Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2018
Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian Last week, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian threat actors. The US-CERT blamed the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2018
Experts at FireEye uncovered a new massive phishing campaign conducted by TEMP.Zagros group targeting Asia and Middle East regions from January 2018 to March 2018. Iranian hackers are one of the most active in this period, researchers at FireEye uncovered a new massive phishing campaign targeting Asia and Middle East regions from January 2018 to March 2018. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2018
While US-CERT warns of cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in the energy sectors, Russia-linked Sofacy APT is targeting a government agency in Europe. Last week the US Government announced sanctions against five Russian entities and 19 individuals, including the FSB, the military intelligence agency GRU. Despite the sanctions, Russian hackers continue to target entities worldwide, including US organizations. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2018
The China-linked APT group Leviathan. aka TEMP.Periscope, has increased the attacks on engineering and maritime entities over the past months. Past attacks conducted by the group aimed at targets connected to South China Sea issues, most of them were research institutes, academic organizations, and private firms in the United States. The group has also targeted professional/consulting services, high-tech industry, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 and APT-C-00, has been using a new backdoor in recently observed attacks. The OceanLotus Group has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group linked to Vietnam, most of them in Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. The hackers targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2018
China-Linked APT15 used new backdoors is an attack that is likely part of a wider operation aimed at contractors at various UK government departments and military organizations. Last week Ahmed Zaki, a senior malware researcher at NCC Group, presented at the Kasperskyâs Security Analyst Summit (SAS), details of a malware-based attack against the service provider for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2018
According to Kaspersky, the Sofacy APT is particularly interested in military, defense and diplomatic entities in the far east, but overlap with other APT’s operations makes hard the attribution. Last week, during the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (SAS) held in Cancun, researchers from Kaspersky illustrated the results of their investigation on the recent activities conducted by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2018
Slingshot spyware – Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Researchers tracked the group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2018
McAfee Advanced Threat Research team discovered that the Hidden Cobra APT group is targeting financial organizations in Turkey. North Korea-linked APT group Hidden Cobra (aka Lazarus Group) is targeting the Turkish financial system. Experts from McAfee observed the hackers using the Bankshot implant in targeted attacks against the financial organizations in Turkey. The attack resembles previous attacks conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2018
According to Kaspersky Lab, threat actors behind the recent Olympic Destroyer attack planted sophisticated false flags inside their malicious code. On February 9, shortly before the Pyeongchang opening ceremonies on Friday, televisions at the main press centre, wifi at the Olympic Stadium and the official website were taken down. Hackers used the so-called Olympic Destroyer, a strain […]
