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This Week in Security News – January 28th, 2022

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This Week in Security News – January 28th, 2022

Read on: Codex Exposed Task Automation and Response Consistency In this blog series, Trend Micro explores different aspects of Codex and assess its capabilities with a focus on the security aspects that affect not only regular developers, but also malicious users. Being able to automate tasks or programmatically execute them unsupervised is an essential part of both regular and malicious computer usage. In this series, Trend Micro explores if a tool like Codex is reliable…

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Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems

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Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems

By measuring the exposure of DDS services, in one month we found 643 distinct public-facing DDS services in 34 countries affecting 100 organizations via 89 internet service providers (ISPs). Of the DDS implementations by seven distinct vendors (one of which we were initially unaware of), 202 leaked private IP addresses (referring to internal network architecture details), and seven supposedly secret URLs. Some of these IP addresses expose unpatched or outdated DDS implementations, which are affected…

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Securing business email accounts from malware threats

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Securing business email accounts from malware threats

Securing business email accounts from malware threats | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more. This Website Uses…

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TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco

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TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco

TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco Mobile Trend Micro confirmed a new mobile malware infection chain targeting both Android and iPhone devices. The malware might have been designed to steal credentials associated with membership websites of major Japanese telecommunication services. By: Trend Micro January 25, 2022 Read time:  ( words) This blog was first published here: https://blog.trendmicro.co.jp/archives/29322 It has been some time since SMS or text messaging has become a means to…

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Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware

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Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware

Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware We found waves of Emotet spam campaigns using unconventional IP addresses to evade detection. By: Ian Kenefick January 21, 2022 Read time:  ( words) We observed Emotet spam campaigns using hexadecimal and octal representations of IP addresses, likely to evade detection via pattern matching. Both routines use social engineering techniques to trick users into enabling document macros and automate malware execution. Upon receiving these standards,…

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 2

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 2

Legacy malware had the most detections in India, China, the US, and Taiwan. For coinminer, Equated malware, and WannaCry, India had the most detections. On the other hand, Japan had the most Emotet infections, while ICSs in Germany had the most adware incidents. Through this extensive research, we found that there were several malware threats that pose a great risk on ICSs. By identifying these threats, we can now determine various steps that your enterprise…

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Defending Users’ NAS Devices From Evolving Threats

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Defending Users’ NAS Devices From Evolving Threats

Defending Users’ NAS Devices From Evolving Threats In our latest research, we analyze the threats targeting well-known brands of network-attached storage (NAS) devices. By: Stephen Hilt, Fernando Merces January 20, 2022 Read time:  ( words) Threats to the internet of things (IoT) continue to evolve as users and businesses grow increasingly reliant on these tools for constant connectivity, access to information and data, and workflow continuity. Cybercriminals have taken notice of this dependence and now…

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Earth Lusca Employs Sophisticated Infrastructure, Varied Tools and Techniques

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Earth Lusca Employs Sophisticated Infrastructure, Varied Tools and Techniques

Since mid-2021, we have been investigating a rather elusive threat actor called Earth Lusca that targets organizations globally via a campaign that uses traditional social engineering techniques such as spear phishing and watering holes. The group’s primary motivation seems to be cyberespionage: the list of its victims includes high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organizations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organizations, and the media, among others. However,…

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 1

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 2

Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 1 Ransomware In this two-part series, we look into various cybersecurity threats that affected industrial control systems endpoints. We also discuss several insights and recommendations to mitigate such threats. By: Trend Micro Research January 15, 2022 Read time:  ( words) The ever-changing technological landscape has made it possible for the business process on the IT side of an enterprise to be interconnected with the physical process on the OT…

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This Week in Security News – January 14, 2022

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This Week in Security News – January 28th, 2022

Read on: Defending Systems Against Attacks with Layers of Remote Control As organizations brace themselves for the year ahead, now is an opportune time to take stock of how they can strengthen their security posture and shore up their defenses. While organizations may have the power of leading-edge cybersecurity solutions on their side, malicious actors continue to work diligently to refine their methods and take advantage of vulnerabilities every chance they get. Congress To Update…

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