Cyberespionage Archives - Page 18 of 20

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2018

China-linked Thrip APT group target defense and satellite firms

Symantec tracked a new APT group named Thrip that targeted0 satellite operators, telco companies and defense contractors in the US and Southeast Asia. Chinese APT groups are always very active, experts at Symantec have tracked a new APT group named Thrip that has breached the systems of satellite operators, telecommunications companies and defense contractors in the United States and Southeast Asia. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2018

Dutch Government plans to phase out the use of Kaspersky solutions

Dutch Government plans to phase out the use of Kaspersky solutions while the security firm confirmed that its code infrastructure is going to move to Switzerland. The antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab made the headlines again, the company confirmed that its code infrastructure is going to move to Switzerland. The news arrives just after the comment from the Netherlands […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2018

Sophisticated APT group compromised routers to deliver Slingshot Spyware

Slingshot spyware – Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Researchers tracked the group […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2017

Who is behind MuddyWater in the Middle East? Likely a politically-motivated actor

Researchers are investigating a mysterious wave of attacks in the Middle East that was dubbed MuddyWater due to the confusion in attributing the. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks are monitoring long-lasting targeted attacks aimed at entities in the Middle East and that are difficult to attribute. The experts called the campaign ‘MuddyWater’ due to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2017

DragonOK APT is adopting new tactics, techniques and procedures

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks recently observed the DragonOK APT group adopting new tactics, techniques and procedures. China-linked cyber espionage group DragonOK is back, security experts from Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new campaign leveraging the KHRAT remote access Trojan (RAT). The DragonOk group (also known as NetTraveler (TravNet), PlugX, Saker, Netbot, DarkStRat, and ZeroT i) was first spotted September […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2017

APT28 hackers are leveraging NSA Hacking tool to spy on Hotels guests

According to FireEye, the notorious Russia-linked APT28 group is behind an ongoing campaign targeting hotels in several European countries. According to FireEye, the notorious Russia-linked APT28 group (Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sofacy, Sednit and Strontium) is behind an ongoing campaign targeting hotels in several European countries. The researchers observed many attacks targeting the networks of hotels […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2017

China-Linked DragonOK APT Group continues updating tools and tactics

The China-linked DragonOK continues updating tools and tactics and targeted entities in various countries, including Russia and Tibet. It was September 2014, when security researchers at FireEye spotted for the first time the cyber espionage activities of a Chinese state-sponsored group dubbed DragonOK. At the time, FireEye discovered two hacking campaigns conducted by distinct groups operating in separate regions […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2015

Symantec discovered 49 New Modules of the Regin espionage platform

Symantec revealed the existence of 49 new modules of the Regin espionage platform, a circumstance that suggests that its operators are still active. In November 2014, security experts at Symantec have uncovered the backdoor Regin, a highly advanced spying tool used in cyber espionage campaigns against governments and infrastructure operators. The Regin malware has been around […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2014

FireEye uncovered two cyber espionage campaigns operating in parallel from China

FireEye discovered two distinct groups of Chinese hackers operating cyber espionage campaigns on a large-scale in parallel. Security experts at FireEye have discovered two hacking campaigns conducted by distinct groups operating in separate regions of China that seems to work in parallel. The first team of hackers, named Moafee, is targeting military and government organizations which were in some […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2014

Disclosed emails reveal assiduous collaboration between Google and NSA

Al Jazeera obtained the emails exchanged between Google executives and former NSA director Alexander which suggest that Google is very close to NSA. The IT Giants Apple, Google and Microsoft always denied any involvement in the surveillance program despite Edward Snowden as produced different documents attesting to the inconvenient truth. Now a new event is shocking the […]

Cyberespionage

China-linked Thrip APT group target defense and satellite firms

Dutch Government plans to phase out the use of Kaspersky solutions

Sophisticated APT group compromised routers to deliver Slingshot Spyware

Who is behind MuddyWater in the Middle East? Likely a politically-motivated actor

DragonOK APT is adopting new tactics, techniques and procedures

APT28 hackers are leveraging NSA Hacking tool to spy on Hotels guests

China-Linked DragonOK APT Group continues updating tools and tactics

Symantec discovered 49 New Modules of the Regin espionage platform

FireEye uncovered two cyber espionage campaigns operating in parallel from China

Disclosed emails reveal assiduous collaboration between Google and NSA

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