatac

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Related Families: Wacatac

Executive Summary

Fortinet recently reported on a supply chain attack in which threat actors leveraged a 0-day attack embedded in three PyPI packages to deliver Wacatac.

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