🚨 New technical deep-dive: “Ghosts in / proc” 🚨

Attackers are no longer just hiding files, they are rewriting what the OS shows. Our new research demonstrates how adversaries manipulate Linux’s / proc filesystem to spoof process names and corrupt forensic timelines, effectively making malicious activity look benign.

Key Highlights:
🔹Malicious processes spoofing / proc/<pid>/cmdline so tools like ps and top report harmless names
🔹Timeline corruption via modified / proc/<pid>/stat start times processes can appear to start in the future
🔹When / proc is trusted in isolation, triage, timeline stitching, and attribution can all fail
🔹Full lab walkthrough, indicators, and practical mitigations included

🔗 Read the full analysis here.

#ThreatIntel #LinuxSecurity #DFIR #CyberSecurity #IncidentResponse

🚨Uncovering a Multi-Stage Phishing Kit Targeting Italy’s Infrastructure

Phishing has evolved, becoming industrialized, automated, and powered by underground ecosystems that mirror legitimate SaaS businesses.

Our latest investigation exposes a professional phishing framework impersonating Aruba S.p.A., Italy’s major IT and web services provider.

The key findings:
🔹 Multi-stage kit automating every phase of the attack from CAPTCHA evasion to OTP interception
🔹 Pre-filled login URLs designed to increase credibility and lower suspicion
🔹 Fake payment pages harvesting full credit card and 3D Secure/OTP data
🔹 Telegram bots used for real-time exfiltration and backup data logging
🔹 Evidence of Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) scaling fraud through automation and community support

Phishing may be one of the oldest cyber threats, but today, it operates like a fully industrialized ecosystem.

🧩 Read the full technical analysis here.

#ThreatIntelligence #CyberSecurity #Phishing #CyberCrime

🚨 New Threat Report Released: UNC2891 — ATM Threats Never Die

A financially motivated threat actor infiltrated banking networks using a Raspberry Pi connected to an ATM switch, deployed custom malware like CAKETAP and SLAPSTICK, and maintained undetected access for years.

From DNS tunneling to money mule recruitment via Telegram see how modern attackers operate.

🔗 Get the full breakdown of UNC2891’s TTPs, malware analysis, and incident response insights.

#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntelligence #ATMThreats #FinancialSecurity

🚨Bloody Wolf Expands Across Central Asia 🚨

Since June 2025, Group-IB analysts have been tracking a rapidly evolving campaign by Bloody Wolf, an APT group weaponizing trusted government identities to deliver lightweight but highly effective JAR-based loaders.

By impersonating Ministries of Justice and abusing legitimate remote-access software like NetSupport Manager, the group has quietly scaled its operations from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan supported by geo-fenced infrastructure, tailored lures, and a custom JAR generator designed for stealth and persistence.

Key highlights:
🔹 Their spear-phishing techniques and localized PDF lures
🔹 How custom JAR loaders deploy NetSupport RAT
🔹 Infrastructure masquerading as government portals
🔹 Multi-layered persistence and evasion methods
🔹 IOCs, MITRE mapping, & defensive recommendations

Bloody Wolf shows how low-cost tools & precise social engineering can evolve into regionally impactful cyber operations. Read the full analysis.

#CyberSecurity #BloodyWolf

🚨 New launch: Fraud moves fast. Now defense does too.

Announcing the Cyber Fraud Intelligence Platform: real-time, privacy-preserving fraud intelligence sharing for banks, payment providers, e-commerce, gaming, and telecoms.
🔹Share risk signals on suspicious activity, not just confirmed fraud. 
🔹Stop APP fraud & mule networks before funds are lost. 
🔹GDPR-compliant, Bureau Veritas verified. 
🔹Personal data never leaves your organization.

Collective problem. Collective defense.

📄 Read the press release here.
🔗 Learn more.

#CFIP #Cybersecurity #GDPR #AppFraud

Group-IB’s latest threat report exposes the full scale of GoldFactory’s mobile fraud operation, one of the most technically advanced campaigns currently targeting APAC.

Key insights:
🔹A surge of 300+ modified banking apps, patched with injected modules to bypass security and retain full legitimate functionality
🔹Over 11,000 device infections traced through Group-IB Fraud Protection telemetry
🔹A unified ecosystem of loaders (Gigabud, Remo, MMRat) delivering secondary payloads such as SkyHook
🔹New Gigaflower variant features experimental OCR and QR code scanning to auto-extract ID card data.
🔹Infrastructure overlaps linking open directories and shared S3 buckets hosting malicious binaries

This report reveals how GoldFactory has industrialized mobile fraud by weaponizing legitimate apps and what defenders need to know now. Read the full analysis.

#MobileBanking #CyberSecurity #APACThreats #BankingMalware #GoldFactory

As digital lending accelerates in Uzbekistan, cybercriminals are exploiting verification gaps, low financial awareness, and social engineering to weaponize online credit services at scale turning personal identity into a profitable attack surface.

Key Highlights:
🔹 Online credit fraud cases surged 42% in 2024 compared to 2023
🔹 34% of incidents involved fraudsters posing as bank or government officials
🔹 Microcredits are approved using stolen passport, FaceID, and OTP data
🔹 Scammers deploy Telegram bots and SMS-stealers to bypass authentication
🔹 New regulations now allow victims to be exempt from repaying fraudulent loans

Our latest analysis breaks down the evolving fraud ecosystem, the social engineering tactics behind it, and the controls financial institutions must implement to stay ahead.

Read the full report here.

#FraudIntelligence #ThreatIntel #DigitalFraud #SocialEngineering #CyberSecurity

Group-IB’s Red Team has identified two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities in widely used enterprise platforms: Cisco UCCX and IBM Sterling.

Following responsible disclosure, both vendors validated the findings and released security updates to protect their customers.

This discovery highlights the strength of Group-IB’s approach to rigorous, dependable, and attributable analysis. By leveraging deep empirical threat intelligence to replicate highly advanced attacks, our teams reveal critical risks that many other security assessments overlook.

Full technical details are available in our press release.

#CyberSecurity #ZeroDay #VulnerabilityAssessment #ThreatIntelligence #EnterpriseSecurity #SecurityUpdates #FightAgainstCybercrime

🚨Android-based financial fraud in Uzbekistan has entered a new stage of operational maturity, with threat actors shifting from simple SMS stealers to sophisticated, multi-stage infection chains built around stealthy droppers, advanced obfuscation, and automated infrastructure.

Key Highlights:
🔹Over $2M stolen by a single tracked group since January 2025
🔹Two primary dropper families, MidnightDat and RoundRift, were identified using native decryption and encrypted asset storage.
🔹Wonderland, a new SMS stealer with bidirectional WebSocket C₂, enables real-time command execution, SMS sending, and USSD control.
🔹Telegram remains the central distribution channel, fueled by stolen sessions sold on dark web markets.
🔹Thousands of unique samples generated through automated build pipelines to evade signature-based detection

🔗 Read the full analysis here.

#ThreatIntelligence #AndroidMalware

💸 “Easy money. Simple tasks. Work from your phone.”

Our latest analysis exposes a coordinated wave of fake online job ads sweeping across the Middle-East and Africa region. These aren't isolated scams, they are a large-scale, organized operation exploiting the demand for remote work to steal personal data and funds.

Key insights from our investigation:
🔹 Over 1,500 fraudulent job ads identified in 2025, impersonating trusted e-commerce platforms, banks, and even government ministries.
🔹 Ads are highly localized, using Arabic dialects and regional currencies to appear authentic.
🔹 Victims are funneled from social media into private Telegram and WhatsApp groups, where sensitive information and upfront “deposits” are collected.
🔹The scam infrastructure includes fake registration portals, cloned branding, and repeat behavioral patterns among attackers.

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#CyberSecurity #OnlineScams #MENA #Phishing #DigitalRisk #FraudPrevention #ThreatIntelligence