Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group uses Windows Update client to deliver malware on Windows systems. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT started using Windows Update to execute the malicious payload and GitHub as a command and control server in recent attacks, Malwarebytes researchers reported. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2022
The BfV German domestic intelligence services warn of ongoing attacks carried out by the China-linked APT27 cyberespionage group. The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) federal domestic intelligence agency warns of ongoing attacks coordinated by the China-linked APT27 group. “The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( BfV ) has information about an ongoing cyber espionage campaign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against four current and former Ukrainian government officials for collaborating with Russia. The U.S. Treasury Department this week announced sanctions against four current and former Ukrainian government officials for having supported influence activities carried out by the Russian government. The officials are accused of having gathered sensitive information about […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2022
US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has officially linked the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). USCYBERCOM has officially linked the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros) to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017 when targeted entities in the Middle East. The experts called the campaign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2021
Nexa Technologies was indicted for complicity in acts of torture, the French firm is accused of having sold surveillance equipment to the Egypt. Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. Now the French company was accused of having sold surveillance software to the Egyptian regime. The cybersurveillance equipment was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2021
North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. According to the Google Threat Horizons report, the state-sponsored […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2021
A threat actor, tracked as APT C-23, is using new powerful Android spyware in attacks aimed at targets in the Middle East. The APT C-23 cyberespionage group (also known as GnatSpy, FrozenCell, or VAMP) continues to target entities in the Middle East with enhanced Android spyware masqueraded as seemingly harmless app updates (i.e. AndroidUpdate,, Telegram). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2021
Apple has filed suit to ban the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies from using its product and services. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus. According to the lawsuit, NSO […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2021
U.S., U.K. and Australia warn that Iran-linked APT groups exploiting Fortinet and Microsoft Exchange flaws to target critical infrastructure. A joint advisory released by government agencies (the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)) in the U.S., U.K., and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2021
Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers believe that the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) was linked to the government of Belarus. In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by […]
