Chinese Hackers Attacking Military Organizations With New Backdoor

Bad actors with suspected ties to China have been behind a wide-ranging cyberespionage campaign targeting military organizations in Southeast Asia for nearly two years, according to new research. Attributing the attacks to a threat actor dubbed "Naikon APT," cybersecurity firm Bitdefender laid ou...

Prometei Botnet Exploiting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers

Attackers are exploiting the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange Server flaws to co-opt vulnerable machines to a cryptocurrency botnet named Prometei, according to new research. "Prometei exploits the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities associated with the HAFNIUM attacks to penetrate...

Over 750,000 Users Downloaded New Billing Fraud Apps From Google Play Store

Researchers have uncovered a new set of fraudulent Android apps in the Google Play store that were found to hijack SMS message notifications for carrying out billing fraud. The apps in question primarily targeted users in Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, attracting a total of 700,000...

UFIDA's Large Enterprise Digitization Platform Has Logic Flaw Vulnerabilities

UFIDA is a leading provider of management software, ERP software, group management software, human resource management software, customer relationship management software, small business management software, financial and administrative institution management software, automotive industry...

Hackers From China Target Vietnamese Military and Government

A hacking group related to a Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam. The attacks have been attributed with low confidence to the advanced persistent threat APT called Cycldek or Goblin Panda,...

Akamai Launch Cohort 2 of Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in Water

Akamai Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. has chosen the grantees for Cohort 2 of Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in Water. The Accelerator Program enables grantees to ideate their technology-based solutions for water conservation. This year, two grantees -- SmartTerra and Jaljeevika --...

Operation Dianxun Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Telecommunication Companies

ARCHIVED STORY Operation Diànxùn: Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Telecommunication Companies By Thomas Roccia · MAR 16, 2021 In this report the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR Strategic Intelligence team details an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, dubbed Operation...

Operation Dianxun Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Telecommunication Companies

ARCHIVED STORY Operation Diànxùn: Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Telecommunication Companies By Thomas Roccia · MAR 16, 2021 In this report the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR Strategic Intelligence team details an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, dubbed Operation...

Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection

Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans RATs under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Tal...

Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection

Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans RATs under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Tal...

Compromised Website Images Camouflage ObliqueRAT Malware

The ObliqueRAT malware is now cloaking its payloads as seemingly-innocent image files that are hidden on compromised websites. The remote access trojan RAT, which has been operating since 2019, spreads via emails, which have malicious Microsoft Office documents attached. Previously, payloads were...

ObliqueRAT returns with new campaign using hijacked websites

By Asheer Malhotra. Cisco Talos has observed another malware campaign that utilizes malicious Microsoft Office documents maldocs to spread the remote access trojan RAT ObliqueRAT. This campaign targets organizations in South Asia.ObliqueRAT has been linked to the Transparent Tribe APT group in th...

Gaming Software Supply-Chain Attack Installs Spyware

Researchers allege, attackers have compromised the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, which is software that allows gamers to run Android apps on their PCs or Macs. They then installed malware onto victims’ devices with surveillance-related capabilities. NoxPlayer is developed by BigNox, which is a...

Healthcare Industry Witnessed 45% Spike in Cyber Attacks Since Nov 20

Cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations have spiked by 45% since November 2020 as COVID-19 cases continue to increase globally. According to a new report published by Check Point Research today and shared with The Hacker News, this increase has made the sector the most targeted industry b...

SideWinder APT Targets Nepal, Afghanistan in Wide-Ranging Spy Campaign

The SideWinder advanced persistent threat APT group has mounted a fresh phishing and malware initiative, using recent territory disputes between China, India, Nepal and Pakistan as lures. The goal is to gather sensitive information from its targets, mainly located in Nepal and Afghanistan...

Election Cyber Threats in the Asia-Pacific Region

In democratic societies, elections are the mechanism for choosing heads of state and policymakers. There are strong incentives for adversary nations to understand the intentions and preferences of the people and parties that will shape a country's future path and to reduce uncertainty about likel...

Chinese APT Hackers Target Southeast Asian Government Institutions

Cybersecurity researchers today unveiled a complex and targeted espionage attack on potential government sector victims in South East Asia that they believe was carried out by a sophisticated Chinese APT group at least since 2018. "The attack has a complex and complete arsenal of droppers,...

Uncovered: APT 'Hackers For Hire' Target Financial, Entertainment Firms

A hackers-for-hire operation has been discovered using a strain of previously undocumented malware to target South Asian financial institutions and global entertainment companies. Dubbed "CostaRicto" by Blackberry researchers, the campaign appears to be the handiwork of APT mercenaries who posses...

ap.hunterdouglas.asia Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1442313

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Lemon Duck Cryptocurrency-Mining Botnet Activity Spikes

Researchers are warning of a recent dramatic uptick in the activity of the Lemon Duck cryptocurrency-mining botnet, which targets victims’ computer resources to mine the Monero virtual currency. Click to Register! Researchers warn that Lemon Duck is “one of the more complex” mining botnets, with...