APT

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
US Department of State offers $10M reward for info to locate six Russian Sandworm members

The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of the Sandworm APT group. The US Department of State is offering up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
Iran-linked APT Rocket Kitten exploited VMware bug in recent attacks

The Iran-linked APT group Rocket Kitten has been observed exploiting a recently patched CVE-2022-22954 VMware flaw. Iran-linked Rocket Kitten APT group has been observed exploiting a recently patched CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access flaw to deploy ‘Core Impact’ Backdoor. The CVE-2022-22954 vulnerability is a server-side template injection remote code execution issue, it was rated 9.8 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
North Korea-linked APT37 targets journalists with GOLDBACKDOOR

North Korea-linked APT37 group is targeting journalists that focus on DPRK with a new piece of malware. North Korea-linked APT37 group (aka Ricochet Chollima) has been spotted targeting journalists focusing on DPRK with a new piece of malware. The campaign was discovered by journalists at NK News, an American news site that focuses on North […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
Experts warn of a surge in zero-day flaws observed and exploited in 2021

The number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in cyberattacks in the wild exploded in the last years, security firm report. Google and Mandiant have published two reports that highlight a surge in the discovery of zero-day flaws exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild. Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2022
Russian Gamaredon APT continues to target Ukraine

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon targets Ukraine with new variants of the custom Pterodo backdoor. Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group (a.k.a. Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and ACTINIUM) continues to target Ukraine and it is using new variants of the custom Pterodo backdoor (aka Pteranodon). The cyberespionage group is behind a recent series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities and organizations related to Ukrainian […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2022
U.S. Gov believes North Korea-linked Lazarus APT is behind Ronin Validator cyber heist

The U.S. government blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cyber heist. The U.S. government attributes the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cryptocurrencty heist to the North Korea-linked APT Lazarus. The U.S. Treasury announced in a notice the sanctions against the Ethereum address used by the APT to receive the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2022
US gov agencies e private firms warn nation-state actors are targeting ICS & SCADA devices

The US government agencies warned of threat actors that are targeting ICS and SCADA systems from various vendors. The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn of offensive capabilities developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2022
China-linked Hafnium APT leverages Tarrask malware to gain persistence

China-linked Hafnium APT group started using a new piece of new malware to gain persistence on compromised Windows systems. The China-backed Hafnium cyberespionage group is likely behind a piece of a new malware, dubbed Tarrask, that’s used to maintain persistence on compromised Windows systems, reported Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) experts. HAFNIUM primarily targets entities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2022
Russia-linked Sandworm APT targets energy facilities in Ukraine with wipers

Russia-linked Sandworm APT group targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with INDUSTROYER2 and CADDYWIPER wipers. Russia-linked Sandworm threat actors targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with a new strain of the Industroyer ICS malware (INDUSTROYER2) and a new version of the CaddyWiper wiper. According to the CERT-UA, nation-state actors targeted high-voltage electrical substations with INDUSTROYER2, the variant analyzed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2022
China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations

China-linked threat actors continue to target Indian power grid organizations, most of the attacks involved the ShadowPad backdoor. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor targeting Indian power grid organizations. The security firm is tracking this cluster of malicious activities under the moniker Threat Activity Group 38 aka […]