Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2022
The state Infrastructure of Montenegro was hit by a massive and “unprecedented” cyber attack, authorities announced. An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. Montenegro immediately reported the attack to other members of the NATO alliance. “Certain services were switched off temporarily […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2022
An Iran-linked Mercury APT group exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in SysAid applications for initial access to the targeted organizations. The Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) made the headlines in December after Chinese security researcher p0rz9 publicly disclosed a Proof-of-concept exploit for the critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability (aka Log4Shell) that affects the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. The flaw can be exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2022
Russia-linked APT group Nobelium is behind a new sophisticated post-exploitation malware tracked by Microsoft as MagicWeb. Microsoft security researchers discovered a post-compromise malware, tracked as MagicWeb, which is used by the Russia-linked NOBELIUM APT group to maintain persistent access to compromised environments. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2022
Estonia announced to have blocked a wave of cyber attacks conducted by Russian hackers against local institutions. Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. The DDoS attacks targeted both public institutions and the private sector. The Pro-Russia hacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed targeting job seekers with macOS malware working also on Intel and M1 chipsets. ESET researchers continue to monitor a cyberespionage campaign, tracked as “Operation In(ter)ception,” that has been active at least since June 2020. The campaign targets employees working in the aerospace and military sectors and leverages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2022
Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad. Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and Trident Ursa) targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad, Symantec warns. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) confirmed the ongoing cyber espionage campaign. Symantec and TrendMicro first discovered the Gamaredon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Microsoft disrupted a hacking operation linked conducted by Russia-linked APT SEABORGIUM aimed at NATO countries. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM (aka ColdRiver, TA446), a Russia-linked threat actor that is behind a persistent hacking campaign targeting people and organizations in NATO countries. SEABORGIUM has been active since at least 2017, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
China-linked threat actors Iron Tiger backdoored a version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi to infect systems. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a new campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor Iron Tiger that employed a backdoored version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi Chat App to infect Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. The Iron Tiger APT (aka Panda Emissary, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe. In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. The attackers breached dozens of enterprises and in some cases compromised their IT infrastructure, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2022
North Korea-linked APT37 group targets high-value organizations in the Czech Republic, Poland, and other countries. Researchers from the Securonix Threat Research (STR) team have uncovered a new attack campaign, tracked as STIFF#BIZON, targeting high-value organizations in multiple countries, including Czech Republic, and Poland. The researchers attribute this campaign to the North Korea-linked APT37 group, aka […]
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