The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-days

Introduction Lazarus APT and its BlueNoroff subgroup are a highly sophisticated and multifaceted Korean-speaking threat actor. We closely monitor their activities and quite often see them using their signature malware in their attacks — a full-feature backdoor called Manuscrypt. According to our...

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack

An advanced persistent threat APT actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and Africa. The activity has been attributed to a group tracked as SideWinder, which is also known as...

Beyond the Surface: the evolution and expansion of the SideWinder APT group

SideWinder, aka T-APT-04 or RattleSnake, is one of the most prolific APT groups that began its activities in 2012 and was first publicly mentioned by us in 2018. Over the years, the group has launched attacks against high-profile entities in South and Southeast Asia. Its primary targets have been...

Earth Simnavaz Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against UAE and Gulf Regions

Trend Micro's investigation into the recent activity of Earth Simnavaz provides new insights into the APT group’s evolving tactics and the immediate threat it poses to critical sectors in the UAE...

Awaken Likho is awake: new techniques of an APT group

Introduction In July 2021, a campaign was launched primarily targeting Russian government agencies and industrial enterprises. Shortly after the campaign started, we began tracking it, and published three reports in August and September 2024 through our threat research subscription on the threat...

THN Cybersecurity Recap: Last Week's Top Threats and Trends (September 16-22)

Hold on tight, folks, because last week's cybersecurity landscape was a rollercoaster! We witnessed everything from North Korean hackers dangling "dream jobs" to expose a new malware, to a surprising twist in the Apple vs. NSO Group saga. Even the seemingly mundane world of domain names and cloud...

Chinese Hackers Exploit GeoServer Flaw to Target APAC Nations with EAGLEDOOR Malware

A suspected advanced persistent threat APT originating from China targeted a government organization in Taiwan, and possibly other countries in the Asia-Pacific APAC region, by exploiting a recently patched critical security flaw impacting OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools. The intrusion activity, which w...

Iranian APT UNC1860 Linked to MOIS Facilitates Cyber Intrusions in Middle East

An Iranian advanced persistent threat APT threat actor likely affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security MOIS is now acting as an initial access facilitator that provides remote access to target networks. Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker...

PT-2024-6158

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version Description The issue is related to a Windows MSHTML platform spoofing vulnerability, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. This vulnerability has been exploited by the...

Blind Eagle Targets Colombian Insurance Sector with Customized Quasar RAT

The Colombian insurance sector is the target of a threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle with the end goal of delivering a customized version of a known commodity remote access trojan RAT referred to as Quasar RAT since June 2024. "Attacks have originated with phishing emails impersonating the...

Chinese Hackers Exploit Visual Studio Code in Southeast Asian Cyberattacks

The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT group known as Mustang Panda has been observed weaponizing Visual Studio Code software as part of espionage operations targeting government entities in Southeast Asia. "This threat actor used Visual Studio Code's embedded reverse shell feature to ga...

Tropic Trooper spies on government entities in the Middle East

Executive summary Tropic Trooper also known as KeyBoy and Pirate Panda is an APT group active since 2011. This group has traditionally targeted sectors such as government, healthcare, transportation and high-tech industries in Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong. Our recent investigation has...

A deep dive into the most interesting incident response cases of last year

In 2023, Kasperskys Global Emergency Response Team GERT participated in services around the world that allowed our experts to gain insight into various threats and techniques used by APT groups, common crimeware and, in some cases, internal adversaries. As we highlighted in our annual report, the...

Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor

In addition to its long-standing password spraying attacks, Microsoft says Iran-backed hacker group Peach Sandstorm—or APT 33—has developed custom malware dubbed “Tickler.”...

APT-C-60 Group Exploit WPS Office Flaw to Deploy SpyGlace Backdoor

A South Korea-aligned cyber espionage has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Kingsoft WPS Office to deploy a bespoke backdoor dubbed SpyGlace. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor dubbed APT-C-60, according to cybersecuri...

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions,...

BlindEagle flying high in Latin America

BlindEagle, also known as "APT-C-36", is an APT actor recognized for employing straightforward yet impactful attack techniques and methodologies. The group is known for their persistent campaigns targeting entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama and other countries in Latin...

APT trends report Q2 2024

For over six years now, Kasperskys Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been sharing quarterly updates on advanced persistent threats APTs. These summaries draw on our threat intelligence research, offering a representative overview of what weve published and discussed in more detail in ou...

StormBamboo APT Targets ISPs, Spreads Malware via Software Updates

StormBamboo abuses insecure software updates! Dont be a victim! This article explores how the StormBamboo group compromises ISPs…...

Patchwork Hackers Target Bhutan with Advanced Brute Ratel C4 Tool

The threat actor known as Patchwork has been linked to a cyber attack targeting entities with ties to Bhutan to deliver the Brute Ratel C4 framework and an updated version of a backdoor called PGoShell. The development marks the first time the adversary has been observed using the red teaming...