APT

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order

Microsoft obtained a court order to take over seven domains used by the Russia-linked APT28 group to target Ukraine. Microsoft on Thursday announced it has obtained a court order to take over seven domains used by Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 in attacks against Ukraine. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has been active since at least 2007 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
Hamas-linked threat actors target high-profile Israeli individuals

Hamas-linked threat actors conducted an elaborate campaign aimed at high-profile Israeli individuals employed in sensitive sectors. Researchers from Cybereason observed a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign conducted by APT-C-23 group campaigns targeting Israeli high-profile targets working for sensitive defense, law enforcement, and emergency services organizations. The threat actors use sophisticated social engineering techniques to infect Windows and Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
Russia-linked Armageddon APT targets Ukrainian state organizations, CERT-UA warns

Ukraine CERT-UA spotted a spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT targeting local state organizations. Ukraine CERT-UA published a security advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The phishing messages have been sent from “vadim_melnik88@i[.]ua,” the campaign aims at […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2022
China-linked APT Deep Panda employs new Fire Chili Windows rootkit

The China-linked hacking group Deep Panda is targeting VMware Horizon servers with the Log4Shell exploit to install a new Fire Chili rootkit. Researchers from Fortinet have observed the Chinese APT group Deep Panda exploiting a Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware Horizon servers and deploy previously undetected Fire Chili rootkit. The experts observed opportunistic attacks against organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine

The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) provided an update about nation-state attacks related ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the experts spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine The researchers uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2022
GhostWriter APT targets state entities of Ukraine with Cobalt Strike Beacon 

Ukraine CERT-UA warns that the Belarus-linked GhostWriter APT group is targeting state entities of Ukraine with Cobalt Strike Beacon. Ukraine CERT-UA uncovered a spear-phishing campaign conducted by Belarus-linked GhostWriter APT group targeting Ukrainian state entities with Cobalt Strike Beacon. The phishing messages use a RAR-archive named “Saboteurs.rar”, which contains RAR-archive “Saboteurs 21.03.rar.” This second archive […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2022
Chinese threat actor Scarab targets Ukraine, CERT-UA warns

Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) released details about a campaign that SentinelLabs linked with the suspected Chinese threat actor tracked as Scarab. Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) published technical details about a malicious activity tracked as UAC-0026, which SentinelLabs associated with China-linked Scarab APT. Scarab APT was first spotted in 2015, but experts believe it has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2022
China-linked GIMMICK implant now targets macOS

Gimmick is a newly discovered macOS implant developed by the China-linked APT Storm Cloud and used to target organizations across Asia. In late 2021, Volexity researchers investigated an intrusion in an environment they were monitoring and discovered a MacBook Pro running macOS 11.6 (Big Sur) that was compromised with a previously unknown macOS malware tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2022
Russia-linked InvisiMole APT targets state organizations of Ukraine

Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing ​​attacks conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) on state organizations of Ukraine. The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. The messages use an archive named “501_25_103.zip”, which contains a shortcut file. Upon opening […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2022
China-linked threat actors are targeting the government of Ukraine

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers uncovered cyberespionage operations conducted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and other China-linked APT groups and that targeted Ukraine ‘s government to gather info on the ongoing conflict. Below is the tweet […]