Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2020
Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. The Russian cyberspies, operating under Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency (aka Fancy Bear) carried out a spear-phishing campaign in November aimed at accessing the email of Burisma Holdings employees. The attack was detailed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2020
In the last 18 months, North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the attacks carried out by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group in the past 18 months and confirmed their interest in banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. In the mid-2018, the APT targeted cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2020
A cyber-espionage group tracked as Bronze President has been targeting countries in South and East Asia, Secureworks experts warn. Researchers at Secureworks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU) have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign carried out by an APT group tracked as Bronze President, The Bronze President group is targeting political and law enforcement organizations and NGOs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2019
Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. Security experts from Fortinet’s enSilo have discovered a new loader, dubbed BIOLOAD, associated with the financially-motivated group FIN7. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2019
Researchers spotted a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), dubbed Dacls, that was used by the Lazarus APT group to target both Windows and Linux devices. Experts at Qihoo 360 Netlab revealed that the North-Korea Lazarus APT group used a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), dubbed Dacls, to target both Windows and Linux devices. The activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2019
Iran telecommunications minister announced that for the second time in a week Iran has foiled a cyber attack against its infrastructure. Iran has foiled a new cyber-attack, the country’s telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi says. A few days ago, the Iranian telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, announced that the Islamic Republic had recently thwarted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between the TrickBot gang and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. Security experts Sentinelone have published a report that for the first time sheds the light on the link between the TrickBot crimeware and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2019
Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon attacks against Ukraine donât seem to have stopped. In June malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi spotted a new suspicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2019
Experts spotted a piece of malware dubbed ZeroCleare that has been used in highly targeted attacks aimed at energy and industrial organizations in the Middle East. Security experts at IBM X-Force found a piece of malware dubbed ZeroCleare (the name ZeroCleare comes from the path in the binary file) that has been used in highly targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2019
Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the âHi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020â report. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape. According to Group-IBâs experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. The […]
