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Category: Malware

Old Wine in the New Bottle: Mirai Variant Targets Multiple IoT DevicesA pictorial representation of a Mirai variant like IZ1H9. A green robot is surrounded by devices. The Palo Alto Networks and Unit 42 logo are included.
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Old Wine in the New Bottle: Mirai Variant Targets Multiple IoT Devices

  • By Chao Lei, Zhibin Zhang and Cecilia Hu
  • May 25, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Teasing the Secrets From Threat Actors: Malware Configuration Parsing at ScaleA pictorial representation of malware configuration data such as that used by IcedID
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Teasing the Secrets From Threat Actors: Malware Configuration Parsing at Scale

  • By Mark Lim, Daniel Raygoza and Bob Jung
  • May 3, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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  • Threat Brief: Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Attributed to Volt Typhoon by Unit 42
  • Cold as Ice: Unit 42 Wireshark Quiz for IcedID by Brad Duncan
  • Old Wine in the New Bottle: Mirai Variant Targets Multiple IoT Devices by Zhibin Zhang
  • Cold as Ice: Answers to Unit 42 Wireshark Quiz for IcedID by Brad Duncan
Network Security Trends: November 2022-January 2023A pictorial representation of security vulnerability trending from November 2022 to January 2023
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Network Security Trends: November 2022-January 2023

  • By Yiheng An
  • May 2, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Recent Trends in Internet Threats: Common Industries Impersonated in Phishing Attacks, Web Skimmer Analysis and MoreA pictorial representation of internet threat trends in the last half of 2022
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Recent Trends in Internet Threats: Common Industries Impersonated in Phishing Attacks, Web Skimmer Analysis and More

  • By Cecilia Hu, Fang Liu, Shehroze Farooqi, Stella Zhu, Daiping Liu, Jodie Ma, Jingwei Fan and Tao Yan
  • April 28, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Chinese Alloy Taurus Updates PingPull MalwareA pictorial representation of Alloy Taurus with a bull's head against the Taurus constellation in a night sky.
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Chinese Alloy Taurus Updates PingPull Malware

  • By Unit 42
  • April 26, 2023 at 3:00 AM

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ChatGPT-Themed Scam Attacks Are on the RiseA pictorial representation of scam attacks like ChatGPT that also have the Unit 42 and Palo Alto Networks logo
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ChatGPT-Themed Scam Attacks Are on the Rise

  • By Peng Peng, Zhanhao Chen and Lucas Hu
  • April 20, 2023 at 3:00 AM

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Threat Actors Rapidly Adopt Web3 IPFS TechnologyA pictorial representation of InterPlanetary File System being used as a malicious vehicle
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Threat Actors Rapidly Adopt Web3 IPFS Technology

  • By Amanda Tanner, Kristopher Bleich, Anthony Galiette and Joseph Opacki
  • April 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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CryptoClippy Speaks PortugueseA pictorial representation of cryptojacking like CryptoClippy, where illustrated figures use pickaxes to dig out Bitcoin
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CryptoClippy Speaks Portuguese

  • By Veronika Senderovych, Amer Elsad and Anthony Galiette
  • April 5, 2023 at 3:00 AM

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Malicious JavaScript Injection Campaign Infects 51k WebsitesA pictorial representation of JavaScript poisoning.
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Malicious JavaScript Injection Campaign Infects 51k Websites

  • By Shehroze Farooqi, Billy Melicher, Brody Kutt and Alex Starov
  • March 23, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Tailoring Sandbox Techniques to Hidden ThreatsA pictorial representation of malware that can be combated with tailored sandbox techniques
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Tailoring Sandbox Techniques to Hidden Threats

  • By Esmid Idrizovic, Bob Jung, Daniel Raygoza and Sean Hughes
  • March 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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GoBruteforcer: Golang-Based Botnet Actively Harvests Web ServersMalware conceptual image, covering variants such as GoBruter
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GoBruteforcer: Golang-Based Botnet Actively Harvests Web Servers

  • By Siddharth Sharma, Yang Ji, Anmol Maurya and Dongrui Zeng
  • March 10, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Spike in LokiBot Activity During Final Week of 2022A pictorial representation of malicious email like LokiBot where a stylized bug pops out of an envelope
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Spike in LokiBot Activity During Final Week of 2022

  • By Chris Navarrete, Edouard Bochin, Durgesh Sangvikar, Lei Xu and Yu Fu
  • March 3, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Subdomain Reputation: Detecting Malicious Subdomains of Public Apex DomainsA pictorial representation of a crybercriminal like those who execute attacks with subdomains. It shows a criminal opening a door on a laptop screen.
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Subdomain Reputation: Detecting Malicious Subdomains of Public Apex Domains

  • By Rebekah Houser and Daiping Liu
  • March 2, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Mirai Variant V3G4 Targets IoT DevicesA pictorial representation of the Mirai Variant V3G4
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Mirai Variant V3G4 Targets IoT Devices

  • By Chao Lei, Zhibin Zhang, Cecilia Hu and Aveek Das
  • February 15, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Machine Learning Versus Memory Resident EvilA pictorial representation of highly evasive malware, including sandbox evasion
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Machine Learning Versus Memory Resident Evil

  • By Akshata Rao, Esmid Idrizovic, Sujit Rokka Chhetri, Bob Jung and Mark Lim
  • January 31, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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