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Log4Shell: How the Attackers’ Faces Have Changed Over Time

February 2, 2022 0 Comments Exploit, featured, log4j, log4shell, security operations, threat research, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:34:16 +0000

Following an article on January 24, 2022 of Log4Shell scanning and attack detections since the bug was reported, Sophos addresses reader questions about who’s behind it all

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SolarMarker campaign used novel registry changes to establish persistence

February 2, 2022 0 Comments featured, information stealers, Jupiter, polazert, seo poisoning, solarmarker, threat research

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:00:30 +0000

Inserting custom file handling rules for a randomly-created file extension and a .LNK in Windows’ startup folder, malware installer created a stealthy persistence mechanism for backdoor.

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Windows services lay the groundwork for a Midas ransomware attack

February 2, 2022 0 Comments anydesk, dism, dismcore.dll, midas, PowerShell, Ransomware, rapid response, teamviewer, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:30:13 +0000

Attackers took two months to craft and install PowerShell scripts as services before deploying the ransomware

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Log4Shell: No Mass Abuse, But No Respite, What Happened?

February 2, 2022 0 Comments Exploit, featured, log4j, log4shell, mtr, security operations, threat research, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:52:07 +0000

Sophos reviews the scanning and attack detections for Log4Shell to see what’s really going on

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