The China-linked group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and Zoho ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The campaign was uncovered by FireEye, threat actor targeted many organizations worldwide the […]
Experts warn of scanning activity conducted by Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group, hackers are searching for vulnerable mail servers. According to security researchers from Trend Micro, the Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group has been scanning vulnerable email servers for more than a year. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has been active since at least 2007 and it has […]
In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from February 1 to March 15, 2020. February 1, 2020 – Crooks start exploiting Coronavirus as bait to spread malware Security researchers warn of campaigns aimed at spreading malware that exploits media attention on the COVID-19 epidemic. February 25, 2020 – South Korea […]
This week US President Donald Trump signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for replacing equipment made by Chinaâs Huawei and ZTE. US President Donald Trump continues its battle against the Chinese telco giants Huawei and ZTE, this week he has signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for […]
China-linked cyber espionage groups increasingly targeted organizations in the telecommunications industry in 2019. According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. Experts monitored operations carried out by nation-state actors and financially-motivated attackers. Most of the attacks against organizations in the telecom sector […]
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyzed a new implant employed by a North Korea-linked APT group, tracked as Kimsuky, in attacks on South Korea. Introduction Recently we have observed a significant increase in state-sponsored operations carried out by threat actors worldwide. APT34, Gamaredon, and Transparent Tribe are a few samples of the recently uncovered campaigns, the latter was spotted after four […]
The Department of Justice has charged the two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea-linked APT groups. The US Treasury Department and the Department of Justice have imposed sanctions and charged two Chinese nationals, Tian Yinyin ( ç°ćŻ ćŻ ) and Li Jiadong (æ柶äž), for helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency have been […]
Britain and the United governments blame Russia for being behind a destructive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russiaâs military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. In October 2019, a wave of cyber attacks hit 2,000 websites […]
The DRBControl APT group has been targeting gambling and betting companies worldwide with malware that links to two China-linked APT groups. Security researchers from TrendMicro have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign carried out by an APT group tracked as DRBControl that employed a new family of malware. The attackers aimed at stealing databases and source […]
Israeli Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiersâ phones by posing as attractive women on social media. Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiersâ mobile devices by posing as attractive women on social media and […]