BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operation

A collection of DFIR Report threat intelligence articles describing active cybercrime operations, including SEO poisoning and malware delivery, exploitation of internet-facing services, credential harvesting, remote access trojans, C2 frameworks, and ransomware deployment. Campaigns discussed include BengalSEO, Bumblebee leading to Akira, EtherRAT and TukTuk leading to The Gentleman ransomware, Bissa mass exploitation, Apache ActiveMQ exploitation via CVE-2023-46604 leading to LockBit, Lynx ransomware via exposed RDP, Lunar Spider, Interlock, and multi-ransomware-gang intrusions.