Elephant Framework Delivered in Phishing Attacks Against Ukrainian Organizations
A recently developed malware framework called Elephant is being delivered in targeted spear phishing campaigns using spoofed Ukrainian governmental email addresses. The...
Detection Rules for Sysjoker (and How to Make Them With Osquery)
On January 11, 2022, we released a blog post on a new malware called SysJoker. SysJoker is a malware targeting Windows, macOS,...
New SysJoker Backdoor Targets Windows, Linux, and macOS
Malware targeting multiple operating systems has become no exception in the malware threat landscape. Vermilion Strike, which was documented just last September,...
Exposed Prefect Workflows Could Lead to Disruptive Attacks
Workflow management platforms are powerful tools for automating and managing complex tasks. Integrating workflow platforms can help companies coordinate and ease their...
Intezer Analyze Transforms for Maltego
We are happy to introduce the Intezer Analyze plugin for Maltego. Combine insights from our malware analysis platform with Maltego’s graphical tool (And you...
New Attacks on Kubernetes via Misconfigured Argo Workflows
Key Points Intezer has detected a new attack vector against Kubernetes (K8s) clusters via misconfigured Argo Workflows instances. Attackers are already taking advantage of this...
Targeted Phishing Attack against Ukrainian Government Expands to Georgia
In May 2021, Fortinet published a report about the early stages of an ongoing phishing attack against the Ukrainian government. The attack, initially...
Global Phishing Campaign Targets Energy Sector and its Suppliers
Our research team has found a sophisticated campaign, active for at least one year, targeting large international companies in the energy, oil...
Klingon RAT Holding on for Dear Life
With more malware written in Golang than ever before, the threat from Go-based Remote Access Trojans (RATs) has never been higher. Not only...
New Linux Backdoor RedXOR Likely Operated by Chinese Nation-State Actor
We discovered a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers Based on Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) the backdoor is believed to...
Year of the Gopher: 2020 Go Malware Round-Up
Developers are not the only ones that have adopted Go. Malware written in Go has been steadily increasing. In the last few...
How We Escaped Docker in Azure Functions
Summary of Findings What is Azure Functions? Technical Analysis Proof of Concept Why Does this Matter? Summary of Findings In previous months...
A Rare Look Inside a Cryptojacking Campaign and its Profit
Intro Linux threats are becoming more frequent. A common type of Linux threat is cryptojacking, which is the unauthorized use of an...
Operation ElectroRAT: Attacker Creates Fake Companies to Drain Your Crypto Wallets
Already with thousands of victims. Intro With Bitcoin on the rise and a market exceeding billions of dollars, cryptocurrency has attracted threat actors...
Early Bird Catches the Worm: New Golang Worm Drops XMRig Miner on Servers
Intro In early December, we discovered a new, undetected worm written in Golang. This worm continues the popular 2020 trend of multi-platform malware developed...
PureLocker: New Ransomware-as-a-Service Being Used in Targeted Attacks Against Servers
Analysis by Intezer and IBM X-Force points its origins to a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider utilized by the Cobalt Gang and FIN6 attack...
Mapping the Connections Inside Russia's APT Ecosystem
This research is a joint effort conducted by Omri Ben-Bassat from Intezer and Itay Cohen from Check Point Research. Prologue пролог If...
Watching the WatchBog: New BlueKeep Scanner and Linux Exploits
Overview We have discovered a new version of WatchBog—a cryptocurrency-mining botnet operational since late 2018—that we suspect has compromised more than 4,500 Linux...
EvilGnome: Rare Malware Spying on Linux Desktop Users
Introduction Linux desktop remains an unpopular choice among mainstream desktop users, making up a little more than 2% of the desktop operating system...
Executable and Linkable Format 101 Part 4: Dynamic Linking
This is a new post in our Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) 101 series, where the goal is to spread awareness about the...