Unveiling the Stealthy Operations of GoldenJackal APT Group

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary GoldenJackal is an APT group targeting government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Their advanced capabilities include a range of .NET malware tools for gaining control, stealing...

GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments

Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been keeping tabs on the group's activities since mid-2020, characterized the adversary as both capable...

GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments

Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been keeping tabs on the group's activities since mid-2020, characterized the adversary as both capable...

Meet the GoldenJackal APT group. Don’t expect any howls

GoldenJackal is an APT group, active since 2019, that usually targets government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Despite the fact that they began their activities years ago, this group is generally unknown and, as far as we know, has not been publicly described. We...

This Cybercrime Syndicate Pre-Infected Over 8.9 Million Android Phones Worldwide

A cybercrime enterprise known as Lemon Group is leveraging millions of pre-infected Android smartphones worldwide to carry out their malicious operations, posing significant supply chain risks. "The infection turns these devices into mobile proxies, tools for stealing and selling SMS messages,...

This Cybercrime Syndicate Pre-Infected Over 8.9 Million Android Phones Worldwide

A cybercrime enterprise known as Lemon Group is leveraging millions of pre-infected Android smartphones worldwide to carry out their malicious operations, posing significant supply chain risks. "The infection turns these devices into mobile proxies, tools for stealing and selling SMS messages,...

Wafaray - Enhance Your Malware Detection With WAF + YARA (WAFARAY)

WAFARAY is a LAB deployment based on Debian 11.3.0 stable x64 made and cooked between two main ingredients WAF + YARA to detect malicious files e.g. webshells, virus, malware, binaries typically through web functions upload files. Purpose In essence, the main idea came to use WAF + YARA YARA...

asia-plus.ru Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3351913

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group's Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific state-sponsored group SideWinder to strike entities located in Pakistan and China. This comprises a network of 55 domains and IP addresses used by the threat actor, cybersecurity companies...

Lemon Group’s Cybercriminal Businesses Built on Preinfected Devices

An overview of the Lemon Group’s use of preinfected mobile devices, and how this scheme is potentially being developed and expanded to other internet of things IoT devices. This research was presented in full at the Black Hat Asia 2023 Conference in Singapore in May 2023...

Lancefly APT Group Deploys Custom Backdoor ‘Merdoor’ in Targeted Attacks

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Lancefly APT group targets South and Southeast Asia using the Merdoor backdoor and an updated ZXShell rootkit. Their attack chain involves credential theft, lateral movement, file staging, and...

Researchers Uncover Powerful Backdoor and Custom Implant in Year-Long Cyber Campaign

Government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors located in South and Southeast Asia have come under the radar of a new hacking group as part of a highly-targeted campaign that commenced in mid-2022 and continued into the first quarter of 2023. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, is tracking the...

Researchers Uncover Powerful Backdoor and Custom Implant in Year-Long Cyber Campaign

Government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors located in South and Southeast Asia have come under the radar of a new hacking group as part of a highly-targeted campaign that commenced in mid-2022 and continued into the first quarter of 2023. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, is tracking the...

New Stealthy Variant of Linux Backdoor BPFDoor Emerges from the Shadows

A previously undocumented and mostly undetected variant of a Linux backdoor called BPFDoor has been spotted in the wild, cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct said in a technical report published this week. "BPFDoor retains its reputation as an extremely stealthy and difficult-to-detect malware with...

New DownEx Malware Campaign Targets Foreign Government Institutions in Central Asia

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The DownEx malware was discovered in a cyberattack on government institutions in Kazakhstan and Afghanistan in 2022, likely with state sponsorship. The attackers used spear-phishing emails to infiltrate...

Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments

Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Bitdefender, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said the activity remains active, with evidence likely pointing to the...

Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments

Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Bitdefender, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said the activity remains active, with evidence likely pointing to the...

Operation ChattyGoblin: Hackers Targeting Gambling Firms via Chat Apps

A gambling company in the Philippines was the target of a China-aligned threat actor as part of a campaign that has been ongoing since October 2021. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET is tracking the series of attacks against Southeast Asian gambling companies under the name Operation ChattyGoblin...

Researchers Uncover SideWinder's Latest Server-Based Polymorphism Technique

The advanced persistent threat APT actor known as SideWinder has been accused of deploying a backdoor in attacks directed against Pakistan government organizations as part of a campaign that commenced in late November 2022. "In this campaign, the SideWinder advanced persistent threat APT group us...

asia-images.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3302811

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...