Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a surge of malicious activities involving a threat actor group that we track as Water Makara. This group is targeting enterprises in Brazil, deploying banking malware using obfuscated JavaScript to slip past security defenses. This…
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Earth Simnavaz Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against UAE and Gulf Regions
Trend Micro’s investigation into the recent activity of Earth Simnavaz provides new insights into the APT group’s evolving tactics and the immediate threat it poses to critical sectors in the UAE. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research,…
Harnessing AI for Enhanced Security
A deep-dive into how AI-driven solutions from Trend Micro leveraging the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform are elevating security across critical industries This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Harnessing AI…
Rogue AI: What the Security Community is Missing
This is the fourth blog post in an ongoing series on Rogue AI. Keep following for more technical guidance, case studies, and insights. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Rogue…
MDR in Action: Preventing The More_eggs Backdoor From Hatching
Trend Micro MDR (Managed Detection and Response) team promptly mitigated a more_eggs infection. Using Vision One, MDR illustrated how Custom Filters/Models and Security Playbook can be used to automate the response to more_eggs and similar threats. This article has been…
Delivering Proactive Protection Against Critical Threats to NVIDIA-powered AI Systems
On Wednesday, NVIDA released updates to fix a critical vulnerability in its NVIDIA Container Toolkit, which, if exploited, could put a wide range of AI infrastructure and underlying data/secrets at risk. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research,…
Cybersecurity Compass: Bridging the Communication Gap
Discover how to use the Cybersecurity Compass to foster effective conversations about cybersecurity strategy between non-technical and technical audiences, focusing on the phases of before, during, and after a breach. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News…
How Ransomhub Ransomware Uses EDRKillShifter to Disable EDR and Antivirus Protections
Trend Micro tracked this group as Water Bakunawa, behind the RansomHub ransomware, employs various anti-EDR techniques to play a high-stakes game of hide and seek with security solutions. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives…
Earth Baxia Uses Spear-Phishing and GeoServer Exploit to Target APAC
We observed Earth Baxia carrying out targeted attacks against APAC countries that involved advanced techniques like spear-phishing and customized malware, with data suggesting that the group operates from China. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and…
Vulnerabilities in Cellular Packet Cores Part IV: Authentication
Our research reveals two significant vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Private 5G Core (AP5GC). The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-20685) allows a crafted signaling message to crash the control plane, leading to potential service outages. The second (ZDI-CAN-23960) disconnects and replaces attached base…
Protecting Against RCE Attacks Abusing WhatsUp Gold Vulnerabilities
In this blog entry, we provide an analysis of the recent remote code execution attacks related to Progress Software’s WhatsUp Gold that possibly abused the vulnerabilities CVE-2024-6670 and CVE-2024-6671. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and…
Earth Preta Evolves its Attacks with New Malware and Strategies
In this blog entry, we discuss our analysis of Earth Preta’s enhancements in their attacks by introducing new tools, malware variants and strategies to their worm-based attacks and their time-sensitive spear-phishing campaign. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro…
Earth Preta Evolves its Attacks with New Malware and Strategies
In this blog entry, we discuss our analysis of Earth Preta’s enhancements in their attacks by introducing new tools, malware variants and strategies to their worm-based attacks and their time-sensitive spear-phishing campaign. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro…
TIDRONE Targets Military and Satellite Industries in Taiwan
Our research reveals that an unidentified threat cluster we named TIDRONE have shown significant interest in military-related industry chains, particularly in the manufacturers of drones. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original…
Banking Trojans: Mekotio Looks to Expand Targets, BBTok Abuses Utility Command
Notorious Mekotio and BBTok are having a resurgence targeting Latin American users. Mekotio’s latest variant suggests the gang behind it is broadening their target, while BBTok is seen abusing MSBuild.exe to evade detection. This article has been indexed from Trend…
Earth Lusca Uses KTLVdoor Backdoor for Multiplatform Intrusion
While monitoring Earth Lusca, we discovered the threat group’s use of KTLVdoor, a highly obfuscated multiplatform backdoor, as part of a large-scale attack campaign. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article:…
How AI Goes Rogue
This is the second blog in an ongoing series on Rogue AI. Keep following for more technical guidance, case studies, and insights. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: How AI…
Silent Intrusions: Godzilla Fileless Backdoors Targeting Atlassian Confluence
Trend Micro discovered that old Atlassian Confluence versions that were affected by CVE-2023-22527 are being exploited using a new in-memory fileless backdoor. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Silent Intrusions:…
Threat Actors Target the Middle East Using Fake Palo Alto GlobalProtect Tool
Threat actors are targeting users in the Middle East by distributing sophisticated malware disguised as the Palo Alto GlobalProtect tool. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Threat Actors Target the…
Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem
A technical analysis on how CVE-2023-22527 can be exploited by malicious actors for cryptojacking attacks that can spread across the victim’s system. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Cryptojacking via…