Tag: Empire


  • Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. The research dives deep into the global ransomware outbreak in 2020 and analyzes major players’ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). By […]

  •    Around the middle of August many infection chains transitioned to RIG with more geo-focused bankers and less CryptXXX (CryptMic) Ransomware. Picture 1: Select Drive-by landscape – Middle of August 2016 vs Middle of July 2016 RIG += internal TDS : Trying to understand that move, I suspected and confirmed the presence of an internal […]

  • Nebula Logo While Empire (RIG-E) disappeared at the end of December after 4 months of activity Illustration of  the last month of witnessed Activity for Empire on 2017-02-17 an advert for a new exploit kit dubbed Nebula appeared underground. ——Selling EK Nebula——Nebula Exploit kitFeatures:-Automatic domain scanning and generating (99% FUD)-API rotator domains-Exploit rate tested in different […]

  • Malwarebytes’ Threat Intelligence analysts are continually researching and monitoring active malware campaigns and actor groups as the prevalence and sophistication of targeted attacks rapidly evolves. In this paper, we introduce a new APT group we have named LazyScripter, presenting in-depth analysis of the tactics, techniques, procedures, and infrastructure employed by this actor group. Although the […]

  • Artisan’s Asylum Open House 2012 | Jacob Larocca’s duct tape sculpture of an AT-AT walker from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Image by Chris Devers I didn’t catch the name of the guy that made these, but they were fantastic. My sons particularly liked the AT-AT walker from “Empire Strikes Back”, so the artist […]