APT

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
North Korea-linked APT used a new RAT called MoonPeak

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky is likely behind a new remote access trojan called MoonPeak used in a recent campaign spotted by Cisco Talos. Cisco Talos researchers uncovered the infrastructure used by the North Korea-linked APT group tracked as UAT-5394, which experts suspect is linked to the Kimsuky APT group. The infrastructure includes staging, C2 servers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
Pro-Russia group Vermin targets Ukraine with a new malware family

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware. Vermin is a pro-Russian hacker group, also tracked as UAC-0020, that operates under […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2024
Microsoft Zero-Day CVE-2024-38193 was exploited by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT

Microsoft addressed a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by the North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT group. Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), which has been exploited by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue that resides in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2024
China-linked APT Earth Baku targets Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

China-linked threat actor Earth Baku expanded its operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022. China-linked APT group Earth Baku (a threat actor associated with APT41) has expanded its operations beyond the Indo-Pacific region to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Trend Micro researchers observed the APT targeting countries like Italy, Germany, UAE, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2024
CERT-UA warns of a phishing campaign targeting government entities

CERT-UA warned that Russia-linked actor is impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in a new phishing campaign to distribute malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign targeting organizations in the country, including government entities. The campaign, tracked as UAC-0198, has been active since July. Threat actors sent out […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2024
EastWind campaign targets Russian organizations with sophisticated backdoors

A campaign tracked as EastWind is targeting Russian government and IT organizations with PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors. In late July 2024, Kaspersky researchers detected a series of targeted cyberattacks against the Russian government and IT organizations. Kaspersky named this campaign has EastWind. Threat actors sent phishing emails with RAR archive attachments containing a Windows shortcut […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2024
North Korea-linked hackers target construction and machinery sectors with watering hole and supply chain attacks

South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported that North Korea-linked hackers hijacked VPN software updates to deploy malware. South Korea’s national security and intelligence agencies, including the National Intelligence Service, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police Agency, the Military Intelligence Command, and the Cyber Operations Command, have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2024
China-linked APT41 breached Taiwanese research institute

China-linked group APT41 breached a Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute using ShadowPad and Cobalt Strike. Cisco Talos researchers reported that the China-linked group compromised a Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute. The experts attributed the attack with medium confidence to the APT41 group. The campaign started as early as July 2023 and threat actors delivered the ShadowPad malware, Cobalt […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2024
Chinese StormBamboo APT compromised ISP to deliver malware

A China-linked APT, tracked as StormBamboo, compromised an internet service provider (ISP) to poison software update mechanisms with malware. Volexity researchers reported that a China-linked APT group, tracked as StormBamboo (aka Evasive Panda, Daggerfly, and StormCloud), successfully compromised an undisclosed internet service provider (ISP) in order to poison DNS responses for target organizations. The threat actors targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2024
Russia-linked APT used a car for sale as a phishing lure to target diplomats with HeadLace malware

A Russia-linked APT used a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. Palo Alto researchers reported that a Russia-linked threat actor known as Fighting Ursa (also identified as APT28, Fancy Bear, or Sofacy) used a fake car advertisement to distribute HeadLace backdoor malware, targeting diplomats. The campaign began […]