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Win$ton: a Russian-Speaking Scam Group Targeting Middle-Eastern Customers

Introduction

As Yarix Cyber Threat Intelligence (YCTI) team, we regularly monitor, track and counter phishing websites that aim to steal user-sensitive data (e.g., login credentials, phone numbers, credit cards). One of the most challenging aspect of proactively countering and tracking phishing campaigns is hunting and analyzing exposed phishing kits. The analysis of these archives enables...

Vade Secure Gateway Multiple XSS (CVE-2023-29712, CVE-2023-29713, CVE-2023-29714)

Vade Secure Gateway

During a penetration test activity, several reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were found on an application developed by the French Company Vade Secure. The vulnerable application is Vade Secure Gateway which is an email box scanning and processing tool for spam removal that can be managed via a web page. Once we identified the...

Analysis of BlackBasta ransomware gang (Part 1)

Executive Summary

The present article provides valuable highlights about BlackBasta ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), as a result of the analysis conducted by Yarix Cyber Threat Intelligence – YCTI team. BlackBasta emerged in April 2022 and has already compromised over 200 organizations, thus representing one of the most threatening ransomware gangs in the cyber-scene. From April 2022 until March...

PrivEsc on a production-mode POS

Earlier this year, we were involved in the security assessment of a mobile application that included the use and verification of a POS, a Pax D200. An Internet search aimed at identifying any known vulnerabilities about it, led us to this post called pax-pwn and written by lsd.cat where three CVEs were reported and...

SIRI WI400: XSS on Login Page – CVE-2022-48111

WI400 is a software developed by SIRI that acts as a web interface for the IBM Power Systems (AS/400). During a penetration test activity, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found on the login page. This allowed to craft URLs with arbitrary JavaScript code injected that would execute once the link was visited.

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Russian Cyber Underground: Genesis and Anatomy of the Dark Web Forum Infinity

Executive Summary

The Yarix Cyber Threat Intelligence (YCTI) team analysed the genesis and anatomy of a brand-new forum operating in the Russian cyber underground: the Infinity Forum. Infinity is a recently appeared cyber creature founded by KillMillk (former head of the pro-Russia hacktivist group Killnet) and  engineered by Russian hacktivists. It is officially operative since January...

Advanced Phobia

Ransomware Gang Details

Phobos ransomware, first discovered in December 2018, is another notorious cyber threat actor which targets businesses. Phobos is popular among threat actors because of its simple design. In addition, the Greek god Phobos was thought to be the incarnation of fear and panic: the gang’s name was likely inspired by him. Phobos is a...

Phobia

Ransomware Details

Phobos ransomware, first discovered in December 2018, is another notorious cyber threat that targets businesses. Phobos is popular among threat actors of various technical abilities because of its simple design. In addition, the Greek god Phobos was thought to be the incarnation of fear and panic; hence the name Phobos was likely inspired by him. Phobos...

Analysis of the Russian-Speaking Threat Actor NoName 057(16)

The report analyzes the threat actor NoName057(16). Yarix Cyber Threat Intelligence (YCTI) team has tracked the activities of this cyber-collective from its creation (early March 2022) until the month of September 2022. From the findings and the evidence collected, NoName057(16) is a Russian-speaking threat actor, whose actions are driven by ideological and political grounds, namely:...