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Executive Summary Why We Care about Sandbox Emulation As a discipline, information security involves a vast web of entry vectors, mitigations, and counter-mitigations. Among these, one of the most impactful points of conflict between attackers and defenders is what happens when binaries are subjected to sandbox emulation. Purely static analysis has been understood to be […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 17th February, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest diagnostic imaging companies in the US, has been breached by Medusa ransomware group, resulting in the theft of over 212 GB of sensitive data from its […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 10th February, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Grubhub, the US-based online food ordering and delivery platform, suffered a data breach due to unauthorized access through a compromised third-party service provider’s account. The incident exposed personal details of customers, drivers, […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 3rd February, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Mizuno USA, giant sports equipment manufacturer, has confirmed a cyber-attack that resulted in the theft of personal information from its network between August and October 2024. The data breach included names, Social […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Stark Aerospace, a US-based manufacturer specializing in missile systems and UAVs, contractor of the US Military and the Department of Defense (DoD), has been targeted by the INC ransomware group. The attackers […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 20th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Hotel management platform Otelier has suffered a data breach that resulted in extraction of almost eight terabytes of data. The threat actors compromised company’s Amazon S3 cloud storage, stealing guests’ personal information […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 13th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), that is part of the UN, confirmed a compromise of its recruitment database that exposed 42,000 recruitment applications. The data contains records from April 2016 to […]

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Key Points Introduction The FunkSec ransomware group first emerged publicly in late 2024, and rapidly gained prominence by publishing over 85 claimed victims—more than any other ransomware group in the month of December. Presenting itself as a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation, FunkSec appears to have no known connections to previously identified ransomware gangs, and little […]

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Research by: Antonis Terefos (@Tera0017) Key Points Introduction As of 2024, approximately 100.4 million people worldwide use macOS, accounting for 15.1% of the global PC market. Of the millions of macOS users, many falsely assume that their systems are inherently secure from malware. This perception stems from macOS’s Unix-based architecture and historically lower market share, making […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 6th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Check Point elaborated on the US Treasury Department cyber-attack that compromised employee workstations and classified documents. The breach, attributed to a China state-sponsored threat actor, involved unauthorized remote access using a security […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 30th December, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Clop ransomware gang exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) in Cleo’s Secure File Transfer products and is extorting 66 companies following alleged data theft. The attackers have given the victims 48 hours […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 23rd December, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The State of Rhode Island has issued a notification that RIBridges, the state’s portal for social services, has suffered a cyber attack and data leak. According to the reports, the breach was […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 16th December, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Romanian National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) has disclosed a ransomware attack conducted by Lynx ransomware gang on the country’s energy provider Electrica Group, which provides services to more than 3.8M people across […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 9th December, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of its presidential election after declassified intelligence revealed Russian interference favoring right wing candidate Călin Georgescu. The interference involved a sophisticated social media campaign on […]

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Executive Summary Introduction Earlier this year, Talos published an update on the ongoing evolution of Akira ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that has become one of the more prominent players in the current ransomware landscape. According to this update, for a while in early 2024, Akira affiliates experimented with promoting a new cross-platform variant of the ransomware called […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 2nd December, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Supply chain software provider Blue Yonder was hit by a ransomware attack, disrupting services for clients like Starbucks and UK grocery chains Morrisons and Sainsbury’s. The incident affected operations such as employee […]

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Key Points Introduction Cybercriminals constantly try to evolve their tactics and techniques, aiming to increase infections. Their need to stay undetected pushes them to innovate and discover new methods of delivering and executing malicious code, which can result in credentials theft and even ransomware encryption. Check Point Research discovered a new undetected technique that uses […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 25th November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Library of Congress, part of the US Capitol complex and home to the world’s largest media collection, was hacked by a foreign adversary, exposing email communications between Library staff and congressional […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 11th November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The FBI and CISA issued a joint statement detailing a major Chinese cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, led by the APT group Salt Typhoon. This operation compromised networks to steal call […]

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Key Findings: Introduction On October 30th, the FBI, the US Department of Treasury, and the Israeli National Cybersecurity Directorate (INCD) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory regarding recent activities of the Iranian cyber group Emennet Pasargad. The group recently operated under the name Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan (ASA) and is affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). […]

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