Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2018
Kaspersky experts published a detailed analysis of the attacks conducted by the Russian-linked cyber espionage group DustSquad. Earlier October, security experts from ESET shared details about the operations of a cyber espionage group tracked as Nomadic Octopus, a threat actor focused on diplomatic entities in Central Asia. The group has been active since at least 2015, ESET researchers presented […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2018
A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. A new cyber espionage group tracked as Gallmaker appeared in the threat landscape. According to researchers from Symantec, who first spotted the threat actor, the group has launched attacks on several overseas embassies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2018
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab collected evidence that demonstrates overlaps between the activity of Russian APT groups Turla and Sofacy. In March, during the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit held in Cancun, Kurt Baumgartner, Kaspersky principal security researcher, revealed the activity associated with Sofacy APT group appears to overlap with campaigns conducted by other cyber espionage groups. Baumgartner […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2018
US DoJ indicted seven defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. The news of the day is that a US DoJ indicted seven defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. The defendants are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2018
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers (MSPs). The DHS issued an alert on ongoing attacks aimed at global managed service providers (MSPs) that are carried out by an advanced APT group. Managed services is the practice of outsourcing on a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2018
The Government of Canada blamed the GRU, the Russian military’s intelligence agency, for cyber attacks at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency. “The government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the Russian military’s intelligence arm, the GRU, was responsible” for these cyber attacks, the foreign ministry said in a statement. [cyber attacks are] “part of a broader […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2018
China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies to steal secret information. According to a report published by Bloomberg News, China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies, including Amazon and Apple, to steal secret information. The tiny chips have a size […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2018
Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software. The former NSA hacker is Nghia […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2018
Researchers from security firm CrowdStrike have observed a new campaign associated with the GOBLIN PANDA APT group. Experts from security firm CrowdStrike have uncovered a new campaign associated with the GOBLIN PANDA APT group. The group also knows as Cycldek was first spotted in September 2013, it was mainly targeting entities in Southeast Asia using different malware variants mainly PlugX and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2018
Last week, security researchers from Trend Micro discovered a new threat actor, tracked as Urpage, that shares similarities with other three hacking crews. Researchers from Trend Micro linked a recently discovered actor, tracked as Urpage, to the hacking groups known as Bahamut, Confucius, and Patchwork. Trend Micro first connected the Confucius group to the Patchwork […]
