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> OMG John Hammond's proof-of-concept trick is being used by Lumma stealer!!!
Us, with a giant library of malware source code and malware builders:
Crazy Thursday.
- Dr. Web, the Russian antivirus company, disclosed a breach. Dr. Web stopped sending antivirus updates September 16th. Subsequently, Dr. Web reportedly disconnected their servers from their internal network while they investigated the suspected compromise. Dr. Web reports to have resolved the issue and has returned to normal day-to-day operations. No Threat Actor has been attributed to the compromise. They believe the compromise occurred on or around September 14th.
- Yesterday, or sometime before, GitHub users were targeted in mass by a large scale phishing and/or malware campaign. An unknown Threat Actor(s) pushed their Lumma Stealer campaign by leaving bogus issues on GitHub projects. When the project owner visited the issue, the issue linked to a domain titled 'GitHub-Scanner'. GitHub-Scanner requested the visitor prove their humanity (e.g. not a robot) by doing Windows + R and CTRL + V + ENTER. When the site is visited, the website copies malicious code to the users clipboard. Windows + R, opening Windows Run, and CTRL + V, pasting the malicious code to the Run window and ENTER would run the code, this would trick the user into executing their malware payload. Once the payload is executed, it downloads a file called 'IE6.exe'. IE6.exe is Lumma information stealer. While it is a clever trick, the Threat Actor(s) (intentionally, or unintentionally) did not account for users who are not running Windows. This caused confusion for non-Windows users, or users on mobile devices.
> have prankware idea (non-malicious malware?)
> write simple poc
> it works.png
> decided to rewrite it 1337 coo w/ no dependencies
> ...
> 841 lines of c++ later
> nowhere near done
we're gone for 2 hours and now people are turning butt plugs into bombs wtf
Just kidding, that didn't happen. That'd be crazy though.
we're gone for 30 minutes and now people are turning walkie talkies into bombs wtf
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Actually, maybe not. Microsoft has upped the ante. It's all over.
We didn't anticipate Microsoft actually caring 😭
We spotted someone in California with the license plate "MALWRE".
We left a sticker on your driver side window
tl;dr tl;dr this guy fuckin' nailed it and we believe him to be an expert figure on hardware hacking and big brain sciency magic stuff
https://x.com/_MG_/status/1836086734171574446
we're gone for half a day and now people are turning pagers into bombs wtf
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wE oFfEr fReE cOFFee
Amazon employees are making six figures. Free coffee is 100% not a make-or-break situation. Half these nerds are probably burning money on Uber Eats because they don't even want to walk to the kitchen
In the United States this is an actual career path. The job title is "Influencer". If done correctly you can get as much as $100,000/video by the Kremlin
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Best places to find information on obscure parts of Windows internals:
- UnknownCheats, random guy with anime profile picture reversed it, only got 2 upvotes
- Random old blog from the mid-2000's, author stopped posting 15 years ago.
- Chinese developer forums
just got told console gaming is better because it cant get a virus
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Probably one of the largest updates we've done in a long time.
Why the hell do we do this for free 😭
Papers:
- 2023-12-25 - An Introduction to Bypassing User Mode EDR Hooks
- 2023-11-29 - The Art of Windows Persistence
- 2023-01-04 - Investigating Filter Communication Ports
- 2022-11-16 - Bypassing AV-EDR Hooks via Vectored Syscall
- 2021-11-10 - The DLL Search Order And Hijacking It
- 2021-07-26 - Shellcoding - Process Injection with Assembly
- 2021-06-28 - Stealing Tokens In Kernel Mode With A Malicious Driver
- 2021-05-23 - Preventing memory inspection on Windows
- 2021-01-30 - Executing Position Independent Shellcode from Object Files in Memory
- 2020-06-01 - Using Syscalls to Inject Shellcode on Windows
- 2018-09-06 - Persistence using Universal Windows Platform apps
Bulk downloads:
- Bazaar.2024.08
- InTheWild.0130
- InTheWild.0131
- Virussign.2024.08.12
- Virussign.2024.08.13
- Virussign.2024.08.14
- Virussign.2024.08.15
- Virussign.2024.08.16
- Virussign.2024.08.17
- Virussign.2024.08.18
- Virussign.2024.08.23
- Virussign.2024.08.24
- Virussign.2024.08.25
- Virussign.2024.08.26
- Virussign.2024.08.27
- Virussign.2024.08.28
- Virussign.2024.08.29
- Virussign.2024.08.30
- Virussign.2024.08.31
- Virussign.2024.09.01
- Virussign.2024.09.02
- Virussign.2024.09.03
- Virussign.2024.09.04
- Virussign.2024.09.05
- Virussign.2024.09.06
- Virussign.2024.09.07
- Virussign.2024.09.08
- 120,082+- malware samples
Oh and pagers and walkie talkies exploding. This does not fall into the realm of malware, or news we would typically discuss, but there is a high volume of people who believe this to be malware.
It's not malware. They snuck explosives into the devices.
Have a nice day.
If you're curious what pain looks like:
https://samples.vx-underground.org/tmp/prankware.txt
Lockbit ransomware group claims to have ransomed eFile dot com.
eFile dot com IS NOT the IRS eFile system. eFile dot com is an IRS authorized entity approved for submitting financial documents to the IRS.
Update:
We found the guy who owns the MALWRE plate and he has received the sticker.
Oh. My. God.
The possibilities for initial access malware just went through the roof.
We've learned some of you don't have Xitter, or the ability to see the post, so here it is as a PDF so you don't have to do stuff.
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We don't know much about pagers, or explosives.
But what we do know a little about is malware and we can promise you there is not some 1337 technique that magically transforms a regular battery into an incendiary device.
tl;dr modified pagers, science or something
"Everyone has to return to office. I only made $29,300,000 last year. How am I going to afford my new yacht on this salary?" — Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon
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Amazon announced starting in 2025 all workers will be expected to be back in the office.
Amazon employees jumped with joy knowing they will now have to wake up earlier, commute, waste time and money on travel, spend less time with their families, and deal with office politics!
It's corporate propaganda to say tech workers want to return to the office.
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This is actually a good point. Most people playing video games are probably casual, don't want to buy a computer, and just want to relax in the living room, or wherever, and play on a controller.
Also, older consoles are cool and badass. Sega Dreamcast Podracing was badass
APT collection:
- 2024.08.08 - Iran Targeting 2024 US Election
- 2024.08.08 - The i-Soon-Leaks - Part 2
- 2024.08.09 - A Dive into Earth Baku
- 2024.08.12 - South Koreas Pseudo Hunter APT organization
- 2024.08.13 - Kaspersky APT trends report Q2 2024
- 2024.08.14 - Cyclops - Likely replacement for BellaCiao
- 2024.08.14 - EastWind campaign
- 2024.08.14 - Iranian backed group phishing Israel, U.S
- 2024.08.15 - The i-Soon-Leaks - Part 3
- 2024.08.17 - Sidewinder APT – Phishing on Pakistan
- 2024.08.19 - BlindEagle flying high in Latin America
- 2024.08.20 - GreenCharlie Targeting US - Advanced Phishing and Malware
- 2024.08.20 - New Backdoor Targeting Taiwan
- 2024.08.21 - MoonPeak malware from North Korean
- 2024.08.22 - China-Nexus Threat Group Velvet Ant
- 2024.08.22 - The i-Soon-Leaks - Part 4
- 2024.08.23 - Analysis of Patchwork(APT-Q-36) Spyder Downloader
- 2024.08.26 - Operation DevilTiger used by APT-Q-12 disclosed
- 2024.08.27 - Doppelgaenger - Details on a Russian disinformation campaign
- 2024.08.28 - OceanLotus - Targeting Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders
- 2024.08.28 - I Spy With My Little Eye - Uncovering an Iranian Counterintelligence Operation
- 2024.08.28 - Iran-based Cyber Actors Enabling Ransomware Attacks
- 2024.08.28 - Operation Oxidový - Malware Campaign Targets Czech Officials
- 2024.08.28 - Peach Sandstorm Tickler malware in intelligence gathering op
- 2024.08.29 - Suspected Espionage Campaign Delivers Voldemort
- 2024.08.30 - North Korean threat actor exploiting Chromium zero-day
- 2024.09.03 - DeFied Expectations - Examining Web3 Heists
- 2024.09.04 - APT Lazarus - Eager Crypto Beavers, Video calls and Games
- 2024.09.04 - Earth Lusca Uses KTLVdoor Backdoor for Multiplatform Intrusion
- 2024.09.04 - Reconnaissance Scanning Tools Used by Chinese Threat Actors
- 2024.09.05 - GRU 29155 Russian Military Cyber Actors Target U.S.
- 2024.09.05 - Tropic Trooper spies on the Middle East
- 2024.09.06 - Chinese APT Abuses VSCode to Target Government in Asia
- 2024.09.06 - TIDRONE Targets Military and Satellite Industries in Taiwan
- 2024.09.10 - Crimson Palace returns
Large update. Read the papers, download the malware, reverse the malware, whatever. Even writing about all the additions is a lot of work.
Note: Assume all builder binaries are malicious, explore them with caution. APT paper titles truncated or modified in this post.
Administrative updates:
- VXDB is still syncing with VirusTotal. All corrupt files have been repaired. We are currently refining our malware ingestion process.
- MalwareIngestion collection has been purged due to fears of binaries being corrupted. MalwareIngestion will be repaired and redeployed at a later time.
- New vx-underground merch scheduled to be added to merch store. This will be done at a later time.
- New vx-underground harddrives will be available for sale later.
Builders:
- Builder-Android.Phoenix
- Builder.CraxsRat
- Builder.Ransomware.Slam
- Builder.RobinHoodRansomware.Leak
Families:
- Blackmoon
- CobaltStrike
- DarkCloud
- DCRat
- Mirai
- NetTraveler
- QuasarRAT
- RedLine
- Rekoobe
- Remcos
- Sliver
- Stealc
- Tidepool
- Tofsee
- XMRig