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C2-Cloud - The C2 Cloud Is A Robust Web-Based C2 Framework, Designed To Simplify The Life Of Penetration Testers

By: Zion3R


The C2 Cloud is a robust web-based C2 framework, designed to simplify the life of penetration testers. It allows easy access to compromised backdoors, just like accessing an EC2 instance in the AWS cloud. It can manage several simultaneous backdoor sessions with a user-friendly interface.

C2 Cloud is open source. Security analysts can confidently perform simulations, gaining valuable experience and contributing to the proactive defense posture of their organizations.

Reverse shells support:

  1. Reverse TCP
  2. Reverse HTTP
  3. Reverse HTTPS (configure it behind an LB)
  4. Telegram C2

Demo

C2 Cloud walkthrough: https://youtu.be/hrHT_RDcGj8
Ransomware simulation using C2 Cloud: https://youtu.be/LKaCDmLAyvM
Telegram C2: https://youtu.be/WLQtF4hbCKk

Key Features

🔒 Anywhere Access: Reach the C2 Cloud from any location.
🔄 Multiple Backdoor Sessions: Manage and support multiple sessions effortlessly.
🖱️ One-Click Backdoor Access: Seamlessly navigate to backdoors with a simple click.
📜 Session History Maintenance: Track and retain complete command and response history for comprehensive analysis.

Tech Stack

🛠️ Flask: Serving web and API traffic, facilitating reverse HTTP(s) requests.
🔗 TCP Socket: Serving reverse TCP requests for enhanced functionality.
🌐 Nginx: Effortlessly routing traffic between web and backend systems.
📨 Redis PubSub: Serving as a robust message broker for seamless communication.
🚀 Websockets: Delivering real-time updates to browser clients for enhanced user experience.
💾 Postgres DB: Ensuring persistent storage for seamless continuity.

Architecture

Application setup

  • Management port: 9000
  • Reversse HTTP port: 8000

  • Reverse TCP port: 8888

  • Clone the repo

  • Optional: Update chait_id, bot_token in c2-telegram/config.yml
  • Execute docker-compose up -d to start the containers Note: The c2-api service will not start up until the database is initialized. If you receive 500 errors, please try after some time.

Credits

Inspired by Villain, a CLI-based C2 developed by Panagiotis Chartas.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact



Hackers Target Middle East Governments with Evasive "CR4T" Backdoor

By: Newsroom
Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it discovered the activity in February 2024, with evidence suggesting that it may have been active since at least a year prior. The campaign has been codenamed 

Vietnam-Based Hackers Steal Financial Data Across Asia with Malware

By: Newsroom
A suspected Vietnamese-origin threat actor has been observed targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries with malware designed to harvest valuable data since at least May 2023. Cisco Talos is tracking the cluster under the name CoralRaider, describing it as financially motivated. Targets of the campaign include India, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia,

Telegram Offers Premium Subscription in Exchange for Using Your Number to Send OTPs

By: Newsroom
In June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students published by the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) found that 98% of them were willing to give away their friends' email addresses in exchange for free pizza. "Whereas people say they care about privacy, they are willing to relinquish private data quite easily when

Pyradm - Python Remote Administration Tool Via Telegram

By: Zion3R


Remote administration crossplatfrom tool via telegram\ Coded with ❤️ python3 + aiogram3\ https://t.me/pt_soft

v0.3

  • [X] Screenshot from target
  • [X] Crossplatform
  • [X] Upload/Download
  • [X] Fully compatible shell
  • [X] Process list
  • [X] Webcam (video record or screenshot)
  • [X] Geolocation
  • [X] Filemanager
  • [X] Microphone
  • [X] Clipboard (text, image)

Functional

/start - start pyradm
/help - help
/shell - shell commands
/sc - screenshot
/download - download (abs. path)
/info - system info
/ip - public ip address and geolocation
/ps - process list
/webcam 5 - record video (secs)
/webcam - screenshot from camera
/fm - filemanager
/fm /home or /fm C:\
/mic 10 - record audio from mic
/clip - get clipboard data
Press button to download file
Send any file as file for upload to target

Install

  • git clone https://github.com/akhomlyuk/pyradm.git
  • cd pyradm
  • pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  • Put bot token to cfg.py, ask @Bothfather
  • python3 main.py

Compile

  • Put bot token to cfg.py
  • pip install nuitka
  • nuitka --mingw64 --onefile --follow-imports --remove-output -o pyradm.exe main.py

Screens



A New Age of Hacktivism

By: The Hacker News
In the past 2 years, we have observed a significant surge in hacktivism activity due to ongoing wars and geopolitical conflicts in various regions. Since the war against Ukraine began, we have witnessed a notable mobilization of non-state and state-backed actors alike, forming new groups or joining existing hacker collectives.  We understand hacktivism as a form of computer hacking that is

Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading 'Ov3r_Stealer' to Steal Crypto and Credentials

By: Newsroom
Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. "This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram channel that the threat actor monitors," Trustwave SpiderLabs said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Ov3r_Stealer

Hackers Exploit Job Boards, Stealing Millions of Resumes and Personal Data

By: Newsroom
Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew's activities are geared towards job search platforms and the theft of resumes, with as many as 65

Telegram Marketplaces Fuel Phishing Attacks with Easy-to-Use Kits and Malware

By: Newsroom
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to the "democratization" of the phishing ecosystem owing to the emergence of Telegram as an epicenter for cybercrime, enabling threat actors to mount a mass attack for as little as $230. "This messaging app has transformed into a bustling hub where seasoned cybercriminals and newcomers alike exchange illicit tools and insights creating a dark and

Hackers Weaponize Windows Flaw to Deploy Crypto-Siphoning Phemedrone Stealer

By: Newsroom
Threat actors have been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy an open-source information stealer called Phemedrone Stealer. “Phemedrone targets web browsers and data from cryptocurrency wallets and messaging apps such as Telegram, Steam, and Discord,” Trend Micro researchers Peter Girnus, Aliakbar Zahravi, and Simon Zuckerbraun said. “It also

Syrian Hackers Distributing Stealthy C#-Based Silver RAT to Cybercriminals

By: Newsroom
Threat actors operating under the name Anonymous Arabic have released a remote access trojan (RAT) called Silver RAT that’s equipped to bypass security software and stealthily launch hidden applications. “The developers operate on multiple hacker forums and social media platforms, showcasing an active and sophisticated presence,” cybersecurity firm Cyfirma said in a report

Telegram-Nearby-Map - Discover The Location Of Nearby Telegram Users

By: Zion3R


Telegram Nearby Map uses OpenStreetMap and the official Telegram library to find the position of nearby users.

Please note: Telegram's API was updated a while ago to make nearby user distances less precise, preventing exact location calculations. Therefore, Telegram Nearby Map displays users nearby, but does not show their exact location.

Inspired by Ahmed's blog post and a Hacker News discussion. Developed by github.com/tejado.


How does it work?

Every 25 seconds all nearby users will be received with TDLib from Telegram. This includes the distance of every nearby user to "my" location. With three distances from three different points, it is possible to calculate the position of the nearby user.

This only finds Telegram users which have activated the nearby feature. Per default it is deactivated.

Installation

Requirements: node.js and an Telegram account

  1. Create an API key for your Telegram account here
  2. Download the repository
  3. Create config.js (see config.example.js) and put your Telegram API credentials in it
  4. Install all dependencies: npm install
  5. Start the app: npm start
  6. Look carefully at the output: you will need to confirm your Telegram login
  7. Go to http://localhost:3000 and have fun

Changelog

2023-09-23

  • Switched to prebuild-tdlib
  • Updated all dependencies
  • Bugfix of the search distance field

2021-11-13

  • Added tdlib.native for Linux (now it works in GitHub Codespaces)
  • Updated all dependencies
  • Bugfixes


New MrAnon Stealer Malware Targeting German Users via Booking-Themed Scam

By: Newsroom
A phishing campaign has been observed delivering an information stealer malware called MrAnon Stealer to unsuspecting victims via seemingly benign booking-themed PDF lures. "This malware is a Python-based information stealer compressed with cx-Freeze to evade detection," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said. "MrAnon Stealer steals its victims' credentials, system

ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data

By: BrianKrebs

One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

Since at least February 2023, a service advertised on Telegram called USiSLookups has operated an automated bot that allows anyone to look up the SSN or background report on virtually any American. For prices ranging from $8 to $40 and payable via virtual currency, the bot will return detailed consumer background reports automatically in just a few moments.

USiSLookups is the project of a cybercriminal who uses the nicknames JackieChan/USInfoSearch, and the Telegram channel for this service features a small number of sample background reports, including that of President Joe Biden, and podcaster Joe Rogan. The data in those reports includes the subject’s date of birth, address, previous addresses, previous phone numbers and employers, known relatives and associates, and driver’s license information.

JackieChan’s service abuses the name and trademarks of Columbus, OH based data broker USinfoSearch, whose website says it provides “identity and background information to assist with risk management, fraud prevention, identity and age verification, skip tracing, and more.”

“We specialize in non-FCRA data from numerous proprietary sources to deliver the information you need, when you need it,” the company’s website explains. “Our services include API-based access for those integrating data into their product or application, as well as bulk and batch processing of records to suit every client.”

As luck would have it, my report was also listed in the Telegram channel for this identity fraud service, presumably as a teaser for would-be customers. On October 19, 2023, KrebsOnSecurity shared a copy of this file with the real USinfoSearch, along with a request for information about the provenance of the data.

USinfoSearch said it would investigate the report, which appears to have been obtained on or before June 30, 2023. On Nov. 9, 2023, Scott Hostettler, general manager of USinfoSearch parent Martin Data LLC shared a written statement about their investigation that suggested the ID theft service was trying to pass off someone else’s consumer data as coming from USinfoSearch:

Regarding the Telegram incident, we understand the importance of protecting sensitive information and upholding the trust of our users is our top priority. Any allegation that we have provided data to criminals is in direct opposition to our fundamental principles and the protective measures we have established and continually monitor to prevent any unauthorized disclosure. Because Martin Data has a reputation for high-quality data, thieves may steal data from other sources and then disguise it as ours. While we implement appropriate safeguards to guarantee that our data is only accessible by those who are legally permitted, unauthorized parties will continue to try to access our data. Thankfully, the requirements needed to pass our credentialing process is tough even for established honest companies.

USinfoSearch’s statement did not address any questions put to the company, such as whether it requires multi-factor authentication for customer accounts, or whether my report had actually come from USinfoSearch’s systems.

After much badgering, on Nov. 21 Hostettler acknowledged that the USinfoSearch identity fraud service on Telegram was in fact pulling data from an account belonging to a vetted USinfoSearch client.

“I do know 100% that my company did not give access to the group who created the bots, but they did gain access to a client,” Hostettler said of the Telegram-based identity fraud service. “I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.”

Hostettler said USinfoSearch heavily vets any new potential clients, and that all users are required to undergo a background check and provide certain documents. Even so, he said, several fraudsters each month present themselves as credible business owners or C-level executives during the credentialing process, completing the application and providing the necessary documentation to open a new account.

“The level of skill and craftsmanship demonstrated in the creation of these supporting documents is incredible,” Hostettler said. “The numerous licenses provided appear to be exact replicas of the original document. Fortunately, I’ve discovered several methods of verification that do not rely solely on those documents to catch the fraudsters.”

“These people are unrelenting, and they act without regard for the consequences,” Hostettler continued. “After I deny their access, they will contact us again within the week using the same credentials. In the past, I’ve notified both the individual whose identity is being used fraudulently and the local police. Both are hesitant to act because nothing can be done to the offender if they are not apprehended. That is where most attention is needed.”

SIM SWAPPER’S DELIGHT

JackieChan is most active on Telegram channels focused on “SIM swapping,” which involves bribing or tricking mobile phone company employees into redirecting a target’s phone number to a device the attackers control. SIM swapping allows crooks to temporarily intercept the target’s text messages and phone calls, including any links or one-time codes for authentication that are delivered via SMS.

Reached on Telegram, JackieChan said most of his clients hail from the criminal SIM swapping world, and that the bulk of his customers use his service via an application programming interface (API) that allows customers to integrate the lookup service with other web-based services, databases, or applications.

“Sim channels is where I get most of my customers,” JackieChan told KrebsOnSecurity. “I’m averaging around 100 lookups per day on the [Telegram] bot, and around 400 per day on the API.”

JackieChan claims his USinfoSearch bot on Telegram abuses stolen credentials needed to access an API used by the real USinfoSearch, and that his service was powered by USinfoSearch account credentials that were stolen by malicious software tied to a botnet that he claims to have operated for some time.

This is not the first time USinfoSearch has had trouble with identity thieves masquerading as legitimate customers. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that an identity fraud service in the underground called “SuperGet[.]info” was reselling access to personal and financial data on more than 200 million Americans that was obtained via the big-three credit bureau Experian.

The consumer data resold by Superget was not obtained directly from Experian, but rather via USinfoSearch. At the time, USinfoSearch had a contractual agreement with a California company named Court Ventures, whereby customers of Court Ventures had access to the USinfoSearch data, and vice versa.

When Court Ventures was purchased by Experian in 2012, the proprietor of SuperGet — a Vietnamese hacker named Hieu Minh Ngo who had impersonated an American private investigator — was grandfathered in as a client. The U.S. Secret Service agent who oversaw Ngo’s capture, extradition, prosecution and rehabilitation told KrebsOnSecurity he’s unaware of any other cybercriminal who has caused more material financial harm to more Americans than Ngo.

REAL POLICE, FAKE EDRS

JackieChan also sells access to hacked email accounts belonging to law enforcement personnel in the United States and abroad. Hacked police department emails can come in handy for ID thieves trying to pose as law enforcement officials who wish to purchase consumer data from platforms like USinfoSearch. Hence, Mr. Hostettler’s ongoing battle with fraudsters seeking access to his company’s service.

These police credentials are mainly marketed to criminals seeking fraudulent “Emergency Data Requests,” wherein crooks use compromised government and police department email accounts to rapidly obtain customer account data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies.

Normally, these companies will require law enforcement officials to supply a subpoena before turning over customer or user records. But EDRs allow police to bypass that process by attesting that the information sought is related to an urgent matter of life and death, such as an impending suicide or terrorist attack.

In response to an alarming increase in the volume of fraudulent EDRs, many service providers have chosen to require all EDRs be processed through a service called Kodex, which seeks to filter EDRs based on the reputation of the law enforcement entity requesting the information, and other attributes of the requestor.

For example, if you want to send an EDR to Coinbase or Twilio, you’ll first need to have valid law enforcement credentials and create an account at the Kodex online portal at these companies. However, Kodex may still throttle or block any requests from any accounts if they set off certain red flags.

Within their own separate Kodex portals, Twilio can’t see requests submitted to Coinbase, or vice versa. But each can see if a law enforcement entity or individual tied to one of their own requests has ever submitted a request to a different Kodex client, and then drill down further into other data about the submitter, such as Internet address(es) used, and the age of the requestor’s email address.

In August, JackieChan was advertising a working Kodex account for sale on the cybercrime channels, including redacted screenshots of the Kodex account dashboard as proof of access.

Kodex co-founder Matt Donahue told KrebsOnSecurity his company immediately detected that the law enforcement email address used to create the Kodex account pictured in JackieChan’s ad was likely stolen from a police officer in India. One big tipoff, Donahue said, was that the person creating the account did so using an Internet address in Brazil.

“There’s a lot of friction we can put in the way for illegitimate actors,” Donahue said. “We don’t let people use VPNs. In this case we let them in to honeypot them, and that’s how they got that screenshot. But nothing was allowed to be transmitted out from that account.”

Massive amounts of data about you and your personal history are available from USinfoSearch and dozens of other data brokers that acquire and sell “non-FCRA” data — i.e., consumer data that cannot be used for the purposes of determining one’s eligibility for credit, insurance, or employment.

Anyone who works in or adjacent to law enforcement is eligible to apply for access to these data brokers, which often market themselves to police departments and to “skip tracers,” essentially bounty hunters hired to locate others in real life — often on behalf of debt collectors, process servers or a bail bondsman.

There are tens of thousands of police jurisdictions around the world — including roughly 18,000 in the United States alone. And the harsh reality is that all it takes for hackers to apply for access to data brokers (and abuse the EDR process) is illicit access to a single police email account.

The trouble is, compromised credentials to law enforcement email accounts show up for sale with alarming frequency on the Telegram channels where JackieChan and their many clients reside. Indeed, Donahue said Kodex so far this year has identified attempted fake EDRs coming from compromised email accounts for police departments in India, Italy, Thailand and Turkey.

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale

By: Newsroom
More details have emerged about a malicious Telegram bot called Telekopye that's used by threat actors to pull off large-scale phishing scams. "Telekopye can craft phishing websites, emails, SMS messages, and more," ESET security researcher Radek Jizba said in a new analysis. The threat actors behind the operation – codenamed Neanderthals – are known to run the criminal enterprise as a

TEx - Telegram Monitor

By: Zion3R


TEx is a Telegram Explorer tool created to help Researchers, Investigators and Law Enforcement Agents to Collect and Process the Huge Amount of Data Generated from Criminal, Fraud, Security and Others Telegram Groups.


BETA VERSION

Please note that this project has been in beta for a few weeks, so it is possible that you may encounter bugs that have not yet been mapped out.
I kindly ask you to report the bugs at: https://github.com/guibacellar/TEx/issues

  • Python 3.8.1+ (Deprecated. Consider using version 3.10+)
  • Windows x64 or Linux x64

  • Connection Manager
  • Group Information Scrapper
  • List Groups
  • Automatic Group Information Sync
  • Automatic Users Information Sync
  • Messages Listener
  • Messages Scrapper
  • Download Media
  • HTML Report Generation
  • Export Downloaded Files
  • Export Messages

Telegram Explorer is available through pip, so, just use pip install in order to fully install TeX.

pip install TelegramExplorer

To upgrade TeX to the latest version, just use pip install upgrade command.

pip install --upgrade TelegramExplorer

https://telegramexplorer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/



Millions Infected by Spyware Hidden in Fake Telegram Apps on Google Play

By: THN
Spyware masquerading as modified versions of Telegram have been spotted in the Google Play Store that’s designed to harvest sensitive information from compromised Android devices. According to Kaspersky security researcher Igor Golovin, the apps come with nefarious features to capture and exfiltrate names, user IDs, contacts, phone numbers, and chat messages to an actor-controlled server. The

Developers Beware: Malicious Rust Libraries Caught Transmitting OS Info to Telegram Channel

By: THN
In yet another sign that developers continue to be targets of software supply chain attacks, a number of malicious packages have been discovered on the Rust programming language's crate registry. The libraries, uploaded between August 14 and 16, 2023, were published by a user named "amaperf," Phylum said in a report published last week. The names of the packages, now taken down, are as follows:

New Telegram Bot "Telekopye" Powering Large-scale Phishing Scams from Russia

By: THN
A new financially motivated operation is leveraging a malicious Telegram bot to help threat actors scam their victims. Dubbed Telekopye, a portmanteau of Telegram and kopye (meaning "spear" in Russian), the toolkit functions as an automated means to create a phishing web page from a premade template and send the URL to potential victims, codenamed Mammoths by the criminals. "This toolkit is

QwixxRAT: New Remote Access Trojan Emerges via Telegram and Discord

By: THN
A new remote access trojan (RAT) called QwixxRAT is being advertised for sale by its threat actor through Telegram and Discord platforms. "Once installed on the victim's Windows platform machines, the RAT stealthily collects sensitive data, which is then sent to the attacker's Telegram bot, providing them with unauthorized access to the victim's sensitive information," Uptycs said in a new

Top Industries Significantly Impacted by Illicit Telegram Networks

By: The Hacker News
In recent years the rise of illicit activities conducted within online messaging platforms has become a growing concern for countless industries. One of the most notable platforms that has been host to many malicious actors and nefarious activities has been Telegram. Thanks to its accessibility, popularity, and user anonymity, Telegram has attracted a large number of threat actors driven by

TelegramRAT - Cross Platform Telegram Based RAT That Communicates Via Telegram To Evade Network Restrictions

By: Zion3R 


Cross Platform Telegram based RAT that communicates via telegram to evade network restrictions


Installation:

1. git clone https://github.com/machine1337/TelegramRAT.git
2. Now Follow the instructions in HOW TO USE Section.

HOW TO USE:

1. Go to Telegram and search for https://t.me/BotFather
2. Create Bot and get the API_TOKEN
3. Now search for https://t.me/chatIDrobot and get the chat_id
4. Now Go to client.py and go to line 16 and 17 and place API_TOKEN and chat_id there
5. Now run python client.py For Windows and python3 client.py For Linux
6. Now Go to the bot which u created and send command in message field

HELP MENU:

HELP MENU: Coded By Machine1337
CMD Commands        | Execute cmd commands directly in bot
cd ..               | Change the current directory
cd foldername       | Change to current folder
download filename   | Download File From Target
screenshot          | Capture Screenshot
info                | Get System Info
location            | Get Target Location

Features:

1. Execute Shell Commands in bot directly.
2. download file from client.
3. Get Client System Information.
4. Get Client Location Information.
5. Capture Screenshot
6. More features will be added

Author:

Coded By: Machine1337
Contact: https://t.me/R0ot1337


New AI Tool 'FraudGPT' Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks

By: THN
Following the footsteps of WormGPT, threat actors are advertising yet another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool dubbed FraudGPT on various dark web marketplaces and Telegram channels. "This is an AI bot, exclusively targeted for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, etc.," Netenrich security researcher Rakesh Krishnan 

Beware: 1,000+ Fake Cryptocurrency Sites Trap Users in Bogus Rewards Scheme

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A previously undetected cryptocurrency scam has leveraged a constellation of over 1,000 fraudulent websites to ensnare users into a bogus rewards scheme since at least January 2021. "This massive campaign has likely resulted in thousands of people being scammed worldwide," Trend Micro researchers said in a report published last week, linking it to a Russian-speaking threat actor named "Impulse

Tour of the Underground: Master the Art of Dark Web Intelligence Gathering

By: The Hacker News
The Deep, Dark Web – The Underground – is a haven for cybercriminals, teeming with tools and resources to launch attacks for financial gain, political motives, and other causes. But did you know that the underground also offers a goldmine of threat intelligence and information that can be harnessed to bolster your cyber defense strategies? The challenge lies in continuously monitoring the right

New Zaraza Bot Credential-Stealer Sold on Telegram Targeting 38 Web Browsers

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A novel credential-stealing malware called Zaraza bot is being offered for sale on Telegram while also using the popular messaging service as a command-and-control (C2). "Zaraza bot targets a large number of web browsers and is being actively distributed on a Russian Telegram hacker channel popular with threat actors," cybersecurity company Uptycs said in a report published last week. "Once the

New Python-Based "Legion" Hacking Tool Emerges on Telegram

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An emerging Python-based credential harvester and a hacking tool named Legion is being marketed via Telegram as a way for threat actors to break into various online services for further exploitation. Legion, according to Cado Labs, includes modules to enumerate vulnerable SMTP servers, conduct remote code execution (RCE) attacks, exploit unpatched versions of Apache, and brute-force cPanel and

Researchers Uncover Thriving Phishing Kit Market on Telegram Channels

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
In yet another sign that Telegram is increasingly becoming a thriving hub for cybercrime, researchers have found that threat actors are using the messaging platform to peddle phishing kits and help set up phishing campaigns. "To promote their 'goods,' phishers create Telegram channels through which they educate their audience about phishing and entertain subscribers with polls like, 'What type

AlienFox Malware Targets API Keys and Secrets from AWS, Google, and Microsoft Cloud Services

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A new "comprehensive toolset" called AlienFox is being distributed on Telegram as a way for threat actors to harvest credentials from API keys and secrets from popular cloud service providers. "The spread of AlienFox represents an unreported trend towards attacking more minimal cloud services, unsuitable for crypto mining, in order to enable and expand subsequent campaigns," SentinelOne security

Lookalike Telegram and WhatsApp Websites Distributing Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Copycat websites for instant messaging apps like Telegram and WhatApp are being used to distribute trojanized versions and infect Android and Windows users with cryptocurrency clipper malware. "All of them are after victims' cryptocurrency funds, with several targeting cryptocurrency wallets," ESET researchers Lukáš Štefanko and Peter Strýček said in a new analysis. While the first instance of

Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure relies on multi-stage Telegram accounts for victim profiling and confirmation of geographic location,

The Evolving Tactics of Vidar Stealer: From Phishing Emails to Social Media

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The notorious information-stealer known as Vidar is continuing to leverage popular social media services such as TikTok, Telegram, Steam, and Mastodon as an intermediate command-and-control (C2) server. "When a user creates an account on an online platform, a unique account page that can be accessed by anyone is generated," AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) disclosed in a

Hackers Aid Protests Against Iranian Government with Proxies, Leaks and Hacks

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Several hacktivist groups are using Telegram and other tools to aid anti-government protests in Iran to bypass regime censorship restrictions amid ongoing unrest in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. "Key activities are data leaking and selling, including officials' phone numbers and emails, and maps of sensitive locations," Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point said in

Researchers Identify 3 Hacktivist Groups Supporting Russian Interests

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
At least three alleged hacktivist groups working in support of Russian interests are likely doing so in collaboration with state-sponsored cyber threat actors, according to Mandiant. The Google-owned threat intelligence and incident response firm said with moderate confidence that "moderators of the purported hacktivist Telegram channels 'XakNet Team,' 'Infoccentr,' and 'CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn

Prynt Stealer Contains a Backdoor to Steal Victims' Data Stolen by Other Cybercriminals

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Researchers discovered a private Telegram channel-based backdoor in the information stealing malware, dubbed Prynt Stealer, which its developer added with the intention of secretly stealing a copy of victims' exfiltrated data when used by other cybercriminals. "While this untrustworthy behavior is nothing new in the world of cybercrime, the victims' data end up in the hands of multiple threat

New Ducktail Infostealer Malware Targeting Facebook Business and Ad Accounts

By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Facebook business and advertising accounts are at the receiving end of an ongoing campaign dubbed Ducktail designed to seize control as part of a financially driven cybercriminal operation.  "The threat actor targets individuals and employees that may have access to a Facebook Business account with an information-stealer malware," Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure (formerly F-Secure

PowerGram - Multiplatform Telegram Bot In Pure PowerShell

By: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)


PowerGram is a pure PowerShell Telegram Bot that can be run on Windows, Linux or Mac OS. To make use of it, you only need PowerShell 4 or higher and an internet connection.

All communication between the Bot and Telegram servers is encrypted with HTTPS, but all requests will be sent in GET method, so they could easily be intercepted.


Requirements

  • PowerShell 4.0 or greater

Download

It is recommended to clone the complete repository or download the zip file. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/JoelGMSec/PowerGram

Usage

.\PowerGram -h

  ____                         ____                      
 |  _ \ __ __      __ __ _ __ / ___|_ __ __ _ _ __ ___   
 | |_) / _ \ \ /\ / / _ \ '__| |  _| '__/ _' | '_ ' _ \  
 |  __/ (_) \ V  V /  __/ |  | |_| | | | (_| | | | | | | 
 |_|   \___/ \_/\_/ \___|_|   \____|_|  \__,_|_| |_| |_| 

  ------------------- by @JoelGMSec -------------------  

 Info:  PowerGram is a pure PowerShell Telegram Bot
        that can be run on Windows, Linux or Mac OS

 Usage: PowerGram from PowerShell
        .\PowerGram.ps1 -h Show this help message
        .\PowerGram.ps1 -run Start PowerGram Bot

        PowerGram from Telegram
        /getid Get your Chat ID from Bot
        /help Show all available commands

 Warning: All commands will be sent using HTTPS GET requests
          You need your Chat ID & Bot Token to run PowerGram

The detailed guide of use can be found at the following link:

https://darkbyte.net/powergram-un-sencillo-bot-para-telegram-escrito-en-powershell

License

This project is licensed under the GNU 3.0 license - see the LICENSE file for more details.

Credits and Acknowledgments

This tool has been created and designed from scratch by Joel Gámez Molina // @JoelGMSec

Contact

This software does not offer any kind of guarantee. Its use is exclusive for educational environments and / or security audits with the corresponding consent of the client. I am not responsible for its misuse or for any possible damage caused by it.

For more information, you can find me on Twitter as @JoelGMSec and on my blog darkbyte.net.



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