Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2020
China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2020
Iran denies any involvement in the attack against 2020 US election

The Iranian government denies Microsoft’s allegations related to the alleged attacks against individuals involved in the upcoming 2020 US presidential election. Microsoft announced to have detected a new wave of attacks carried out by Chinese, Iranian, and Russian state-sponsored hackers against the US election. Threat actors had tried to compromise email accounts belonging to people […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2020
Chinese, Iranian, and Russian APT groups target 2020 US election

Microsoft reveals that state-sponsored hackers had tried to breach email accounts belonging to people involved in the US election. Microsoft announced to have detected a new wave of attacks carried out by Chinese, Iranian, and Russian state-sponsored hackers against the US election. Threat actors had tried to compromise email accounts belonging to people associated with […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2020
Norway ‘s Parliament, Stortinget, discloses a security breach

Hackers breached Norway ‘s Parliament, Stortinget, and accessed to email for a small number of parliamentary representatives and employees. Norway’s parliament announced Tuesday that it was the target of a major cyber-attack that allowed hackers to access emails and data of a small number of parliamentary representatives and employees. “The parliament has recently been targetted […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2020
US DoJ wants the funds stored by North Korea in 280 BTC and ETH

US DoJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize 280 Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounts containing funds allegedly stolen by North Korea-linked hackers The US DoJ has filed a civil forfeiture complaint with the intent to seize control over 280 Bitcoin and Ethereum accounts that are believed to be holding funds which are the proceeds of hacking campaigns […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2020
North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz targets banks

North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz intensified its operations since February, US CISA, Department of the Treasury, FBI, and USCYBERCOM warn. According to a joint advisory issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT contacts targets via WhatsApp, LinkedIn

The Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group leveraged on WhatsApp and LinkedIn to carry out phishing attacks, researchers warn. Clearsky security researchers revealed that Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group is using WhatsApp and LinkedIn to conduct spear-phishing attacks. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2020
DeathStalker cyber-mercenary group targets the financial sector

A hack-for-hire group, tracked as DeathStalker, has been targeting organizations in the financial sector since 2012 Kaspersky researchers say. DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. Victim organizations are small and medium-sized businesses located in Argentina, China, Cyprus, India, Israel, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2020
Lazarus APT targets cryptocurrency organizations with using LinkedIn lures

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group targets cryptocurrency organizations with fake job offers in an ongoing spear-phishing campaign. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA) has been observed while using LinkedIn lures in a spear-phishing campaign targeting the cryptocurrency organizations worldwide, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan. The activity of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Transparent Tribe APT hit 1000+ victims in 27 countries in the last 12 months

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. The group upgraded its Crimson RAT by adding a management console and implementing a USB worming capability that allows it […]