Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2025
US agencies revealed Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to breach Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). The US governmentâs cybersecurity and law enforcement revealed that Chinese threat actors used at least two sophisticated exploit chains to compromise Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). A CISA and FBI published a joint advisory warning that Chinese hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2025
A former CIA analyst, Asif William Rahman, pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret National Defense Information on social media in 2024. Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst with Top-Secret clearance since 2016, pleaded guilty to leaking classified information on social media in October 2024. Rahman has access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). On October 17, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2025
Researchers linked the threat actor DoNot Team to a new Android malware that was employed in highly targeted cyber attacks. CYFIRMA researchers linked a recently discovered Android malware to the Indian APT group known as DoNot Team. The Donot Team (aka APT-C-35 and Origami Elephant) has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2025
The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm and a Shanghai cyber actor for ties to Salt Typhoon and a federal agency breach. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., LTD., for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2025
The Russian group Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts in a new spear-phishing campaign, shifting tactics to avoid detection. In November 2024, Microsoft researchers observed the Russia-linked APT group Star Blizzard targeting WhatsApp accounts via spear-phishing, shifting tactics to avoid detection. The Star Blizzard group, aka “Callisto“, âSeaborgiumâ, âColdRiverâ, and âTA446,â targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2025
Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0063 targets Kazakhstan to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. Russia-linked threat actors UAC-0063 is targeting Kazakhstan as part of a cyber espionage campaign to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) first detailed the activity of UAC-0063 in early 2023. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2025
Japanese authorities attributed a cyber-espionage campaign targeting the country to the China-linked APT group MirrorFace. The National Police Agency (NPA) and the Cabinet Cyber Security Center in Japan have linked a long-running cyber-espionage campaign targeting local entities to the China-linked group MirrorFace (aka Earth Kasha). The campaign has been active since at least 2019, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2025
US adds Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to the list of companies supporting the Chinese military. The US Department of Defense has added Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to its “Chinese military company” list under the Section 1260 requirement. The US government does not explain the decision. The list includes the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2025
Experts spotted new variants of the Eagerbee backdoor being used in attacks on government organizations and ISPs in the Middle East. Kaspersky researchers reported that new variants of the Eagerbee backdoor being used in attacks against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and government entities in the Middle East. The Kaspersky’s analysis revealed new attack components, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2025
China-linked Salt Typhoon group that breached multiple US telecoms compromised more firms than previously known, WSJ says. The China-linked cyberespionage group Salt Typhoon targeted more US telecoms than previously known, as The Wall Street Journal reported. According to WSJ, wich cited people familiar with the matter, the Chinese cyberspies also compromised Charter Communications and Windstream. […]
