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INC Ransomware Targets Mainframes: Exposed Servers Reveal Cross-Platform Payloads and APAC Campaign

A recent infrastructure exposure provided a rare look into an active INC ransomware affiliate targeting the Asia-Pacific region. In mid-June 2026, a pair of open directories were identified on AEZA Group LLC, a known bulletproof… 

A Quick Look at ELF Bifrose (Part 1)

Bifrose or Bifrost is a backdoor initially targeting Windows systems with a long history. First identified in the early 2000’s, it is believed a hacking group (likely BlackTech), purchased the source code or gained access… 

Analyzing Manjusaka Infrastructure

21 August 2022 Recently, Avast tweeted a GitHub link of indicators of compromise (IOC) linked to the Manjusaka Framework. Cisco Talos released a blog earlier this month covering the framework in great detail, so I… 

Overview of AppleSeed Dropper

02 June 2022

Summary

The Kimsuky APT Group has routinely utilized the AppleSeed Backdoor to target various entities within South Korea, mainly for the purposes of espionage.

While phishing still remains the primary vector of delivering the backdoor, over the past year, Kimsuky has gone to great lengths to disguise its attacks, utilizing numerous types of decoy files, packers, and encoding schemes.