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Talos’ Oct. 15–22 roundup covers prevalent malware including Ramnit, GandCrab, Emotet, TrickBot and Remcos, with sample-derived IOCs, behaviors and Cisco product protection coverage.
Talos’s October 8–15 roundup highlights nine prevalent threats, including credential stealers, remote-access trojans, spam malware and ransomware, with sample-based IOCs, behavior details and Cisco product coverage.
Talos’s Aug. 13–20, 2021 roundup covers eight malware families, their observed behaviors and indicators from dynamic analysis, and Cisco product coverage.
DarkOwl analyzed ransomware notes from 2016 through the first half of 2021 and found ProtonMail and Tutanota increasingly prominent. It predicts fewer email contacts in 2021 as groups use Telegram and Tor-hosted chats.
An analysis of more than 1,300 AWS accounts found widespread excessive third-party IAM access: 82% allowed broad read access, 76% had roles enabling account takeover, and over 90% of security teams were unaware of high permissions.
DarkOwl reviews darknet discussions, exposed election-vendor credentials and voter-registration data, and voting-system risks ahead of the 2020 U.S. election, while outlining safeguards such as offline machines and paper backups.
DarkOwl reports a 230% average rise in darknet mentions of food delivery and shopping services, alongside account sales, refund fraud and shopping bots. It says an alleged Instacart account listing was unconfirmed and the company denied a breach.
DarkOwl’s analysis found a March 2020 spike in highly criminally relevant darknet posts, which it attributed mainly to users migrating after Daniel’s hosting service was hacked. The company said the pandemic was unlikely to be the main cause.
DarkOwl analyzed archived Apollon data covering 35,028 listings and 1,761 vendor accounts, reporting estimated market value of $10.9 million and a surge in vendor activity after rival markets closed or were seized.
