Updates:

Families:
- AgentTesla
- AsyncRAT
- CryptBot
- DarkComet
- DCRat
- FormBook
- GuLoader
- Latrodectus
- LummaStealer
- Mirai
- OxyPumper
- RedLine
- Remcos
- RevengeRAT
- SnakeKeylogger
- STRRAT
- TrickBot
- XMRig
- XWorm
- ZharkRAT

Papers:
- 2012-10-02 - Blackhole Exploit Kit: Rise and Evolution.pdf
- 2015-09-15 - In Pursuit of Optical Fibers and Troop Intel: Targeted Attack Distributes PlugX in Russia.pdf
- 2015-09-24 - Meet GreenDispenser: A New Breed of ATM Malware.pdf
- 2021-12-22 - Establishing the TigerRAT and TigerDownloader Malware Families.pdf
- 2022-04-27 - BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Russian Speakers with Updated PlugX.pdf
- 2022-08-22 - Ocean Lotus APT Group.pdf
- 2022-10-12 - TOAD attacks: Vishing combined with Android banking malware now targeting Italian banks.pdf
- 2023-04-14 - SHATTEREDGLASS Server Emulator.pdf
- 2023-07-03 - Chinese Threat Actors Targeting Europe in SmugX Campaign.pdf
- 2023-07-29 - Unknown powershell backdoor with ties to new Zloader.pdf
- 2023-09-14 - Peach Sandstorm password spray campaigns enable intelligence collection at high-value targets.pdf
- 2023-12-11 - Mustang Panda's PlugX new variant targetting Taiwanese government and diplomats.pdf
- 2024-01-24 - The Endless Struggle Against APT10- Insights from LODEINFO v0.6.6 - v0.7.3 Analysis.pdf
- 2024-03-04 - On-Device Fraud on the rise: exposing a recent Copybara fraud campaign.pdf
- 2024-03-22 - APT29 Uses WINELOADER to Target German Political Parties.pdf
- 2024-03-22 - Large-Scale StrelaStealer Campaign in Early 2024.pdf
- 2024-03-24 - Analysis of DEV#POPPER: New Attack Campaign Targeting Software Developers Likely Associated With North Korean Threat Actors.pdf
- 2024-04-02 - Updated StrelaStealer Targeting European Countries.pdf
- 2024-04-19 - Gold Pickaxe iOS Technical Analysis- IPA Overview and C2 Communication Start up.pdf
- 2024-04-27 - Finding Malware: Detecting SOGU with Google Security Operations.pdf
- 2024-06-09 - New Threat: A Deep Dive Into the Zergeca Botnet.pdf
- 2024-06-24 - StrelaStealer Resurgence: Tracking a JavaScript-Driven Credential Stealer Targeting Europe.pdf
- 2024-07-05 - CLEARFAKE Update Tricks Victim into Executing Malicious PowerShell Code.pdf
- 2024-07-09 - Italian government agencies and companies in the target of a Chinese APT.pdf
- 2024-07-10 - DodgeBox: A deep dive into the updated arsenal of APT41 - Part 1.pdf
- 2024-07-11 - Brief technical analysis of the 'Poseidon Stealer' malware.pdf
- 2024-07-11 - ClickFix Deception: A Social Engineering Tactic to Deploy Malware.pdf
- 2024-07-11 - CRYSTALRAY: Inside the Operations of a Rising Threat Actor Exploiting OSS Tools.pdf
- 2024-07-11 - MoonWalk: A deep dive into the updated arsenal of APT41 - Part 2.pdf
- 2024-07-14 - Fake AWS Packages Ship Command and Control Malware In JPEG Files.pdf
- 2024-07-14 - Malware Analysis: Rhadamanthys.pdf
- 2024-07-15 - CVE-2024-38112: Void Banshee Targets Windows Users Through Zombie Internet Explorer in Zero-Day Attacks.pdf
- 2024-07-16 - MirrorFace Attack against Japanese Organisations.pdf
- 2024-07-16 - NullBulge: Threat Actor Masquerades as Hacktivist Group Rebelling Against AI.pdf
- 2024-07-17 - The Return of Ghost Emperor's Demodex.pdf
- 2024-07-18 - Emerging IoT Wiper Malware: Kaden and New LOLFME Botnet Variants.pdf
- 2024-07-23 - A Simple Approach to Discovering Oyster Backdoor Infrastructure.pdf
- 2024-07-24 - APT45: North Korea's Digital Military Machine.pdf
- 2024-07-24 - Malware Campaign Lures Users With Fake W2 Form.pdf
- 2024-07-24 - Rhysida using Oyster Backdoor to deliver ransomware.pdf
- 2024-07-24 - UAC-0063 Attack Detection: Hackers Target Ukrainian Research Institutions Using HATVIBE, CHERRYSPY, and CVE-2024-23692.pdf
- 2024-07-25 - Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI.pdf
- 2024-07-28 - CyberGate Technical Analysis.pdf
- 2024-07-30 - Too big to care: Our disappointment with Cloudflare's anti-abuse posture.pdf
- 2024-07-31 - Research Update: Threat Actors Behind the DEV#POPPER Campaign Have Retooled and are Continuing to Target Software Developers via Social Engineering.pdf
- 2024-08-01

Damn, Telegram cut us off. :(

39% of our web visitors are using Tor.

We cookin' now 🙏

(our virus database now implements basic YARA rules and tagging)

(we're bringing in roughly 2 malware samples a second)

(lord help our server bills)

TorGuard VPN is running a 60% off deal with promo code VXDADDY.

No, this isn't a joke. This all happened on a whim from a meme.

"Kros", Jim, and Ron,

Thank you for covering our asses. Please DM us. You all slightly gave us more than the lost $500 so we'll give you free swag, or something, whatever is clever.

Thanks,

P.S. Jim the homie, he doesn't even know what we do and he gave us money 😭😭😭

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Today a person operating under the moniker 'Bizarredect' compromised a North Korean ISP and dumped 31GB of North Korean data

https://gofile.io/d/nLSE4n

Us trying to review the stolen North Korean data

Today Facebook users noticed a botched modification to the Facebook recommendation algorithm. Users are reporting their feeds are being flooded with "Happy Birthday" posts ... from people and to people they don't know.

tl;dr Facebook is now "Happy Birthday" and advertisements

This actually isn't the first time this has happened from Facebook. Last time this happened it was users commenting on celebrity profiles.

The issue was resolved within a few hours.

Anyway, Happy Birthday!

Why is 0xTib3rius disrespecting us

Big brain time.

Daniel Rhyne was employed as a core infrastructure engineer for an unnamed company. He intentionally changed domain controller credentials in an attempt to extort his employer out of $750,000.

He's now facing 30 years in prison.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/employee-arrested-for-locking-windows-admins-out-of-254-servers-in-extortion-plot/

Our memory is a little fuzzy, but we can't recall a time where someone used ... the windows command line interface ... to change creds to "TheFr0zenCrew!" then asking for $750,000.

It's unfathomably galaxy brain — a truly epic gamer moment.

Starting September vx-underground will charge $100 for every 100 Yottabytes of data used on the website.

We apologize for the inconvenience

We missed our own 5 year Twitter birthday.

Yay! We're 5 (on Twitter!)

Yesterday, or whenever, DICK's Sporting Goods, an American store that sells sports stuff, filed an SEC 8K. Based on reports – sounds like they've been hit by ransomware

We've never seen such a mute public response to a large ransomware attack. Literally no one seemed to care 😭

Our recent poll shows that somewhere between 25% - 35% of our follower base (72,000 people+-) have absolutely no idea what we do.

They only follow us for the memes and news.

tl;dr we collect all materials malware related for researchers, gossip with cyber criminals, and meme

To appease our tech-adjacent audience that seems to enjoy our borderline neurotic computer posts: here is a photo of us removing some RAM sticks (we couldn't get them back in the computer)