APT

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2022
Threat actors continue to exploit Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems

The U.S. CISA and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warn of attacks exploiting the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER), published a joint advisory to warn of hacking attempts exploiting the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2022
Chinese Tropic Trooper APT spreads a hacking tool laced with a backdoor

China-linked APT group Tropic Trooper has been spotted previously undocumented malware written in Nim language. Check Point Research uncovered an activity cluster with ties to China-linked APT Tropic Trooper (aka Earth Centaur, KeyBoy, and Pirate Panda) which involved the use of a previously undescribed loader (dubbed “Nimbda”) written in Nim language. The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2022
New ToddyCat APT targets high-profile entities in Europe and Asia

Researchers linked a new APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, to a series of attacks targeting entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. Researchers from Kaspersky have linked a new APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, to a series of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. The threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2022
Russian APT28 hacker accused of the NATO think tank hack in Germany

The Attorney General has issued an arrest warrant for a hacker who targeted a NATO think tank in Germany for the Russia-linked APT28. The Attorney General has issued an arrest warrant for the Russian hacker Nikolaj Kozachek (aka “blabla1234565” and “kazak”) who is accused to have carried out a cyber espionage attack against the NATO […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2022
Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed

China-linked threat actors exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2022-1040 in Sophos Firewall weeks before it was fixed by the security vendor. Volexity researchers discovered that the zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1040, in Sophos Firewall was exploited by Chinese threat actors to compromise a company and cloud-hosted web servers it was operating. The vulnerability was exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2022
Russia-linked APT targets Ukraine by exploiting the Follina RCE vulnerability

Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warns that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group may exploit the Follina RCE vulnerability. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT may be exploiting the recently discovered Follina RCE. The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, impacts the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). Nation-state actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2022
GALLIUM APT used a new PingPull RAT in recent campaigns

China-linked Gallium APT employed a previously undocumented RAT, tracked as PingPull, in recent cyber espionage campaign targeting South Asia, Europe, and Africa. China-linked Gallium APT (aka Softcell) used a previously undocumented remote access Trojan dubbed PingPull in recent attacks aimed at organizations in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks defined the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2022
Iran-linked Lyceum APT adds a new .NET DNS Backdoor to its arsenal

Iran-linked Lyceum APT group uses a new .NET-based DNS backdoor to target organizations in the energy and telecommunication sectors. The Iran-linked Lyceum APT group, aka Hexane or Spilrin, used a new .NET-based DNS backdoor in a campaign aimed at companies in the energy and telecommunication sectors, ZScaler researchers warn. The activity of the Lyceum APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2022
Previously undocumented Aoqin Dragon APT targets entities in Southeast Asia and Australia

Researchers spotted a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT, tracked as Aoqin Dragon, targeting entities in Southeast Asia and Australia. SentinelOne documented a series of attacks aimed at government, education, and telecom entities in Southeast Asia and Australia carried out by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT tracked as Aoqin Dragon. The APT primary focus on cyberespionage against targets […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2022
China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers. The nation-state actors exploit publicly known vulnerabilities to compromise the target […]