Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2020
Russia-linked cyberespionage group Turla targets diplomatic entities in Europe with a new piece of malware tracked as COMpfun. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyberespionage campaign carried out by Russia-linked APT Turla that employs a new version of the COMpfun malware. The new malware allows attackers to control infected hosts using a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2020
The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has uploaded five new North Korean malware samples to VirusTotal. The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has shared five new malware samples attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT, it has uploaded the malicious code to VirusTotal. “On May 12, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group employed a Mac variant of the Dacls Remote Access Trojan (RAT) in recent attacks. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT already used at least two macOS malware in previous attacks, now researchers from Malwarebytes have identified a new Mac variant of the Linux-based Dacls RAT. The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Chinese-speaking Naikon APT group leverages a new backdoor called Aria-body to target organizations in South Asia and Australia. 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 over the past five years while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
Kaspersky Lab uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, dubbed PhantomLance, that employed malicious apps hosted on the official Google Play. Kaspersky has spotted an ongoing campaign, dubbed PhantomLance, that employed malicious spying apps hosted by Google Play. The campaign has been active for at least four, experts discovered “dozens” of malicious apps in Google Play, some of which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
A security expert uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in 2017. Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, a former Kaspersky and Google researcher, uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
The Vietnam-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT32 carried out hacking campaigns against Chinese entities to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Vietnam-linked APT group APT32, also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
Google warns that nation-backed hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic. Google is warning that nation-state actors are exploiting the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to target health care organizations and entities involved in the fight against the pandemic. Googleâs Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its latest findings related […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity, QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported. Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. […]
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