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Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa

Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa and added the military organization to its leak site. The Snatch ransomware group added the Department of Defence South Africa to its data leak site. The mission of the Department of Defence is to provide, manage, prepare and employ defence capabilities commensurate with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
New HiatusRAT campaign targets Taiwan and U.S. military procurement system

HiatusRAT malware operators resurfaced with a new wave of attacks targeting Taiwan-based organizations and a U.S. military procurement system. In March 2023, Lumen Black Lotus Labs researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign called “HiatusRAT” that infected over 100 edge networking devices globally. Threat actors leveraged edge routers, or “living on the edge” access, to passively collect […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 433 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Over 3,000 Android Malware spotted using unsupported/unknown compression methods to avoid detection WinRAR flaw enables remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2023
Over 3,000 Android Malware spotted using unsupported/unknown compression methods to avoid detection

Threat actors are using Android Package (APK) files with unsupported compression methods to prevent malware analysis. On June 28th, researchers from Zimperium zLab researchers observed that Joe Sandbox announced the availability of an Android APK that could not be analyzed from most of the anti-decompilation tools. The APT could be installed on Android devices running […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2023
Bronze Starlight targets the Southeast Asian gambling sector

Experts warn of an ongoing campaign attributed to China-linked Bronze Starlight that is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector. SentinelOne observed China-linked APT group Bronze Starlight (aka APT10, Emperor Dragonfly or Storm-0401) targeting the gambling sector within Southeast Asia. The malware and infrastructure employed in the campaign are linked to the ones observed in Operation ChattyGoblin attributed by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2023
APT29 is targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs of NATO-aligned countries

Russia-linked APT29 used the Zulip Chat App in attacks aimed at ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries EclecticIQ researchers uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs of NATO-aligned countries. The experts detected two PDF files masqueraded as coming from the German embassy and that contained two […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2023
A massive campaign delivered a proxy server application to 400,000 Windows systems

Researchers discovered a massive campaign that delivered a proxy server application to at least 400,000 Windows systems. AT&T Alien Labs researchers uncovered a massive campaign that delivered a proxy server application to at least 400,000 Windows systems. The experts identified a company that is charging for proxy service on traffic that goes through infected machines. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2023
Credentials for cybercrime forums found on roughly 120K computers infected with info stealers

Researchers discovered credentials associated with cybercrime forums on roughly 120,000 computers infected with information stealers. Threat intelligence firm Hudson Rock has discovered credentials associated with cybercrime forums on roughly 120,000 computers infected with various information stealer malware. The experts discovered that many of these computers, compromised between 2018 to 2023, belong to threat actors. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2023
Monti Ransomware gang launched a new Linux encryptor

Monti Ransomware operators returned, after a two-month pause, with a new Linux variant of their encryptor. The Monti ransomware operators returned, after a two-month break, with a new Linux version of the encryptor. The variant was employed in attacks aimed at organizations in government and legal sectors. The Monti group has been active since June 2022, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2023
QwixxRAT, a new Windows RAT appears in the threat landscape

QwixxRAT is a new Windows remote access trojan (RAT) that is offered for sale through Telegram and Discord platforms. The Uptycs Threat Research team discovered the QwixxRAT (aka Telegram RAT) in early August 2023 while it was advertised through Telegram and Discord platforms.  The RAT is able to collect sensitive data and exfiltrate them by […]