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FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

A Deep Dive into a New ValleyRAT Campaign Targeting Chinese Speakers

A technical analysis of the ongoing ValleyRat multi-stage malware campaign's diverse techniques and characteristics.

By Eduardo Altares and Joie Salvio August 15, 2024

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

Moobot Strikes Again - Targeting Cacti And RealTek Vulnerabilities

FortiGuard Labs examined several attacks targeting Cacti and Realtek vulnerabilities. Understand the payloads of these attacks and their resulting behavior of spreading ShellBot and Moobot malware.

By Cara Lin March 29, 2023

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Bad Actors Practicing the Three Rs

Cybercriminals are big proponents of getting the most out of their resources. Read how FortiGuard Labs researchers investigated how they're retrofitting code to enable more successful criminal outcomes.

By Derek Manky March 15, 2023

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

More Supply Chain Attacks via New Malicious Python Packages in PyPi

Read how the FortiGuard Labs team discovered another 0-day attack in the PyPI packages (Python Package Index) by the malware authors 'Portgual' and 'Brazil'.

By Jin Lee February 21, 2023

Business and Technology

FortiGuard Labs Contributes to INTERPOL Multinational Cybercrime Suppression Operation in Africa

Recently, FortiGuard Labs provided evidentiary support to INTERPOL and African Member countries as part of the Africa Cyber Surge Operation to help detect, investigate, and disrupt cybercrime. Learn more.

By FortiGuard Labs December 02, 2022

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

Excel Document Delivers Multiple Malware by Exploiting CVE-2017-11882 – Part II

FortiGuard Labs discovered an Excel document, which exploits CVE-2017-11882 to execute malicious code to deliver and execute malware. Part two of this series reveals more about the Redline payload and the information it steals from victims.

By Xiaopeng Zhang October 05, 2022

CISO Collective

The Fundamentals of Cyber Risk Management

Explore the fundamentals of cyber risk management with key questions CISOs should be asking to successfully manage risk and help their organization avoid breaches.

By Renee Tarun September 09, 2022

CISO Collective

The Current and Future State of Smart OT Security

A Smart Industry report highlights OT security strategies that CISOs can employ to support their digital transformation efforts while guarding against evolving cyber threats. Read to learn more.

By William Noto August 01, 2022

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

From Follina to Rozena - Leveraging Discord to Distribute a Backdoor

FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a document that exploits CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) to trigger the download of the Rozena malware, capable of injecting a remote shell connection back to the attacker’s machine to deploy a fileless attack. Read more.

By Cara Lin July 06, 2022

FortiGuard Labs Threat Research

New IceXLoader 3.0 – Developers Warm Up to Nim

FortiGuard Labs discovered version 3.0 of IceXLoader, a new malware loader. Read our blog for the technical details of how it behaves and the potential malware that it can deliver in an infected system.

By Joie Salvio and Roy Tay June 15, 2022