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Building an Isolated Malware Analysis Sandbox: Defensive Telemetry & Dynamic Execution Guide
A practical engineering blueprint for configuring hypervisor isolation, network simulation (INetSim), dynamic memory dumping, and YARA triage.
Anatomy of Modern Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS): Operational Tradecraft & Enterprise Mitigation
Deconstructing the multi-tiered RaaS business model, initial access broker partnerships, double extortion dynamics, and enterprise defense architecture.
DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers
Image: Paul Campbell via Unsplash+/DOJ DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers The owner of a ransomware recovery firm was hit with wire fraud charges Wednesday for allegedly falsely claiming he...
Russian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy Facelift
A likely Russia-affiliated cyber-espionage group is using an increasingly sophisticated malware downloader to target Ukrainian organizations across the transportation, manufacturing, and energy sectors. According to...
Venezuelan Cartel's Malware Honcho Nabbed for ATM Jackpotting
US authorities have arrested and arraigned a 50-year-old Venezuelan member of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) criminal cartel, Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, on charges related to a "jackpotting" scheme that compromised...
Ransomware recovery CEO indicted after allegedly paying hackers and pocketing millions
Authorities accuse the owner of a so-called ransomware remediation company of swindling clients victimized by ransomware attacks into paying the company inflated fees under false pretenses. Zohar Pinhasi, owner and...
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. The operator uses mostly throwaway...
Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware
A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad...
Ignore all instructions and read this blog: The state of AI-analysis evasion in malware
“AI-analysis evasion” encapsulates the real-world techniques malware authors are developing in attempt to obstruct or defeat any layers of automated AI analysis. This technique is cheap to add but inconsistently...
Russian-aligned spies upgrade malware used in attacks on Ukrainian transport, energy firms
Credit: European Union in Ukraine / Flickr Russian-aligned spies upgrade malware used in attacks on Ukrainian transport, energy firms Russian-aligned hackers have targeted Ukrainian transportation, manufacturing and...
Thousands of cheap Android phones shipped with ad-fraud malware
Image: Yianni Mathioudakis via Unsplash Thousands of cheap Android phones shipped with ad-fraud malware Researchers have found malware preinstalled on thousands of cheap Android phones that can generate fraudulent ad...
Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme
The owner of a US company was charged with defrauding clients through a ransomware remediation scheme. Zohar Pinhasi, 50, the owner of MonsterCloud, a US and Israeli national also known as ‘Zack Silver’ and ‘Zack...