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  • Scattered Spider: Detection Engineering Dilemma

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    Scattered Spider is a rapidly emerging threat. As a native English-speaking group, it has quickly become a versatile adversary—ranging from data exfiltration to ransomware deployment. It is referenced in numerous analyses, including but not limited to those by CISA, ReliaQuest, AttackIQ, Unit 42, and Google Cloud. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-320ahttps://reliaquest.com/blog/scattered-spider-attack-analysis-account-compromisehttps://www.attackiq.com/2025/05/29/emulating-scattered-spiderhttps://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/muddled-libra-evolution-to-cloudhttps://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc3944-targets-saas-applicationshttps://www.tidalcyber.com/blog/scattered-spider-evolving-resilient-group-proves-need-for-constant-defender-vigilance Known Scattered Spider aliases are: 0ktapus, oktapus, UNC3944,…

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    Shadowpad, PlugX, China Chopper, Stowaway RAT

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author David Deflache, Sebastien Tricaud Summary This week, we share data from another attack being exploited. In mid-Autumn 2021, Kaspersky experts uncovered a ShadowPad malware campaign targeting a national telecom company in Pakistan. The attack, presumed to have begun in winter 2021, exploited MS Exchange vulnerability (CVE-2021-26855) to install a Cobalt…

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    GhostEmperor

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author David Deflache, Sebastien Tricaud Summary This week, we share data from another attack being exploited. In August 2022, analysts uncovered a cyber attack on a government-run Indonesian company by the APT group GhostEmperor. Known since 2021, GhostEmperor specializes in cyberespionage across sectors, employing tactics such as phishing, software exploits, and…

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    Atlassian Confluence Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author David Deflache, Sebastien Tricaud Summary This week, we share data from another attack being exploited. Atlassian Confluence faces a critical security threat with an actively exploited unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server. The injection flaw enables unauthorized users to execute arbitrary code, affecting all versions…

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    F5 Server Audit

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author Sebastien Tricaud Summary This week, we share data from an actively exploited attack from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. This is the /var/log/audit.log file from the F5 boxes which were compromised. A critical security advisory, CVE-2023-46747, reveals an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the BIG-IP Configuration utility. This…

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    Anydesk Installation Traces

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author Sebastien Tricaud Summary This scenario automates the download and installation of AnyDesk, a remote desktop software, on a Windows system. It begins by resolving the IP address of the AnyDesk download server through DNS resolution. Subsequently, it simulates a Windows environment for an HTTP request, fetches the AnyDesk.exe file from…

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    Critical Vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author Sebastien Tricaud Summary Caitlin Condon, an expert at Rapid7, has highlighted critical vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server, a secure file transfer solution. These vulnerabilities, notably CVE-2023-40044 and CVE-2023-42657, were disclosed by Progress Software on September 27, 2023. CVE-2023-40044, a .NET deserialization flaw, allows remote code execution with a single HTTPS POST…

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    Snatch Ransomware

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    TLP TLP TLP CLEAR Author Jordi M. Lobo Summary In a recent cyber attack, the Snatch Team used RDP brute force to infiltrate a network and rapidly executed a series of sophisticated actions within a short time frame. They gained initial access by logging into a Domain Administrator (DA) account, performed various commands, and initiated…

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