Pierluigi Paganini
November 27, 2020
The Reuters agency revealed in an exclusive that the COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca was targeted by alleged North Korea-linked hackers. According to a report published by Reuters, suspected North Korea-linked hackers targeted AstraZeneca, one of the companies that are developing a COVID vaccine. The attack attempts took place in recent weeks, two people with knowledge […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2020
Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2020
Researchers uncovered a large-scale campaign conducted by China-linked APT10 targeting businesses using the recently-disclosed ZeroLogon vulnerability. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, a Broadcom division, uncovered a global campaign conducted by a China-linked APT10 cyber-espionage group targeting businesses using the recently-disclosed ZeroLogon vulnerability. The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda, and Cloud Hopper, has been active at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2020
Researchers spotted a new China-linked APT, tracked as FunnyDream that already infected more than 200 systems across Southeast Asia. Security experts at BitDefender have uncovered a new China-linked cyber espionage group, tracked as FunnyDream that has already infected more than 200 systems across Southeast Asia over the past two years. According to Kaspersky Lab, FunnyDream […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains. According to the experts the nation-state actors leverage stolen security certificates from two separate, legitimate South […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2020
At least the three nation-state actors have targeted seven COVID-19 vaccine makers, they are Strontium, Lazarus Group, and Cerium, Microsoft warns. Microsoft revealed that at least three APT groups have targeted seven companies involved in COVID-19 vaccines research and treatments. “In recent months, we’ve detected cyberattacks from three nation-state actors targeting seven prominent companies directly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2020
CostaRicto APT is targeting South Asian financial institutions and global entertainment companies with undocumented malware. Blackberry researchers have documented the activity of a hackers-for-hire group, dubbed CostaRicto, that has been spotted using a previously undocumented piece of malware to target South Asian financial institutions and global entertainment companies. “During the past six months, the BlackBerry Research […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2020
While investigating a cyber attack on the Microsoft Exchange server of an organization in Kuwait, experts found two new Powershell backdoors. Security experts from Palo Alto Networks have spotted two never-before-detected Powershell backdoors while investigating an attack on Microsoft Exchange servers at an organization in Kuwait. Experts attribute the attack to a known threat actor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2020
A new Chinese APT group, tracked as KilllSomeOne, appeared in the threat landscape targeting corporate organizations in Myanmar. A new Chinese APT group, tracked as KilllSomeOne, was spotted by researchers at Sophos. The advanced cyber-espionage group is targeting corporate organizations in Myanmar with DLL side-loading attacks. The name KilllSomeOne comes from the phrase ‘KilllSomeOne’ used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2020
A sophisticated threat actor, tracked as UNC1945, has been observed exploiting vulnerabilities in the Oracle Solaris operating systems for over two years. Researchers from FireEye reported that a sophisticated threat actor, tracked as UNC1945, has been observed targeting Oracle Solaris operating systems for over two years. The codename “UNC” used to track the group is […]
