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Ransomware Gangs weaponize Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) to disable EDR products.

Alex Necula 13/01/2025

In the past days we saw that Ransomware Gangs use WDAC to disable EDR products. I have known this type of attack for a year when a guy posts a similar technique on Twitter, but this is the first time that was used in Ransomware Attacks. So, it’s time to explain how it works and how to check it. First, the WDAC is a feature of Microsoft that is very similar to App Locker. We need to download Application Control Wizard from Microsoft webpage. After we install it, we can open it and define the policy. Here we can do two things,

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – The Last Ceremony (Final Episode)

Alessio Stefan 08/01/2025

This is the last episode of “The Story Of Conti Ransomware” series, we would finally reach the decline of the group and what this means for the current ransomware landscape. In the previous article group we have approached operations made by law enforcement (mainly the FBI) and by some vigilantes which didn’t liked Conti’s political positions. Conti is not dead, it’s still living. The Moon – Dostoevsky’s De(a)mons The Conti leak showed the world how “normal” a RaaS group of this size could be with the same organization of a “legit” company. But there is a message which we didn’t analyzed in

FBI responds to threats and announcement of LockBit 4.0

Alessio Stefan 22/12/2024

In the last month of 2024, LockBit has been exodusively talked about. The prominent news is the long-awaited release of the 4.0 program of the most famous RaaS in the scene. After the entire Operation Cronos series, which does not seem to be over yet, LockBit has been put to the test with an unprecedented digital crime-fighting experience executed by an international task force. In this article we will expand on the very latest updates trying to take stock and comment on these early (partial) conclusions of a real attrition that will impact the future of digital security and crime. For those

Brain Chiper claims computer attack on Deloitte. 1 Tera Byte of data

Luca Stivali 04/12/2024

At 14:35 today, the claim of a cyber attack on the consulting giant Deloitte was detected on BrainChiper’s Data Leak Site. A countdown is active, marking the time for the publication of the data, which according to the cybercriminals will take place in 10 days and 20 hours. At present, we cannot confirm the authenticity of the news, as the organisation has not yet published an official statement on its website about the incident. The information reported comes from public sources accessible on underground sites, so it should be interpreted as a source of intelligence and not as definitive confirmation. The post

RHC DarkLab Interviews Interlock Ransomware. “Don’t waste your energy and time. We will do it for you.”

RHC Dark Lab 02/12/2024

RHC DarkLab has always taken a unique and provocative approach in the fight against cyber threats, summed up by the motto: ‘One must know the Demons to learn how to counter them.’ This philosophy guides our ongoing commitment to understanding Threat Actors through face-to-face interviews to expose their techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs) and improve the defences of those facing these insidious adversaries. Cyber gangs, such as Interlock, often present themselves with a mix of highly sophisticated motivations and skills, as demonstrated by recent attacks targeting seemingly secure systems such as FreeBSD. In many cases, they claim to act to fill gaps

RHC DarkLab Interview Stormous Ransomware. Between history, ideology, techniques and tactics

Redazione RHC 24/11/2024

The Stormous group represents a significant threat in the ransomware landscape: it has an established reputation for its targeted attacks and its overtly pro-Russian ideology. The group may have started operating in mid-2021, later becoming known for its aggressive presence on Telegram, its geopolitical motivations and its philosophy of attacking organisations perceived to be hostile to Russia, to which it declared its support, subsequently targeting the organisations of countries considered to be enemies, destabilising their organisations These include the United States, Western countries, India and Ukraine from 2022. However, their attacks in this way not only compromise the victims’ systems, but also

How Threat Actor make EDR’s harmless with a reboot

Alex Necula 22/11/2024

I became aware of this technique like 9 months ago, and now I see this on a attack in the wild conducted by Qilin Ransomware Gang, so it’s time to make it public. One of the most important security things in EDR’s is the possibility to intercept calls to the kernel. For this purpose, EDR’s vendors use MiniFilter Drivers that load on boot. But what happens when these drivers are forced disabled by attacker? The attacker can peacefully make kernel calls without being intercepted by EDR’s. When the Windows load a MiniFilter Driver , there is a order to load them ,

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – The War Within (Episode 2)

Alessio Stefan 22/11/2024

This is a continuation of the Conti story. You can read the previous part, which covered the group’s origins, in the previous article. We will now explore the internal components of the group and how their own ecosystem began to collapse. Wizard Spider is still full of surprises and in this episode we will unravel the most proibhited ones The Fool – Trick or Treat Mid-2021, Conti is dominating the headlines with consistent attacks and gaining ransoms from victims. The RaaS operation has been a big deal in the ecosystem, attracting the attention of everyone involved, including victims, affiliates, and law enforcement

Potential Compromise of a U.S. Military Database

Pietro Melillo 06/11/2024

A high-ranking user of BreachForums, known as “GOD,” is reportedly selling an alleged database belonging to the U.S. Military, which purportedly contains data on over 385,000 personnel and contractors. This database would have been acquired in November 2024 and is said to include critical personal and service-related information. Details of the Potential Breach If authentic, the database would contain various fields of sensitive data, which may be categorized under the following headers: At this time, we cannot confirm the veracity of this information, as the organization has not released an official press statement on its website regarding the incident. Therefore, this article

Hellcat Claims an Alleged Breach Against Schneider Electric

Pietro Melillo 04/11/2024

In recent hours, the ransomware group known as Hellcat has claimed responsibility for an alleged attack against Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation. This supposed breach was reported on Hellcat’s data leak site, where information was published suggesting unauthorized access to the company’s infrastructure. At this time, we cannot confirm the authenticity of this news, as the organization has not yet released an official press statement on its website regarding the incident. Therefore, this article should be considered as an ‘intelligence source.’ Details of the Possible Breach According to the Hellcat group, access was allegedly obtained through Schneider

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