TLS on the network: what to do
TLS on the network: what to do 🤷♂️ You are a powerful network traffic analysis engine. You work for the benefit of the information security system, grinding th…
nginx WebSocket proxying — payload detection
Proxying WebSocket nginx — payload detection 👀 Checking configurations of various services sometimes helps find unknown malware that is not detected by antiviru…
By the way, about Offzone
By the way, about Offzone 🙂 We promised to publish the latest version of the presentation from the talk about ExCobalt's maneuvers in the channel — here it is 🤝…
Exfiltration gone wrong
😈 Exfiltration Gone Wrong When investigating incidents, we periodically encounter threat actors exfiltrating data before encrypting infrastructure. One of the e…
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!!р^д**н**c 🤔 A characteristic example of how threat actors use current events to distribute malicious programs is a malicious document we discovered. It contai…
Analysis of reports.db
☝️ In addition to Windows logs, another interesting artifact provided by a popular antivirus protection tool helped us in investigating the activity described i…
Exfiltration using PowerShell/C#
ℹ️ Exfiltration using PowerShell/C# During an incident investigation, while analyzing Windows event logs on one of the compromised hosts, we discovered that a P…
Industrial-scale exfiltration
Exfiltration on an industrial scale 😐 The APT group Cloud Atlas has been attacking Russian companies since 2019, engaging in espionage and theft of confidential…
Hellhounds remains one of the most advanced groups attacking companies within Russia
🫡 Hellhounds remains one of the most advanced groups attacking companies in Russia We have already covered Hellhounds' activity in the articles "Operation Lahat…
In early 2024, our team identified the use of Cobint malware in customer infrastructures
In early 2024, our team identified the use of the Cobint malware in customers' infrastructures 🥷 This malware is actively used by the (Ex)Cobalt group in attack…
Ad-hoc network research, or How to find new, previously undiscovered activity of a known group in 15 minutes
🔎 Quick-and-dirty network research, or How to find a new, previously undiscovered activity of a known group in 15 minutes While analyzing external expertise on…
DPAPI — a popular vector for attacks on Windows-family OSes
DPAPI — a popular vector for attacks on Windows-family OS 💻 Wi-Fi keys, certificates, credentials, browser cookies, DropBox, Skype — and that's only part of the…