BLOGS By Arnold Osipov

Recently, Morphisec researchers discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that can lead to remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38021, highlights a significant security flaw within the Microsoft Outlook...

Morphisec Labs has been monitoring increased activity associated with Sticky Werewolf, a group suspected to have geopolitical and/or hacktivist ties. While the group’s geographical origin and home base remain unclear, recent attack techniques...

Recently, Morphisec Labs identified a significant increase in activity linked to Mispadu (also known as URSA), a banking trojan first flagged by ESET in 2019. Initially concentrated on LATAM countries and Spanish-speaking individuals, Mispadu has...

In ongoing efforts to monitor and analyze emerging cyber threats, Morphisec Threat Labs has recently turned its focus to Chae$ 4.1, an update to the Chaes malware Infostealer series. This version introduces key updates, including an improved Chronod...

Since April, Morphisec Labs has been closely monitoring an active GuLoader campaign that primarily focuses on law firms, along with healthcare and investment firms, specifically within the United States. GuLoader, also known as Cloudeye, has been...

Starting in November 2022, Morphisec has been tracking an advanced info stealer we have named “SYS01 stealer.” SYS01 stealer uses similar lures and loading techniques to another information stealer recently dubbed S1deload by the Bitdefender group,...

The Morphisec Labs team has conducted research on the new Mars infostealer. Mars is based on the older Oski Stealer and was first discovered in June 2021. The new Mars is available for sale on several underground forums and is reported to be under...

Overview

• Morphisec Labs tracked a new MirrorBlast campaign targeting financial services organizations 
• MirrorBlast is delivered via a phishing email that contains malicious links which download a weaponized Excel document
• MirrorBlast has low...

The Morphisec Labs team has been tracking an ongoing RAT delivery campaign that started in February this year. This campaign is unique in its heavy use of the AutoHotKey scripting language—a fork of the AutoIt language frequently used for testing...

This report has been updated with assistance from the cybersecurity community.

Introduction

Morphisec Labs has been tracking FIN7 (Carbanak Group) activity for the past several years. Morphisec’s ability to collect rich forensic data from memory has...

An Infostealer is a trojan that is designed to gather and exfiltrate private and sensitive information from a target system. There is a large variety of info stealers active in the wild, some are independent and some act as a modular part of a...

Introduction

Morphisec Labs has tracked a massive maldoc campaign delivering the QakBot/QBot banking trojan, starting earlier this month. Qakbot leverages advanced techniques to evade detection and hamper manual analysis of the threat. In this post...

The Morphisec Labs team has tracked an obfuscated VBScript package in campaigns since March 2020. Initially, the malware campaign was focused on targets within Germany, but has since moved on to additional targets--excluding any IP address within...

Ursnif/Gozi Introduction:

Morphisec has been tracking an uptick in the delivery of Ursnif/Gozi during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we have noticed a significant spike both in numbers and sophistication. The latest delivery methods will many...

Guloader is a downloader that has been widely used from December 2019. Several security researchers have identified the downloader in the wild, signifying that it has quickly gained popularity among threat actors. When it first appeared, GuLoader...

Following the increase in Parallax RAT campaigns -- the new RAT on the block, Morphisec Labs decided to release more technical details on some of the latest campaigns that the Morphisec Preemptive Cyber Defense Platform intercepted and prevented on...

The Trickbot trojan is one of the most advanced malware delivery vehicles currently in use. Attackers have leveraged it to deliver a wide variety of malicious code, in many different methods. Just yesterday, Bleeping Computer reported that news...

A whopping 186.4 million Americans shopped in stores and online between Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year, according to the National Retail Federation. On average, these shoppers spent $361.90 per person over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

Last week, a new strain of ransomware hit dozens of targets across Germany. The categorization as ransomware is really a misnomer as, while the attackers do demand a ransom, by that time the victim’s data has already been irreversibly wiped, even if...

Morphisec Labs recently investigated an ongoing BitPaymer ransomware campaign that has been attacking companies across the U.S., both public and private, over the last 3 months.