Chinese Hackers Utilize Golang Malware in DragonSpark Attacks to Evade Detection

Organizations in East Asia are being targeted by a likely Chinese-speaking actor dubbed DragonSpark while employing uncommon tactics to go past security layers. "The attacks are characterized by the use of the little known open source SparkRAT and malware that attempts to evade detection through...

snapshot.canon-asia.com Open Redirect vulnerability OBB-3151781

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...

Dark Pink APT Group Targets Governments and Military in APAC Region

Government and military organizations in the Asia-Pacific region are being targeted by a previously unknown advanced persistent threat APT actor, per latest research conducted by Albert Priego of Group-IB The Singapore-headquartered company, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said it's...

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...

asiaconsultingworks.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3118361

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...

Chinese cyber espionage hackers target Southeast Asian firms

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary UNC4191, a threat actor with a suspected China affiliation, has been linked to a series of espionage assaults primarily in Southeast Asia that use USB sticks as an initial infection vector. A variety of...

Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack

By Habiba Rashid Currently, hackers are targeting public and private entities in Southeast Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the U.S., with a focus on the Philippines. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack...

Bahamut Cyber Espionage Hackers Targeting Android Users with Fake VPN Apps

The cyber espionage group known as Bahamut has been attributed as behind a highly targeted campaign that infects users of Android devices with malicious apps designed to extract sensitive information. The activity, which has been active since January 2022, entails distributing rogue VPN apps...

Meta Takes Down Fake Facebook and Instagram Accounts Linked to Pro-U.S. Influence Operation

Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it took down a network of accounts and pages across Facebook and Instagram that were operated by people associated with the U.S. military to spread narratives that depicted the country in a favorable light in the Middle East and Central Asia. The network, which...

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...

OPERA1ER APT Hackers Targeted Dozens of Financial Organizations in Africa

A French-speaking threat actor dubbed OPERA1ER has been linked to a series of more than 30 successful cyber attacks aimed at banks, financial services, and telecom companies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America between 2018 and 2022. According to Singapore-headquartered cybersecurity company...

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Configuration King (CNVD-2022-83556)

Configuration King is an industrial automation configuration software produced by Beijing Asian Control Technology Development Co. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Configuration King, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a process crash...

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Configuration King (CNVD-2022-78794)

Configuration King is an industrial automation configuration software produced by Beijing Asian Control Technology Development Co. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Configuration King, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a process crash...

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...

DiceyF deploys GamePlayerFramework in online casino development studio

The Hacktivity 2022 security festival was held at the MOM Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary, over two days, October 6-7th 2022. One of several presentations by our GReAT researchers included an interesting set of APT activity targeting online casino development and operations environments in...

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...

Hundreds of Microsoft SQL servers found to be backdoored

Researchers at DCSO CyTec recently found a backdoor that specifically targets Microsoft SQL servers. The malware acts as an Extended Stored Procedure, which is a special type of extension used by Microsoft SQL servers. After scanning approximately 600,000 servers worldwide, they found 285 servers...

New DDoS Malware ‘Chaos’ Hits Linux and Windows Devices

By Deeba Ahmed Most devices infected by Chaos malware are located in Europe, particularly Italy but infections were also observed in Asia Pacific, South America, and North America. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New DDoS Malware Chaos Hits Linux and Windows Devices...

Sophos Zero-day vulnerability becomes target for attackers

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability in the User Portal and WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall has been tracked as CVE-2022-3236. This vulnerability is been used by some unknown attackers to target organizations in...