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Crime Finds a Way: The Evolution and Experimentation of the Cybercrime Ecosystem


CRIME FINDS A WAY: THE EVOLUTION AND EXPERIMENTATION OF THE CYBERCRIME ECOSYSTEM

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May 12, 2023 Selena Larson, Joe Wise and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team

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The cybercriminal ecosystem has experienced a monumental shift in activity and
threat behavior over the last year in a way not previously observed by threat
researchers. Financially motivated threat actors that gain initial access via
email are no longer using static, predictable attack chains, but rather dynamic,
rapidly changing techniques. 

This change is largely driven by Microsoft blocking macros by default and
forcing everyone along the threat actor food chain from small crime commodity
actors to the most experienced cybercriminals that enable major ransomware
attacks to change the way they conduct business. Microsoft announced it would
begin to block XL4 and VBA macros by default for Office users in October 2021
and February 2022, respectively. The changes began rolling out in 2022. 

Based on Proofpoint’s unique telemetry analyzing billions of messages per day,
Proofpoint researchers have observed widespread threat actor experimentation in
malware payload delivery, using old filetypes, unexpected attack chains, and a
variety of techniques that result in malware infections, including ransomware.

This activity demonstrates the following about the overall cybercriminal threat
landscape:

 * Threat actors continue to test various threat behaviors to determine the most
   effective method of gaining initial access via email. There is no reliable,
   consistent technique adopted by the entire threat landscape. 
 * Threat actors follow the leader. One or a group of threat actors may adopt a
   new technique and in subsequent weeks or months, researchers will observe the
   same technique used by multiple threat actors.
 * Some more sophisticated ecrime actors have the time and resources available
   to develop, iterate, and test different malware delivery techniques.

In this report, Proofpoint will examine major landscape shifts and common
tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by a variety of threat
actors. Download the full report here. 

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