Map of TA505 Activity Shows Global Foothold After Necurs Botnet Goes Dark
Just shy of a week after Microsoft squeezed cyber criminals out of the prolific Necurs botnet infrastructure, threat actors like TA505 still maintain a foothold on networks throughout the world.
Findings from Prevailion’s compromise intelligence platform on Wednesday showed the IP addresses TA505 have actively infected around the globe.
Prevailion’s Chief Data Scientist Nate Winslow shared a map of this activity, along with his insight of the findings, on LinkedIn today.
“Cyber crime is not slowing down because of COVID-19. The TA505 group is a prime example we see in our data. If you are not familiar with TA505, they are a financially motivated advanced threat actor with a global reach (see graphic). They have malware in hospitals, banks, and schools. They are NOT good people and they have solid technical skills.”
TA505, also known as Evil Corp, has diversified their attacks on global businesses, incorporating a variety of schemes. One recently uncovered by Prevailion’s Tailored Intelligence team shows how they used trojanized resumes to compromise unsuspecting German businesses. Read the team’s full report to learn more about this attack, and how to protect your organization from becoming a victim.
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Karim Hijazi, who served as the director of intelligence of the cybersecurity firm Mandiant and now serves as CEO of the security firm Prevailion, said the hackers will likely have “gone to ground” at this point.
While threat actors like Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear get a lot of attention, there is another While threat actors like Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear get a lot of attention, there is another sophisticated crime actor that companies need to be watching out for.The group is called TA505 and it is believed to be […]
“This was the most pristine espionage effort, unlike anything we’ve seen in a very long time,” said Karim Hijazi, a former intelligence community contractor. “Everyone in the cybersecurity community is freaking out, because we don’t know where this could stop.”