QakBot (QBot) Maldoc Campaign Introduces Two New Techniques into Its Arsenal

Morphisec Labs has tracked a massive maldoc campaign delivering the QakBot/QBot banking trojan, starting earlier this month. Qakbot leverages advanced techniques to evade detection and hamper manual analysis of the threat. In this post we will men… Continue reading QakBot (QBot) Maldoc Campaign Introduces Two New Techniques into Its Arsenal

Morphisec Knowledge Update: New WastedLocker Ransomware Causes Havoc Among Some of the Leading Enterprises in the U.S.

Garmin has confirmed that the recent outage its users experienced was indeed the result of a successful ransomware attack. However, the extent of the damage done is still unclear. The attack, which compromised Garmin’s servers for five days,… Continue reading Morphisec Knowledge Update: New WastedLocker Ransomware Causes Havoc Among Some of the Leading Enterprises in the U.S.

How COVID-19 Has Altered the Enterprise Cyberattack Landscape

Since early March, the team at Morphisec Labs has been supporting enterprises as they shift to distributed workforces in response to COVID-19. From assisting hospitals with securing their remote workers to uncovering new weaknesses in collaboratio… Continue reading How COVID-19 Has Altered the Enterprise Cyberattack Landscape

Obfuscated VBScript Drops Zloader, Ursnif, Qakbot, Dridex

The Morphisec Labs team has tracked an obfuscated VBScript package in campaigns since March 2020. Initially, the malware campaign was focused on targets within Germany, but has since moved on to additional targets–excluding any IP address within … Continue reading Obfuscated VBScript Drops Zloader, Ursnif, Qakbot, Dridex

CrystalBit / Apple Double DLL Hijack — From fraudulent software bundle downloads to an evasive miner raging campaign

As part of a rapid change in the work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Morphisec Labs has been tracking the change in the attack trend landscape. This has included the evolution of adware, PUA, and fraudulent software bundle delivery beyo… Continue reading CrystalBit / Apple Double DLL Hijack — From fraudulent software bundle downloads to an evasive miner raging campaign

Lokibot with AutoIt Obfuscator + Frenchy Shellcode

Summary
During the first week of March, Morphisec intercepted and prevented an advanced Lokibot delivery campaign on some of its customers in the financial sector. While Lokibot has been lately reported to be delivered via impersonation of a kno… Continue reading Lokibot with AutoIt Obfuscator + Frenchy Shellcode

ConnectWise Control Abused Again to Deliver Zeppelin Ransomware

In April 2019, attackers who breached IT supplier Wipro leveraged the ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect) remote desktop application as a major component of their attack.
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