APT40

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2023
Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. The researchers reported that several cybercrime groups began exploiting the flaw in early 2023, when the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2022
China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign

Experts uncovered a cyber espionage campaign conducted by a China-linked APT group and aimed at several entities in the South China Sea. Proofpoint’s Threat Research Team uncovered a cyber espionage campaign targeting entities across the world that was orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor. The campaign aimed at entities in Australia, Malaysia, and Europe, as […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
US DoJ indicts four members of China-linked APT40 cyberespionage group

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope, TEMP.Jumper, and Leviathan) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Microsoft took down 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese Gadolinium APT

Microsoft removed 18 Azure Active Directory applications from its Azure portal that were created by a Chinese-linked APT group Gadolinium. Microsoft announced this week to have removed 18 Azure Active Directory applications from its Azure portal that were created by a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as APT group Gadolinium (aka APT40, or Leviathan). The 18 […]