Written by: Diana Ion, Rommel Joven, Yash Gupta < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”>Since November 2024, Mandiant Threat Defense has been investigating an UNC6032 campaign that weaponizes the interest around AI tools, in particular those tools which can be used to generate videos…
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COLDRIVER Using New Malware To Steal Documents From Western Targets and NGOs
Written by: Wesley Shields Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new piece of malware called LOSTKEYS, attributed to the Russian government-backed threat group COLDRIVER (also known as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto). LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files…
COLDRIVER Using New Malware To Steal Documents From Western Targets and NGOs
Written by: Wesley Shields Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new piece of malware called LOSTKEYS, attributed to the Russian government-backed threat group COLDRIVER (also known as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto). LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files…
Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines
< div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Background UNC3944, which overlaps with public reporting on Scattered Spider, is a financially-motivated threat actor characterized by its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims. In early operations, UNC3944 largely targeted telecommunications-related organizations to…
Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis
Written by: Casey Charrier, James Sadowski, Clement Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Executive Summary Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023 (98…
Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis
Written by: Casey Charrier, James Sadowski, Clement Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Executive Summary Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023 (98…
M-Trends 2025: Data, Insights, and Recommendations From the Frontlines
< div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> One of the ways threat actors keep up with the constantly evolving cyber defense landscape is by raising the level of sophistication of their attacks. This trend can be seen across many of our engagements, particularly when…
M-Trends 2025: Data, Insights, and Recommendations From the Frontlines
< div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> One of the ways threat actors keep up with the constantly evolving cyber defense landscape is by raising the level of sophistication of their attacks. This trend can be seen across many of our engagements, particularly when…
Windows Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote to Rogue
Written by: Rohit Nambiar Executive Summary In October 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed a novel phishing campaign targeting European government and military organizations that was attributed to a suspected Russia-nexus espionage actor we track as UNC5837. The campaign…
Windows Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote to Rogue
Written by: Rohit Nambiar Executive Summary In October 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed a novel phishing campaign targeting European government and military organizations that was attributed to a suspected Russia-nexus espionage actor we track as UNC5837. The campaign…
Suspected China-Nexus Threat Actor Actively Exploiting Critical Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457)
Written by: John Wolfram, Michael Edie, Jacob Thompson, Matt Lin, Josh Murchie On Thursday, April 3, 2025, Ivanti disclosed a critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-22457, impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (“ICS”) VPN appliances version 22.7R2.5 and earlier. CVE-2025-22457 is a buffer overflow…
DPRK IT Workers Expanding in Scope and Scale
Written by: Jamie Collier Since our September 2024 report outlining the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) IT worker threat, the scope and scale of their operations has continued to expand. These individuals pose as legitimate remote workers to infiltrate…
BitM Up! Session Stealing in Seconds Using the Browser-in-the-Middle Technique
Written by: Truman Brown, Emily Astranova, Steven Karschnia, Jacob Paullus, Nick McClendon, Chris Higgins < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Executive Summary The Rise of Browser in the Middle (BitM): BitM attacks offer a streamlined approach, allowing attackers to quickly compromise sessions across…
BitM Up! Session Stealing in Seconds Using the Browser-in-the-Middle Technique
Written by: Truman Brown, Emily Astranova, Steven Karschnia, Jacob Paullus, Nick McClendon, Chris Higgins < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Executive Summary The Rise of Browser in the Middle (BitM): BitM attacks offer a streamlined approach, allowing attackers to quickly compromise sessions across…
Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers
Written by: Lukasz Lamparski, Punsaen Boonyakarn, Shawn Chew, Frank Tse, Jakub Jozwiak, Mathew Potaczek, Logeswaran Nadarajan, Nick Harbour, Mustafa Nasser Introduction In mid 2024, Mandiant discovered threat actors deployed custom backdoors on Juniper Networks’ Junos OS routers. Mandiant attributed these…
Unraveling Time: A Deep Dive into TTD Instruction Emulation Bugs
Written by: Dhanesh Kizhakkinan, Nino Isakovic Executive Summary This blog post presents an in-depth exploration of Microsoft’s Time Travel Debugging (TTD) framework, a powerful record-and-replay debugging framework for Windows user-mode applications. TTD relies heavily on accurate CPU instruction emulation to…
Unraveling Time: A Deep Dive into TTD Instruction Emulation Bugs
Written by: Dhanesh Kizhakkinan, Nino Isakovic Executive Summary This blog post presents an in-depth exploration of Microsoft’s Time Travel Debugging (TTD) framework, a powerful record-and-replay debugging framework for Windows user-mode applications. TTD relies heavily on accurate CPU instruction emulation to…
GoStringUngarbler: Deobfuscating Strings in Garbled Binaries
Written by: Chuong Dong Overview In our day-to-day work, the FLARE team often encounters malware written in Go that is protected using garble. While recent advancements in Go analysis from tools like IDA Pro have simplified the analysis process, garble…
Not Lost in Translation: Rosetta 2 Artifacts in macOS Intrusions
Written by: Joshua Goddard Executive Summary Rosetta 2 is Apple’s translation technology for running x86-64 binaries on Apple Silicon (ARM64) macOS systems. Rosetta 2 translation creates a cache of Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) files that can serve as valuable forensic artifacts. Mandiant…
Phishing Campaigns Targeting Higher Education Institutions
Written by: Ashley Pearson, Ryan Rath, Gabriel Simches, Brian Timberlake, Ryan Magaw, Jessica Wilbur < div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Overview Beginning in August 2024, Mandiant observed a notable increase in phishing attacks targeting the education industry, specifically U.S.-based universities. A separate investigation conducted…