Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2017
WikiLeaks leaked files on the Grasshopper framework, a CIA Tool for creating customized malware installers

Wikileaks published a new batch of 27 documents detailing the Grasshopper framework used by its agents to create custom installers for Windows malware. WikiLeaks continues to disclose documents included in the CIA Vault 7 archive, on Friday published a new batch of 27 documents detailing a framework, dubbed Grasshopper, allegedly used to create custom installers for Windows malware. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2017
Operation Cloud Hopper – APT10 goes after Managed Service Providers

Security experts uncovered a widespread campaign tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper known to be targeting managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Chinese APT10 group is the main suspect. Security experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems have uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper, targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. The experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
South Korean users targeted with a new stealthy malware, the ROKRAT RAT

Security experts at CISCO Talos have spotted a new insidious remote access tool dubbed ROKRAT that implements sophisticated anti-detection measures. The ROKRAT RAT targets Korean users, people using the popular Korean Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor (HWP). In the past, we saw other attacks against people using the HWP application. The ROKRAT RAT was used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2017
Joining the dots between the ancient Moonlight Maze espionage campaigns and the Turla APT

Experts at Kaspersky presented the findings of its research that definitively connect the Moonlight Maze cyber espionage campaigns to the Turla APT group. One year ago, the researcher Thomas Rid at the Security Analyst Summit disclosed the alleged links between the Moonlight Maze cyber espionage operation of mid 1990s and the Turla APT. Today at […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2017
WikiLeaks Reveals the Marble framework, used by the CIA to make hard the attribution

WikiLeaks has published the third batch of documents dubbed Marble that revealed the CIA anti-forensics tool dubbed Marble framework. WikiLeaks released the third batch of the CIA Vault7 archive that shed light the anti-forensics tools used by the intelligence Agency, The first tranche of CIA documents from Vault7 was related to hacking tools and techniques, while […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2017
Turla hacking group continues to improve its Carbon backdoor

The Russian group Turla has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. The Russian APT group known as Turla (also known as Waterbug, KRYPTON and Venomous Bear) has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. Carbon is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2017
APT29 group used domain fronting to evade detection long before these techniques were widely known

Experts at FireEye discovered the APT29 group adopted domain fronting long before these techniques were widely known in the IT security community. Security firm FireEye continues to follow APT29 group (aka The Dukes, Cozy Bear and Cozy Duke), on Monday it revealed that the cyber spies have been using a technique called “domain fronting” to make hard […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2017
British interior minister says IT companies should stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate”

British interior minister Amber Rudd believes encryption implemented by messaging services is offering a dangerous opportunity for terrorists to communicate. British interior minister Amber Rudd has a clear opinion on encryption implemented by many messaging services, it is no more acceptable. On Sunday the minister Amber Rudd reaffirmed that technology firms must collaborate with law enforcement agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2017
Top German official said Germany blocked Russian APT28 cyber attacks in 2016

According to a German top official, Germany warded off two cyber attacks launched by the Russian state actor APT28 group in 2016. On Friday, a top German official told Reuters that last year Germany warded off two cyber attacks launched by the Russian APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and Strontium) According to Arne Schoenbohm, president of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2017
Spear phishing campaign targeted Saudi Arabia Government organizations

Security researchers at MalwareBytes have uncovered a spearphishing campaign that targeted Saudi Arabia Government organizations. Security experts at MalwareBytes have spotted a new spear phishing campaign that is targeting Saudi Arabia governmental organizations. According to the experts, the campaign already targeted about a dozen Saudi agencies. Attackers used weaponized Word document and tricked victims into opening them […]