Malware

While WhatsApp proceeded to disable the "Eden" exploit leveraged by NSO Group, the Israeli firm proceeded to create the "Erised" vector to target the app's users until May 2020, noted a court filing from Meta, which also noted that NSO Group, and not its customers, was primarily behind the spyware attacks.

Malicious emails spoofing Israel's National Cyber Directorate have been leveraged by Cotton Sandstorm to lure targeted entities into downloading a Google Chrome security update, which facilitates the delivery of WezRAT that enables file downloading, screenshot capturing, keystroke logging, clipboard content extraction, and Chromium browser cookie compromise.

Attackers delivered phishing emails with a ZIP file attachment with an executable Rust-based loader, which prompts Windows batch scripts that not only open lure documents but also facilitate the deactivation of antivirus software prior to the deployment of the Python-based information-stealing malware, an analysis from Cisco Talos showed.

DeepData, which has a layout identical to LightSpy and features a dozen infostealing-focused plugins, enables not only the exfiltration of data from browsers, password managers, and social networking apps, but also the recording of audio from its targets, according to an analysis from the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team.

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Group-IB says the "RustyAttr" trojan could potentially be used in future attacks once the attackers make it more robust.

TAG-112 may be a subgroup of Chinese advanced persistent threat group Evasive Panda, also known as TAG-102 and StormBamboo, due to significant similarities in attack tactics, techniques, and procedures, an analysis from Recorded Future's Insikt Group revealed.