Cybersecurity

North Korean Hackers Weaponize Fake Research to Deliver RokRAT Backdoor

Jan 22, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Hacking Media organizations and high-profile experts in North Korean affairs have been at the receiving end of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as ScarCruft in December 2023. “ScarCruft has been experimenting with new infection chains, including the use of a technical threat research report as a […]

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MavenGate Attack Could Let Hackers Hijack Java and Android via Abandoned Libraries

Several public and popular libraries abandoned but still used in Java and Android applications have been found susceptible to a new software supply chain attack method called MavenGate. “Access to projects can be hijacked through domain name purchases and since most default build configurations are vulnerable, it would be difficult or even impossible to know […]

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DDoS Barrage Hits Monobank, Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Bank, in Unprecedented Attack

Monobank, Ukraine’s largest mobile-only bank, faced a barrage of denial of service (DDoS) attacks on January 21, crippling its operations and causing widespread disruption. Co-founder and CEO Oleh Horokhovskyi took to Telegram to confirm the Monobank cyberattack, revealing that the bank was targeted with a staggering 580 million service requests in one of the attacks. […]

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Zloader: No Longer Silent in the Night

Technical Analysis In the following sections, we dive into the technical details surrounding Zloader’s new updates to their anti-analysis techniques, embedded configuration, DGA, and network encryption. Anti-analysis techniques Zloader uses a combination of API import hashing, junk code, a filename check, and string obfuscation. The following sections analyze each technique. Imports and API resolution The […]