VIDEO: The Life of a Cyberthreat

Ever wonder how cyberattacks and malware are created, and how they get into your system to steal your data? See the life of a cyberthreat first hand, from the moment of its inception within the Dark Web of hackers, to when it is sent around the world to infect as many systems as possible. With collaboration across the networks of “good guys,” we can help stop these exploits from being shared and spread. Similar to how vaccinations and health warnings can help to stop a disease pandemic, having the right protocols in place can help send malware back to the Dark Web for good.

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Pamela Cobb

Market Segment Manager, IBM X-Force and Security Intelligence

Hive0147 serving juicy Picanha with a side of Mekotio

17 min read - IBM X-Force tracks multiple threat actors operating within the flourishing Latin American (LATAM) threat landscape. X-Force has observed Hive0147 to be one of the most active threat groups operating in the region, targeting employee inboxes at scale, with a primary focus on phishing and malware distribution. After a 3-month break, Hive0147 returned in July with even larger campaign volumes, and the debut of a new malicious downloader X-Force named "Picanha,” likely under continued development, deploying the Mekotio banking trojan. Hive0147…

FYSA – Critical RCE Flaw in GNU-Linux Systems

2 min read - Summary The first of a series of blog posts has been published detailing a vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), which purportedly allows attackers to gain remote access to UNIX-based systems. The vulnerability, which affects various UNIX-based operating systems, can be exploited by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the CUPS service. Threat Topography Threat Type: Remote code execution vulnerability in CUPS service Industries Impacted: UNIX-based systems across various industries, including but not limited to, finance, healthcare,…

Getting “in tune” with an enterprise: Detecting Intune lateral movement

13 min read - Organizations continue to implement cloud-based services, a shift that has led to the wider adoption of hybrid identity environments that connect on-premises Active Directory with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). To manage devices in these hybrid identity environments, Microsoft Intune (Intune) has emerged as one of the most popular device management solutions. Since this trusted enterprise platform can easily be integrated with on-premises Active Directory devices and services, it is a prime target for attackers to abuse for conducting…

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