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LightBot: TrickBot’s new reconnaissance malware for high-value targets
2020-11-20 15:19

The notorious TrickBot has gang has released a new lightweight reconnaissance tool used to scope out an infected victim's network for high-value targets. Over the past week, security researchers began to see a phishing campaign normally used to distribute TrickBot's BazarLoader malware switch to installing a new malicious PowerShell script.

LightBot: TrickBot’s new reconnaissance tool for high-value targets
2020-11-20 15:19

The notorious TrickBot has gang has released a new lightweight reconnaissance tool used to scope out an infected victim's network for high-value targets. Over the past week, security researchers began to see a phishing campaign normally used to distribute TrickBot's BazarLoader malware switch to installing a new malicious PowerShell script.

Homebrew: How to install reconnaissance tools on macOS
2020-10-20 12:58

We'll guide you through the process of using Homebrew package manager to install security tools on macOS to perform reconnaissance, discovery, and fingerprinting of the devices on your network. Evidenced through the classic "I'm a Mac" ads, Macs were not immune to malware: It's just that with such a negligible market share, threat actors did not really target Apple devices as much as devices running Windows, which posed a much larger target-with greater rewards for their efforts.

GUI Now Available for Kamerka ICS/IoT Reconnaissance Tool
2019-11-07 09:51

A graphical user interface (GUI) is now available for Kamerka, the open source reconnaissance tool that allows users to identify internet-exposed industrial control systems (ICS) and Internet of...

AttackSurfaceMapper automates the reconnaissance process
2019-08-08 10:03

AttackSurfaceMapper, a new open source OSINT tool created by Andreas Georgiou and Jacob Wilkin, security consultants at Trustwave SpiderLabs, automates the process of collecting data that can help...

Reconnaissance, Lateral Movement Soar in Manufacturing Industry
2018-08-08 20:24

An unusually high volume of malicious internal reconnaissance and lateral movement have been observed in the manufacturing industry, which experts believe is a result of the rapid convergence...

Nested, Targeted Attacks Built for Reconnaissance (Threatpost)
2017-01-31 12:00

Researchers say NATO members were targeted for reconnaissance over the holidays by attacks using malicious OLE objects.