SeroXen Mechanisms: Exploring Distribution, Risks, and Impact

Credit to Author: Peter Girnus| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the third installment of a three-part technical analysis of the fully undetectable (FUD) obfuscation engine BatCloak and SeroXen malware. In this entry, we document the techniques used to spread and abuse SeroXen, as well as the security risks, impact, implications of, and insights into highly evasive FUD batch obfuscators.

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SeroXen Incorporates Latest BatCloak Engine Iteration

Credit to Author: Peter Girnus| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We looked into the documented behavior of SeroXen malware and noted the inclusion of the latest iteration of the batch obfuscation engine BatCloak to generate a fully undetectable (FUD) .bat loader. This is the second part of a three-part series documenting the abuse of BatCloak’s evasion capabilities and interoperability with other malware.

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Analyzing the FUD Malware Obfuscation Engine BatCloak

Credit to Author: Peter Girnus| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We look into BatCloak engine, its modular integration into modern malware, proliferation mechanisms, and interoperability implications as malicious actors take advantage of its fully undetectable (FUD) capabilities.

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Healthcare cybersecurity updated in HIMSS23

Credit to Author: Kazuhisa Tagaya| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This update reports on the current state of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry from the CISA’s keynote in Cybersecurity forum of HIMSS23.

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Rust-Based Info Stealers Abuse GitHub Codespaces

Credit to Author: Nitesh Surana| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first part of our security analysis of an information stealer targeting GitHub Codespaces (CS) that discusses how attackers can abuse these cloud services for a variety of malicious activities.

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Attackers Use Containers for Profit via TrafficStealer

Credit to Author: Alfredo Oliveira| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We found TrafficStealer abusing open container APIs in order to redirect traffic to specific websites and manipulate engagement with ads.

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In Review: What GPT-3 Taught ChatGPT in a Year

Credit to Author: Vincenzo Ciancaglini| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Amidst the uproar and opinions since November 2022, we look at the possibilities and implications of what OpenAI’s ChatGPT presents to the cybersecurity industry using a comparison to earlier products, like its predecessor GPT-3.

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Hijacking Your Bandwidth: How Proxyware Apps Open You Up to Risk

Credit to Author: Trend Micro Research| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this investigation, we analyzed several prominent “passive income” applications and found out that there may be security risks upon participating in these programs.

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