Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2023
Bitter APT group targets China’s nuclear energy sector 

Intezer researchers reported that a South Asian espionage group, tracked as Bitter, is targeting the Chinese nuclear energy industry. Intezer researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign targeting the Chinese nuclear energy sector, they linked it to the Bitter APT group. The Bitter APT group is a South Asian cyberespionage group active since at least 2021. The group […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2023
China-linked APT likely linked to Fortinet zero-day attacks

An alleged Chinese threat actor group is behind attacks on government organizations exploiting a Fortinet zero-day flaw (CVE-2022-41328). A suspected China-linked group is exploiting a Fortinet zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41328, in attacks aimed at government organizations. A few days ago, Fortinet researchers warned of an advanced threat actor that is targeting governmental or government-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2023
Polish intelligence dismantled a network of Russian spies

Polish intelligence dismantled a cell of Russian spies that gathered info on military equipment deliveries to Ukraine via the EU member. Polish counter-intelligence has dismantled a cell of Russian spies that gathered information on the provisioning of military equipment to Ukraine via the EU member. “The ABW counter-intelligence agency has arrested nine people suspected of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2022
UAC-0142 APT targets Ukraine’s Delta military intelligence program

Ukraine’s CERT-UA revealed the national Delta military intelligence program has been targeted with a malware-based attack. On December 17, 2022, the Center for Innovations and Development of Defense Technologies of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informed the Government Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) of being targeted by a malware-based attack. The spear […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2022
Former Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia

An ex Twitter employee has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for spying on individuals on behalf of Saudi Arabia. On august 2022, the former Twitter employee, Ahmad Abouammo (44), was found guilty of gathering private information of certain Twitter users and passing them to Saudi Arabia. Now Abouammo was has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2022
Chinese MirrorFace APT group targets Japanese political entities

A Chinese-speaking APT group, tracked as MirrorFace, is behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities. ESET researchers recently discovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities and attributed it to the Chinese-speaking APT group tracked as MirrorFace. The experts tracked the campaign as Operation LiberalFace, it aimed at Japanese political entities, especially the members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2022
US FCC bans the import of electronic equipment from Chinese firms

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it will completely ban the import of electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the total ban for telecom and surveillance equipment from Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due to an “unacceptable” national security threat. The US […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2022
China-linked APT Billbug breached a certificate authority in Asia

A suspected China-linked APT group breached a digital certificate authority in Asia as part of a campaign aimed at government agencies since March 2022. State-sponsored actors compromised a digital certificate authority in a country in Asia as part of a cyber espionage campaign aimed at multiple government agencies in the region, Symantec warns. Symantec attributes […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2022
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘s phone was allegedly hacked by Russian spies

According to the Daily Mail, Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘s personal phone was hacked by Russian spies. The personal mobile phone of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was hacked by cyber spies suspected of working for the Kremlin, the Daily Mail reported. According to the British tabloid, the cyber-spies are believed to have […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2022
Finnish intelligence warns of Russia’s cyberespionage activities

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi or SUPO) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter. According to the SUPO, future NATO membership will make the country a privileged target […]