Cybersecurity

Android-based PAX POS vulnerabilities (Part 1) – STM Cyber Blog

Banking companies worldwide are finally shifting away from custom-made Point of Sale (POS) devices towards the wildly adopted and battle-tested Android operating system. No more obscure terminals; the era of giant, colorful touchscreens is here! While Android is a secure, hardened OS, implementing and integrating your own features with custom hardware requires a lot of […]

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From Albania to the Middle East: The Scarred Manticore is Listening – Check Point Research

Key Findings Check Point Research (CPR) is monitoring an ongoing Iranian espionage campaign by Scarred Manticore, an actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).  The attacks rely on LIONTAIL, an advanced passive malware framework installed on Windows servers. For stealth purposes, LIONTIAL implants utilize direct calls to Windows HTTP stack driver HTTP.sys […]

Cybersecurity

Stayin’ Alive – Targeted Attacks Against Telecoms and Government Ministries in Asia – Check Point Research

Introduction In the last few months, Check Point Research has been tracking “Stayin’ Alive”, an ongoing campaign that has been active since at least 2021. The campaign operates in Asia, primarily targeting the Telecom industry, as well as government organizations. The “Stayin’ Alive” campaign consists of mostly downloaders and loaders, some of which are used […]

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Booking.com Customers Hit by Phishing Campaign Delivered Via Compromised Hotels Accounts – Perception Point

A new phishing campaign detected by Perception Point and reported by Akamai is targeting Booking.com users and is a prime example of the lengths threat actors will go to for a payday. This attack exemplifies the alarming threat levels the hospitality sector as a whole faces in 2023 as threat actors leverage InfoStealer malware compromised […]

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Guarding Against the Unseen: Investigating a Stealthy Remcos Malware Attack on Colombian Firms – Check Point Research

Research by: Niv Asraf Abstract In the last two months, Check Point researchers encountered a new large-scale phishing campaign that recently targeted more than 40 prominent companies across multiple industries, in Colombia. The attackers’ objective was to discreetly install the notorious “Remcos” malware on victims’ computers. Remcos, a sophisticated “Swiss Army Knife” RAT, grants attackers […]