APT

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2024
China-linked APT group uses new Macma macOS backdoor version

China-linked APT group Daggerfly (aka Evasive Panda, Bronze Highland) Evasive Panda has been spotted using an updated version of the macOS backdoor Macma. The China-linked APT group Daggerfly (aka Evasive Panda or Bronze Highland) has significantly updated its malware arsenal, adding a new malware family based on the MgBot framework and an updated Macma macOS backdoor. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2024
Void Banshee exploits CVE-2024-38112 zero-day to spread malware

Void Banshee APT group exploited the Windows zero-day CVE-2024-38112 to execute code via the disabled Internet Explorer. An APT group tracked as Void Banshee was spotted exploiting the Windows zero-day CVE-2024-38112 (CVSS score of 7.5) to execute code through the disabled Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is a Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability. Successful exploitation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2024
Multiple cybersecurity agencies warn of China-linked APT40 ‘s capabilities

Multiple cybersecurity agencies released a joint advisory warning about a China-linked group APT40 ‘s capability to rapidly exploit disclosed security flaws. Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. released a joint advisory warning about the China-linked group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope, TEMP.Jumper, Bronze Mohawk, Gingham Typhoon, ISLANDDREAMS, Kryptonite Panda, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2024
China-linked APT exploited Cisco NX-OS zero-day to deploy custom malware

Cisco fixed an actively exploited NX-OS zero-day, the flaw was exploited to install previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. Cisco addressed an NX-OS zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score of 6.0), that the China-linked group Velvet Ant exploited to deploy previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. The flaw resides in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2024
Russia-linked group APT29 likely breached TeamViewer’s corporate network

Russia-linked APT group, reportedly APT29, is suspected to be behind a hack of TeamViewer ‘s corporate network. TeamViewer discovered that a threat actor has breached its corporate network and some reports attribute the intrusion to the Russia-linked APT group APT29 (aka SVR group, BlueBravo, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). The unauthorized access to the IT infrastructure of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2024
Russia-linked APT Nobelium targets French diplomatic entities

French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked threat actor Nobelium is behind a series of cyber attacks that targeted French diplomatic entities. The French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked APT Nobelium targeted French diplomatic entities. Despite the French agency linked the attacks to the cyberespionage group Nobelium (aka APT29, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard, BlueBravo, and The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2024
China-linked spies target Asian Telcos since at least 2021

A China-linked cyber espionage group has compromised telecom operators in an Asian country since at least 2021. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team reported that an alleged China-linked APT group has infiltrated several telecom operators in a single, unnamed, Asian country at least since 2021. The threat actors used tools associated with Chinese espionage groups, they […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2024
China-linked Velvet Ant uses F5 BIG-IP malware in cyber espionage campaign

Chinese cyberespionage group Velvet Ant was spotted using custom malware to target F5 BIG-IP appliances to breach target networks. In late 2023, Sygnia researchers responded to an incident suffered by a large organization that they attributed to a China-linked threat actor tracked as ‘Velvet Ant.’ The cyberspies deployed custom malware on F5 BIG-IP appliances to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2024
Sticky Werewolf targets the aviation industry in Russia and Belarus

Morphisec researchers observed a threat actor, tracked as Sticky Werewolf, targeting entities in Russia and Belarus. Sticky Werewolf is a threat actor that was first spotted in April 2023, initially targeting public organizations in Russia and Belarus. The group has expanded its operations to various sectors, including a pharmaceutical company and a Russian research institute […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2024
UAC-0020 threat actor used the SPECTR Malware to target Ukraine’s defense forces

Ukraine CERT-UA warned of cyber attacks targeting defense forces with SPECTR malware as part of a cyber espionage campaign dubbed SickSync. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber espionage campaign targeting defense forces in the country. The Ukrainian CERT attributes the attack to the threat actor UAC-0020 which employed a malware […]