Threat Research​

TL;DR In this post, we’re going to learn how Foundry can be used to write a proof of concept (PoC) for uninitialized smart contract vulnerabilities. We will take a look at and exploit a simple...

Recently, a new trend has emerged in the world of ransomware: intermittent encryption, the partial encryption of targeted files. Many ransomware groups, such as BlackCat and Play, have adopted...

Know Your Enemy In the previous post (Part 1), we covered several rootkit technique implementations. Now we will focus on kernel rootkit analysis, looking at two case studies of rootkits found in...

In the previous blog post, we described how the Docker research started and showed how we could gain a full privilege escalation through a vulnerability in Docker Desktop. In this follow-up blog...

CyberArk Malware Research Team Abstract CyberArk Labs discovered a new malware called Vare that is distributed over the popular chatting service, Discord. Vare has been used to target new malware...

Abstract Once threat actors gain a foothold on a system, they must implement techniques to maintain that access, even in the event of restarts, updates in credentials or any other type of change...

Introduction NTFS is a filesystem developed by Microsoft that was introduced in 1993. Since then, it has become the primary filesystem for Windows. In recent years, the need for an NTFS...

Everything started when I was researching Windows containers. It required installing Docker Desktop for Windows, and I couldn’t help but notice that there were many Docker processes. Since some of...

TL;DR I discovered multiple bugs in OEM vendors for peripheral devices, which affected many users of these OEM vendors (Razer, EVGA, MSI, AMI). Many of the vulnerabilities originated in a...

Abstract ChatGPT took the world by storm being released less than two months ago, it has become prominent and is used everywhere, for a wide variety of tasks – from automation tasks to the...

2022 ransomware attack learnings can inform 2023 cybersecurity strategies, helping organizations combat threats and reduce risk with greater confidence. The CyberArk 2022 Identity Security Threat...

Cyber defenders need timely, accurate threat intelligence to protect their organizations. This is what drives our CyberArk Labs team to produce innovative research, expose new attack methods and...

Before we ring in the new year, we’re reflecting on some of the biggest cybersecurity events of 2022. It’s been a stressful 12 months for security teams, to say the least. Many open cybersecurity...

TL;DR Istio is an open-source service mash that can layer over applications. Studying CVE-2021-34824 in Istio will allow us to dive into some concepts of Istio and service meshes in general. We...

Introduction This is the second part of our Decentralized Identity (DID) blog series. In case you’re not familiar with DID concepts, we highly encourage you to start with the first part. This time...

It’s been an eventful 2022 and, based on what our CyberArk Labs team is observing, 2023 will introduce yet another chapter of cybersecurity threats and challenges, along with some new...

Introduction Who are you? That’s a hard question to answer. Many philosophers have been fascinated with this question for years. Who are you in cyberspace? Your digital identity is comprised of...