Cyber Crime: INTERPOL Uses Trend Threat Intelligence

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

INTERPOL recently conducted operation African Surge to take down malicious infrastructure across the African continent and requested the help of private enterprises. Trend Micro is proud to have been asked to participate, and provided global threat intelligence that was utilized in this operation.

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Earth Preta Spear-Phishing Governments Worldwide

Credit to Author: Nick Dai| Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We break down the cyberespionage activities of advanced persistent threat (APT) group Earth Preta, observed in large-scale attack deployments that began in March. We also show the infection routines of the malware families they use to infect multiple sectors worldwide: TONEINS, TONESHELL, and PUBLOAD.

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Pilfered Keys: Free App Infected by Malware Steals Keychain Data

Credit to Author: Luis Magisa| Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Open-source applications are a practical way to save money while keeping up with your productivity. However, this can be abused by threat actors to steal your data. Find out how one app was used to gather information of Apple users.

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CVE-2019-8561: A Hard-to-Banish PackageKit Framework Vulnerability in macOS

Credit to Author: Mickey Jin| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This blog entry details our investigation of CVE-2019-8561, a vulnerability that exists in the macOS PackageKit framework, a component used to install software installer packages (PKG files).

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Hack the Real Box: APT41’s New Subgroup Earth Longzhi

Credit to Author: Hara Hiroaki| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We looked into the campaigns deployed by a new subgroup of advanced persistent threat (APT) group APT41, Earth Longzhi. This entry breaks down the technical details of the campaigns in full as presented at HITCON PEACE 2022 in August.

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TeamTNT Returns — Or Does It?

Credit to Author: Sunil Bharti| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Our honeypots caught malicious cryptocurrency miner samples targeting the cloud and containers, and its routines are reminiscent of the routines employed by cybercriminal group TeamTNT, which was said to have quit in November 2021. Our investigation shows that another threat actor group, WatchDog, might be mimicking TeamTNT’s arsenal.

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DeimosC2: What SOC Analysts and Incident Responders Need to Know About This C&C Framework

Credit to Author: Feike Hacquebord| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This report provides defenders and security operations center teams with the technical details they need to know should they encounter the DeimosC2 C&C framework.

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