“Sin”-ful SPIDERS: WIZARD SPIDER and LUNAR SPIDER Sharing the Same Web
CrowdStrike® Intelligence observed a new campaign from a LUNAR SPIDER affiliate to distribute WIZARD SPIDER's TrickBot malware on Feb. 7, 2019. However,…
Research & Threat Intel
Who is FANCY BEAR (APT28)?
The nation-state adversary group known as FANCY BEAR (also known as APT28 or Sofacy) has been operating since at least 2008 and represents…
Enhancing Secure Boot Chain on Fedora 29
This blog is from the CrowdStrike Intelligence Advanced Research Team Motivation What is worse than a failing system? A (silently) compromised, yet…
Widespread DNS Hijacking Activity Targets Multiple Sectors
CrowdStrike® Intelligence™ has been researching reports of widespread DNS hijacking activity since information on the attacks became publicly available earlier this month.1 The…
Big Game Hunting with Ryuk: Another Lucrative Targeted Ransomware
WIZARD SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating the Ryuk ransomware since August 2018, targeting large organizations for a…
Farewell to Kelihos and ZOMBIE SPIDER
The Kelihos peer-to-peer botnet was one of the largest and longest-operating cybercrime infrastructures in existence. Its origins can be traced back to…
Meet CrowdStrike’s Adversary of the Month for November: HELIX KITTEN
HELIX KITTEN is likely an Iranian-based adversary group, active since at least late 2015, targeting organizations in the aerospace, energy, financial, government,…
Big Game Hunting: The Evolution of INDRIK SPIDER From Dridex Wire Fraud to BitPaymer Targeted Ransomware
INDRIK SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating Dridex since June 2014. In 2015 and 2016, Dridex was one…
Meet CrowdStrike’s Adversary of the Month for October: DUNGEON SPIDER
DUNGEON SPIDER is a criminal group operating the ransomware most commonly known as Locky, which has been active since February 2016 and…
Cutwail Spam Campaign Uses Steganography to Distribute URLZone
CrowdStrike® Falcon® Intelligence™ has observed a new Cutwail spam campaign from NARWHAL SPIDER on 24 October 2018. NARWHAL SPIDER is the adversary…