Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Turla group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2007 targeting government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2019
The APT34 Glimpse project is maybe the most complete APT34 project known so far, the popular researcher Marco Ramilli analyzed it for us. Indeed we might observe a File-based command and control (a quite unusual solution) structure, a VBS launcher, a PowerShell Payload and a covert channel over DNS engine. This last feature is the most […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2019
The Hong Kong office of Amnesty International has been hit by a long-running cyberattack carried out by China-linked hackers. Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit with a cyberattack launched by China-linked hackers. “This sophisticated cyber-attack underscores the dangers posed by state-sponsored hacking and the need to be ever vigilant to the risk of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Security researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon. Introduction Few days after the publication of our technical article related to the evidence of possible APT28 interference in the Ukrainian elections, we spotted another signal of a sneakier on-going operation. This campaign, instead, seems to be linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Iran-linked OilRig cyberespionage group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns.Iran-linked OilRig cyberespione group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns. The OilRig APT group, the threat actor behind the DNSpionage malware campaign, is carrying out a new sophisticated and targeted operation that infects victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Experts at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack targeted ASUS users to the “ShadowPad” threat actor and the CCleaner incident. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack that hit ASUS users (tracked as Operation ShadowHammer) to the “ShadowPad” threat actor. Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. Researchers at FireEye discovered that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, but it was not noticed before. The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7, Anunak or Cobalt) stole over […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten). Thanks to the leaked source code it is now possible to check APT34 implementations and techniques. Contest: Since at least 2014, an Iranian threat group tracked by FireEye as APT34 has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2019
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting entities in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East with RevengeRAT. The campaign was carried out during March, threat actors tracked as Aggah” used pages hosted on Bit.ly, BlogSpot, and Pastebin as a command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to distribute the RevengeRAT. Attackers hit organizations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts Major coordinated disinformation campaign hit the Lithuanian Defense Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers Security Affairs […]
