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DDoS attacks in Q4 2021
In Q4 2021, as expected, the number of DDoS attacks rose, while DDoS botnets weaponized a Log4Shell vulnerability. In this report, we present the main DDoS trends and statistics.
Key statistics for 2021: miners, ransomware, trojan bankers and other financial malware, zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits, web attacks, threats for macOS and IoT.
At the end of 2021, we inspected UEFI firmware that was tampered with to embed a malicious code we dub MoonBounce. In this report we describe how the MoonBounce implant works and how it is connected to APT41.
It appears that BlueNoroff shifted focus from hitting banks and SWIFT-connected servers to solely cryptocurrency businesses as the main source of the group’s illegal income.
The ScarCruft group (also known as APT37 or Temp.Reaper) is a nation-state sponsored APT actor. Recently, we had an opportunity to perform a deeper investigation on a host compromised by this group.
In this report we provide details on a malicious VBS implant distributed via MS Excel droppers and a fake “Kaspersky Update Agent” which we attribute to WIRTE APT who may be linked to Gaza Cybergang.