Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2021
China-linked APT Naikon employed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia in the last 2 years. The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar since 2015 while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Organizations targeted by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2021
At least one China-linked APT group exploited a new zero-day flaw in Pulse Secure VPN equipment to break into the networks of US defense contractors. According to coordinated reports published by FireEye and Pulse Secure, two hacking groups have exploited a new zero-day vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN equipment to break into the networks of US defense contractors […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is abusing bitmap (.BMP) image files in a recent spear-phishing campaign targeting entities in South Korea. Experts from Malwarebytes have uncovered a spear-phishing attack conducted by a North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group that obfuscated a malicious code within a bitmap (.BMP) image file. The malicious code within the bitmap image […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2021
Group-IB observed the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group stealing cryptocurrency using a never-before-seen tool. In the last five years, JavaScript sniffers have grown into one of the most dangerous threats for e-commerce businesses. The simple nature of such attacks combined with the use of malicious JavaScript code for intercepting payment data attract more and more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2021
FireEye published its M-Trend 2021 report based on the data collected during the investigation, 650 new threat groups were tracked in 2020 FireEye published its annual report, titled M-Trend 2021, which is based on the data collected during the investigation on security incidents it managed. Most of the incidents investigated by Mandiant (59%) in 2020 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2021
China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda, Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing. The threat actors are sending out spear-phishing messages to compromise diplomatic targets in Southeast […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2021
FBI and CISA published a joint alert to warn of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS to access networks of multiple organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a joint alert to warn of attacks carried out by APT groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2021
Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. The cyberspies used fake Twitter and LinkedIn social media accounts to get in contact with the victims. Experts identified two accounts impersonating recruiters for antivirus and security companies. Social media profiles were quickly removed after Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2021
China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after it was exposed at the end of February by security researchers. China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after security experts have exposed it. At the end of February, experts at Recorded Future have uncovered a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2021
Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked hackers. German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that email accounts of multiple members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) were targeted with a spearphishing attack. The messages were sent by threat actors to […]
