Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2023
France National Agency for the Security of Information Systems warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has breached several critical networks. The French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la sĂ©curitĂ© des systĂšmes d’information) warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has been targeting multiple French organizations, including government entities, businesses, universities, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2023
The U.S. government seized 17 website domains used by North Korean IT workers in a fraudulent scheme to defraud businesses worldwide. The U.S. government announced the seizure of 17 website domains used by North Korean information technology (IT) workers as part of a fraudulent scheme illicit scheme to defraud businesses worldwide. The illicit funds defraud U.S. and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2023
Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023. The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm (UAC-0165) has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023, reported the Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA). According to public sources, the threat actors targeted ICS of at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2023
Gaza: Resecurity identified threat actors exploiting the conflict to weaponize psychological operations (PSYOPs) campaigns. Amidst the outbreak of war on the Gaza Strip last weekend, Resecurity (Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 100) has identified multiple cyber-threat actors staging online psychological operations (PSYOPs) campaigns to manipulate public opinion regarding the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PSYOPs are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2023
Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hacktivists have joined the fight and are targeting SCADA and ICS systems. Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hacktivists have joined the fight in the cyber realm. Industrial control systems (ICS) seem to be one of the most lucrative targets for them, and there are hundreds exposed. After Hamas gunmen killed hundreds of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2023
North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has laundered $900 million worth of cryptocurrency, Elliptic researchers reported. Researchers from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic reported that threat actors has already laundered a record $7 billion through cross-chain crime. The term “Cross-chain crime” is used to refer to the swapping of cryptoassets between different tokens or blockchains to launder […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2023
Belgian intelligence agency State Security Service (VSSE) fears that Chinese giant Alibaba is spying on logistics to gather financial intelligence. The Belgian intelligence service VSSE revealed that is investigating potential cyber espionage activities carried out by Chinese firms, including the Alibaba Group Holding, at a cargo airport in Liege. According to the Financial Times, Alibaba […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2023
China-linked threat actors stole around 60,000 emails from U.S. State Department after breaching Microsoft’s Exchange email platform in May. China-linked hackers who breached Microsoft’s email platform in May have stolen tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters this week. During a briefing by U.S. State Department IT officials, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2023
US and Japanese authorities warn that a China-linked APT BlackTech planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to hack the businesses in both countries. US and Japanese intelligence, law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of a China-linked APT, tracked as BlackTech (aka Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda), that planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2023
A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities using drone manuals as lures to deliver the post-exploitation toolkit Merlin. Securonix researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign using a Pilot-in-Command (PIC) Drone manual document as a lure to deliver a toolkit dubbed Merlin. The campaign, codenamed STARK#VORTEX by Securonix, targets Ukrainian military entities and CERT-UA attributed it […]
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