Opera

A new variant of the 'SHub' macOS infostealer, dubbed Reaper, uses AppleScript to display a fake security update message and install a backdoor, ultimately stealing browser data, financial documents, and cryptocurrency wallet information while bypassing Terminal-based mitigations in macOS.

The detection rule identifies suspicious child processes spawned from communication applications on Windows systems, potentially indicating masquerading or exploitation of vulnerabilities within these applications.

This rule detects command and control activity using common web services by identifying Windows hosts making DNS requests to a list of commonly abused web services from processes outside of known program locations, potentially indicating adversaries attempting to blend malicious traffic with legitimate network activity.

This rule detects command and control (C2) communications that use common web services to hide malicious activity on Windows hosts by identifying network connections to commonly abused web services from processes outside of known legitimate program locations, indicating potential exfiltration or C2 activity blended with legitimate traffic.