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Dragon Breath APT Group Using Double-Clean-App Technique to Target Gambling Industry
An advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed adding new layers of complexity to its attacks by adopting a novel DLL side-loading mechanism. "The attack is based on a classic side-loading attack, consisting of a clean application, a malicious loader, and an...
Charming Kitten Hackers Utilize New Tactics with BellaCiao Malware
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Iranian APT group, Charming Kitten, is using a new, sophisticated malware called BellaCiao to target specific victims in multiple regions, employing unique communication tactics with its...
Charming Kitten's New BellaCiao Malware Discovered in Multi-Country Attacks
The prolific Iranian nation-state group known as Charming Kitten is actively targeting multiple victims in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and India with a novel malware dubbed BellaCiao, adding to its ever-expanding list of custom tools. Discovered by Bitdefender Labs, BellaCiao is a...
Chinese Hackers Using MgBot Malware to Target International NGOs in Mainland China
The advanced persistent threat APT group referred to as Evasive Panda has been observed targeting an international non-governmental organization NGO in Mainland China with malware delivered via update channels of legitimate applications like Tencent QQ. The attack chains are designed to distribut...
Mélofée: The Latest Malware Targeting Linux Servers
By Deeba Ahmed An unidentified Chinese APT group is suspected of operating the Mélofée malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mélofée: The Latest Malware Targeting Linux Servers...
Winter Vivern APT Group Targeting Indian, Lithuanian, Slovakian, and Vatican Officials
The advanced persistent threat known as Winter Vivern has been linked to campaigns targeting government officials in India, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Vatican since 2021. The activity targeted Polish government agencies, the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italy Ministry of Foreign...
Chinese Hackers Keep Targeting Group-IB Cybersecurity Firm
By Deeba Ahmed An APT group known as Tonto Team has tried targeting the Singapore-based Group-IB cybersecurity firm for the second time. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Hackers Keep Targeting Group-IB Cybersecurity Firm...
Iranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations
The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. "The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to...
Southeast Asian APT Group Saaiwc Targets Military and Financial Departments with PowerDism Backdoor
Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Saaiwc Group APT-LY-1005 is a newly identified APT group that is thought to operate in Southeast Asia. The groups main tactic is to use an ISO file as a malicious payload, which when executed, injects a...
China-based MirrorFace APT group targeting Japanese Political Entities
Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Chinese-speaking APT group named MirrorFace has started its attacks by spearphishing campaign with LODEINFO backdoor, targeting Japanese political entities since June 29, 2022 and this campaign operatio...
PT-2022-6232 · Apple +1 · Mdnsresponder.Exe +1
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mDNSResponder.exe affected versions not specified Audinate Dante Application Library version le1.2.0 Description: The issue is related to a DLL Sideloading attack, where the executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which fold...
Researchers Say China State-backed Hackers Breached a Digital Certificate Authority
A suspected Chinese state-sponsored actor breached a digital certificate authority as well as government and defense agencies located in different countries in Asia as part of an ongoing campaign since at least March 2022. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, linked the attacks to an adversarial group...
SideWinder APT group’s new arsenal named WarHawk
Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The SideWinder APT gang operates espionage campaigns against government, military, and business sectors throughout Asia, primarily Pakistan, by employing the WarHawk backdoor to exfiltrate vulnerable syst...
WIP19 targets IT service providers and telcos with custom malware
Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary WIP19, a Chinese APT group is using legitimate and stolen certificates to sign malware, such as SQLMaggie, ScreenCap, and a credential dumper which it then used to target telecommunications and IT service...
Researchers Detail Malicious Tools Used by Cyber Espionage Group Earth Aughisky
A new piece of research has detailed the increasingly sophisticated nature of the malware toolset employed by an advanced persistent threat APT group named Earth Aughisky. "Over the last decade, the group has continued to make adjustments in the tools and malware deployments on specific targets...
Tracking Earth Aughisky’s Malware and Changes
For over 10 years, security researchers have been observing and keeping tabs of APT group Earth Aughisky’s malware families and the connections, including previously documented malware that have yet to be attributed...
Russian Sandworm Hackers Impersonate Ukrainian Telecoms to Distribute Malware
A threat cluster linked to the Russian nation-state actor tracked as Sandworm has continued its targeting of Ukraine with commodity malware by masquerading as telecom providers, new findings show. Recorded Future said it discovered new infrastructure belonging to UAC-0113 that mimics operators li...
Windows, Linux and macOS Users Targeted by Chinese Iron Tiger APT Group
By Deeba Ahmed Chinese Espionage Group called Iron Tiger aka LuckyMouse is targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS Users with trojanized MiMi… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows, Linux and macOS Users Targeted by Chinese Iron Tiger APT Group...
JSSLoader: the shellcode edition
The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team observed a malspam campaign in late June that we attribute to the FIN7 APT group. One of the samples was also reported on Twitter by Josh Trombley; during execution, it was observed to drop a secondary payload, written in .NET. Details about FIN7 campaign...